Fire crews from McHenry County and Lake County are responding to a massive 3rd alarm building fire in Crystal Lake Monday afternoon. The Crystal Lake Fire Rescue Department was called at 2:56 p.m. Monday to Diesel Redemption, 6207 Commercial Road, for a structure fire. Fire crews found heavy smoke and fire showing from the building, […]
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VIDEO: Good Samaritans, firefighters rescue children, woman from van in pond in Huntley
Editor’s Note: The below video could be considered shocking or disturbing to the viewer. Viewer discretion is advised. A 10-year-old boy died after the van he was in rolled over into a retention pond along Interstate 90 in Huntley Sunday evening, police said. Illinois State Police said that a Chrysler van was traveling on the […]
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Boy dies after van rolls over into pond off I-90 in Huntley
A 10-year-old boy died after the van he was in rolled over into a retention pond along Interstate 90 in Huntley Sunday evening, police said. Illinois State Police said that a Chrysler van was traveling on the westbound ramp from Interstate 90 to Route 47 around 6:45 p.m. when it went off the ramp and […]
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Woodstock North High School student charged after threatening to bring gun to school
A 16-year-old student from Woodstock North High School was arrested and charged after he allegedly threatened to bring a gun to the school ‘to cause harm’, police said. The Woodstock Police Department said that a student overheard another student’s conversation, which included threats involving a firearm directed towards the school, according to authorities. “After interviewing […]
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PHOTOS: Fallen McHenry County Deputy Jacob Keltner’s funeral
Thousands of people gathered Wednesday to attend the funeral for fallen McHenry County Sheriff’s Deputy Jacob Keltner, who was tragically taken by senseless violence last week. Keltner died after being shot in the line of duty on March 7 while serving a warrant on a fugitive at the Extended Stay America Hotel, 747 North Bell […]
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‘It feels unreal. It’s unfair’: wife of slain McHenry County deputy writes in letter
A letter from Becki Keltner, the wife of slain McHenry County Sheriff’s deputy Jacob Keltner: I am writing this letter because my husband, Jacob Keltner, should be remembered not as another statistic but as a man, a great man, who sacrificed his life to protect others. Jake is the love of my life. We met […]
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62-year-old killed after crashing into guardrail, tree in Woodstock
A 62-year-old Woodstock man was killed after he drove his car off the road, striking a guardrail and two trees, in unincorporated Woodstock Saturday afternoon. The McHenry County Sheriff’s Office and the Woodstock Fire-Rescue District was called at 2:28 p.m. Saturday to 10107 West Route 120, near Thompson Road. A 2016 Subaru Forester, driven by […]
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Final funeral arrangements set for fallen McHenry County Sheriff’s deputy
The McHenry County Sheriff’s Office has announced visitation, funeral and procession arrangements for fallen Deputy Jacob Keltner. The public is encouraged to line the procession route on Wednesday. McHenry County Sheriff’s Deputy Jacob Keltner, who worked as a fugitive investigator on the local U.S. Marshals task force, died on Thursday after being shot while serving […]
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Elderly woman critically injured in crash near Hartland Township
Three people were injured, including an 80-year-old woman who was flown to the hospital, after a two-vehicle crash east of Harvard Friday afternoon. The McHenry County Sheriff’s Office, McHenry County Conservation Police, Harvard Fire Protection and Hebron Fire Department responded at 3:44 p.m. Saturday to Alden Road and Thayer Road in Hartland Township, which is […]