The 6-year-old who was pulled unresponsive from the water at Three Oaks Recreation Area last month in Crystal Lake has fully recovered and on Wednesday met with the responders who helped her. “Today, we were honored to have Bella and her family at City Hall to meet some of her rescuers,” the Crystal Lake Fire […]
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Woodstock woman struck by lightning released from hospital
The Woodstock woman who was seriously injured after being struck by lightning at the Country Thunder Music Festival has been released from the hospital, and almost $15,000 in donations have been raised. Brittney N. Prehn, 22, of Woodstock, was seriously injured after being struck by lightning on July 20 at the Country Thunder Music Festival, 2305 […]
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Police: Man pulled gun on neighbors, ran from officers in McHenry
Police said that a McHenry man was arrested after he allegedly pulled a gun on his neighbors who confronted him about his reckless driving Sunday evening. McHenry Police Department Chief John Birk said that Theodore J. Siebeck, 41, of the 600 block of South Broadway Street in McHenry, was charged with aggravated unlawful use of a weapon, […]
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Man severely injured after high speed crash splits car in half
A man was hospitalized with serious injuries early Sunday morning after a high speed crash that split his car in half, Huntley police said. The Huntley Police Department and Huntley Fire Protection District were called at 2:30 a.m. Sunday to a single-vehicle crash at Algonquin Road and Haligus Road. Police said that a 1999 Audi […]
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Cary man arrested after standoff with SWAT
Police say that a cab fare dispute turned into a standoff with SWAT after a Cary man threatened officers “with violence and a firearm.” The Cary Police Department was called at 12:40 a.m. Monday to a report of a man who didn’t pay for a cab fare at a home on Garden Place Circle in […]
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Carpentersville man killed in single-vehicle crash near Huntley
A 19-year-old Carpentersville man was killed after driving his car off the road into a field in Huntley Saturday evening. The Huntley Fire Protection District and McHenry County Sheriff’s Office was called at 7:09 p.m. to a report of a single-vehicle crash at 13403 Marengo Road in Huntley. Emergency crews found Lilith R. Okopski, 19, of […]
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Woodstock police ask public’s help in finding elderly man
The Woodstock Police Department is asking for the public’s help in finding an 84-year-old man who went missing Friday morning. According to Facebook posts shared by family members of the man, Angelo Coslovich, 84, of the 1200 block of Sandpiper Lane in Woodstock, went missing around 10 a.m. on Friday. Family members said that the […]
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Wonder Lake fire chief arrested on battery charge
Wonder Lake Fire Chief Theodore Sorensen was charged with one count of battery after chest bumping a battalion chief at the department’s fire station 1, 4300 East Wonder Lake Road, the Northwest Herald reported. Theodore Sorensen, 63, of the 7400 block of Wooded Shore Drive, was arrested on July 9 and charged with one misdemeanor […]
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Sheriff says boat did not run over boy in Fox River Grove near drowning incident
The McHenry County Sheriff’s Office said that a 6-year-old Cary boy rescued from the Fox River on July 15 was not ran over by a boat, but instead was a ‘near drowning’ incident. Emergency crews were called at 4:45 p.m. on July 15 to Picnic Grove Park, 598 Birch Lane in Fox River Grove, for […]