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3 people rescued from the water after boat capsizes on Bangs Lake in Wauconda

Three people were rescued by authorities after their sailboat capsized on Bangs Lake in Wauconda Sunday afternoon. The Wauconda Fire District and Wauconda Police Department responded to multiple reports of a water rescue on Bangs Lake at around 2:06 p.m. Sunday. Emergency crews arrived and spotted three people clinging onto a capsized sailboat approximately 50 […]

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13-year-old boy arrested after starting fire at Port Barrington Village Hall

The sheriff’s office said a 13-year-old boy was arrested and is facing felony charges after he allegedly started a fire at the Port Barrington Village Hall on Tuesday. The Wauconda Fire District and McHenry County Sheriff’s Office responded around 3 p.m. Tuesday to the Village of Port Barrington Village Hall, 69 South Circle Avenue in […]

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Wanted suspect in custody after leading police on pursuit through Wauconda, Mundelein

A wanted man led police on a nearly hour-long chase through Wauconda that ended in a Mundelein neighborhood when the non-compliant suspect was bitten by a police canine. The Wauconda Police Department received calls of a traffic complaint around 1:35 p.m. Thursday in the 1100 block of Van Buren Street in Wauconda. Wauconda Police Department […]