Lake and McHenry County Scanner
Providing breaking news as it happens in Lake & McHenry Counties in Illinois
A Wonder Lake man was charged on March 16 for allegedly sexually abusing a juvenile girl while he drove her to her Round Lake home from Woodstock, police said. Luke E. Brennan, 55, of 7725 Beaver Road in Wonder Lake,…
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A GoFundMe page has been started to help raise money for a Woodstock firefighter who is currently in the hospital in critical condition with influenza B and pneumonia. Woodstock Fire/Rescue District Firefighter Dominick Koss, who is only 22 years old, was…
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A 13-year-old student has been charged after making threats of violence against Northwood Middle School in Woodstock, sheriff’s officials said. The McHenry County Sheriff’s Office began investigating on February 22 after a 13-year-old student, whose name is being withheld because…
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A drunk driver is being held on an $80,000 bond after his passenger, a 29-year-old Rockford woman, was killed following a single-vehicle crash near Woodstock Saturday evening. Marengo Fire Rescue, Woodstock Fire Rescue and the McHenry County Sheriff’s Office were…
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A drunk driver was arrested after his passenger was killed following a single-vehicle crash near Woodstock Saturday evening. Marengo Fire Rescue, Woodstock Fire Rescue and the McHenry County Sheriff’s Office were called at 7:39 p.m. to Vermont Road and Kishwaukee…
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A Woodstock North High School student was arrested after posting a photo of a handgun on social media with a threatening caption, police said. The Woodstock Police Department was notified by Community Unit School District 200 officials after a 17-year-old…
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A man was arrested after stealing a 60-inch television at gunpoint from a Woodstock Walmart Monday night, police said. Woodstock police were called to the scene at 5 p.m. to the Walmart Supercenter, 1275 Lake Avenue for a report of…
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