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Beautiful Hook Lake was the backdrop Wednesday evening for the Midweek Break on the Lake at the Round Lake Beach Civic Center.

Health officials in McHenry County are investigating several cases of Legionnaires' disease that occurred between June 7 and July 1.

So you thought the time for fireworks passed with the 4th of July? Not hardly. Not in Glendale Heights.

Elgin resident Myra Becker, whose oversized yard sign calling for the impeachment of President Donald Trump gained national attention last month, died Tuesday at 94.

Woodland Elementary District 50 approved where Siemens can install solar panels at four district schools as part of a plan the district hopes will help the environment and save them money.

A Cook County judge set bail at $1 million for a former Wheeling man charged with sexually abusing a young girl.

Free lunches and snacks are available to children at the Schaumburg Township District Library's Hanover Park Branch, 1266 Irving Park Road in Hanover Park.

Vice President Mike Pence will speak at an event Friday in Rosemont, where local officials are busy making security preparations and bracing for expected protests.

A full-scale model of the Charters of Freedom exhibit has been installed in Cook Park in Libertyville for public comment.

One man died after a motorcycle and an SUV collided Wednesday afternoon in Newport Township.