Marengo

Private manager may miss state lottery profit goals for 2nd year

2013-05-11 00:00:00

The company hired to run the Illinois Lottery after years of flagging sales is on track to fall short of promised revenue goals for the second straight year — this time by about $180 million, according to a Tribune review of the firm's performance...

Grocery shopping with Chicago's top chefs

2013-02-24 11:20:00

This time of year, Green City Market feels incredibly anemic compared to the sprawling edition found in Lincoln Park during warmer months. It’s confined to the lobby entrance of the Peggy Notebaert Museum with several scattered stands selling...

Aurora woman gets 7 years for 2009 fatal crash

2013-01-24 16:05:00

An Aurora woman was sentenced to seven years in prison Thursday for causing a head-on collision that killed a Marengo man in 2009. Linda L. Knotts, 48, pleaded guilty in Kane County court to one count of aggravated DUI for the March 20, 2009 crash...

Man dies in McHenry County crash

2013-01-04 11:09:00

A 63-year-old man died this morning when his car was struck head-on by another vehicle in McHenry County. About 6 a.m. a 2012 Lincoln MKZ sedan was headed westbound in the 22900 block of U.S. Route 20 in unincorporated McHenry County's Marengo Township...

Five area softball teams bring home state trophies and two win titles

2012-06-11 16:34:51

Gacy nephew takes stand in sex abuse trial

2012-07-26 14:35:00

A relative of John Wayne Gacy told a McHenry County jury today that he did not sexually abuse a 12-year-old girl in 2011. Raymond M. Kasper, 49, a nephew of the infamous serial killer, took the witness stand to refute charges of predatory sexual...

Michael Ernest Hagen

2012-10-26 10:54:00

Michael Ernest Hagen Our beloved father, husband, brother, Poppi, uncle, cousin, father-in-law, brother-in-law and friend passed away on Tuesday, October 16, 2012. Michael was born December 20, 1940.� He grew up in Marengo, Illinois where he became...

Deputies use beanbags to subdue man who pointed gun at them

2012-09-29 19:09:00

McHenry County sheriff's deputies fired shots at a man who pointed a gun at them as they served a warrant near Marengo today, but the man was not hit by the gunfire and was arrested after a short barricade situation. At 12:18 p.m. members of the...

Happy Bookers

2012-04-25 08:34:00

Our home base is Woodstock, Marengo and Union, Illinois. Our group of 15 to 20 members has been meeting for 20-plus years. We meet the fourth Thursday of the month, and each member is assigned one meeting per year The hostess chooses the book for the...

Local tree fruits hit hard by strange spring

2012-05-14 00:00:00

After March brought us a miraculous string of 80-degree days, Midwestern fruit farmers were praying for an equally miraculous April — one warm enough to protect all the vulnerable fruit blossoms coaxed into early bloom. But a punishing frost in the...

Woman killed, 3 hurt in Huntley crash

2012-05-02 08:43:00

Police are seeking witnesses to a traffic wreck late last night in McHenry County that claimed the life of a 20-year-old Algonquin woman. Killed was Megan E. Hartigan, of the 300 block of Fieldcrest Drive, according to a statement from the McHenry County...

Marengo man dies in Crystal Lake motorcycle crash

2012-04-13 06:21:00

A 54-year-old Marengo man died in a motorcycle accident Thursday afternoon, according to Crystal Lake police. John Winkelman was ejected from a motorcycle that collided with a Chrysler Concorde about 3 p.m. at the intersection of Illinois Route 176 and...

A McHenry County sheriff's car sits in the driveway in front of a home on the 7500 block of Somerset Drive in Marengo, Ill., where an elderly couple was killed by a neighbor, according to reports.

2011-06-08 00:00:00

A McHenry County Sheriff's car sits Wednesday in the drivewayof a home at 7580 Somerset Drive in Marengo , where police said a couple in their 80s were killed by an intruder. Their son was injured trying to stop the attack. Their assailant was killed.

2011-06-07 22:00:00