Battery sizes AA, AAA, C, D and 9-volt from residential sources will be accepted at no cost. Residents may drop off their single-use non-rechargeable batteries at the MCDH Division of Environmental Health office, 667 Ware Rd, Suite 110, in Woodstock.  A mask must be worn to enter the building.

Batteries will be accepted from October 4 until October 8 during normal business hours, Monday through Friday from 8 a.m.

Jan Siers is a 50-year resident of Rutland Township. She was appointed Trustee in May, 2021 as the board was short one Trustee. Her term expires in 2025.

Ronda Goldman is a Sun City resident and Village of Huntley Trustee, which she has been since 2013. Her term also expires in May 2025.

Goldman is alleging multiple issues with the Township Board’s operation.

Approximately 50 students joined Huntley High School senior and walkout organizer Adi Anderson in the quest to highlight issues surrounding the topic of sexual harassment.

Anderson explained that she and a group of her friends have spoken previously to Huntley High School administrators about being sexually harassed while at school.

“The way that the school handled it and other stories that we’ve heard how the school handled other cases, we believe have been unreasonable,” Anderson told My Huntley News.

The Huntley Police Department released a report last week stating that Wojt was ejected from his vehicle and found deceased near the water.

On Sep. 20, the McHenry County Coroner’s Office announced via a press release, that preliminary findings of an autopsy showed Wojt’s cause of death was due to blunt force trauma.

Several JCAR members asked ISBE’s Deputy Legal Officer Kristen Kennedy whether the agency planned on participating in the rulemaking process under the Illinois Administrative Procedures Act.

Campuzano was responsible for a Sep. 13 hit and run accident which resulted in serious injuries for 72-year-old St. Charles resident Ron Siwula.

Siwula was traveling north on Route 25 on his 2020 Harley Davidson three-wheeled motorcycle when he proceeded to stop at a red light at the intersection of Gilbert Street in unincorporated St.

Jon Freier, executive vice president of T-Mobile’s Consumer Group, explained via a Facebook video that the $3 million in prizes include a $200,000 grant, 5G network enhancements, a Little League Baseball field refurbishment, T-Mobile Magenta Ticket prize packs that will be handed out to 100 lucky households, as well as a free concert featuring multi-platinum duo Florida Georgia Line.

According to Huntley Police Department Deputy Chief Linda Hooten, the preliminary investigation revealed that a 2007 GMC pickup truck was traveling westbound on Charles Sass Parkway near the curve when it managed to leave the roadway.

The truck then proceeded to strike a light poll which caused it to roll partially into the nearby shallow retention pond.

The incident took place at approximately 4:15 p.m. on Sep. 13. Kane County Sheriff’s deputies responded to the intersection of Illinois Route 25 and Gilbert Street in unincorporated St. Charles Township for a report of a hit and run traffic crash, according to the Kane County Sheriff’s Office.

According to the Randall Road information website, all lanes on Randall Road were officially opened for travel on Sep. 1 except for some miscellaneous work and landscaping being completed over a few weeks.

The website also states that the McHenry County Division of Transportation “identified the Randall Road Improvements as one of the key projects needed to relieve congestion in this heavily traveled north/south corridor of the County.”

A Center for COVID Control representative stated that as of current, they operate approximately 90 testing sites throughout the Chicagoland area and in other states.

Their nearest testing site to Huntley is located on Randall Road in Algonquin behind Wendy’s.

Chipkin, a Huntley resident, had just learned about gestation crates: small, confined spaces where pigs being raised for pork are kept during their four-month pregnancies.

“These crates are so small that [the sow] can’t even stretch her limbs, let alone turn around or walk. If we did that to dogs, it would be animal cruelty and someone would be going to prison for it.”

The first of the two residential recycling events will be held from 9 a.m. until noon on Saturday, Sept. 11, in Woodstock at Woodstock North High School, 3000 Raffel Road. The second and final fall event will be held from 9 a.m. until noon on Saturday, Oct. 16, in Lake in the Hills at Chesak Elementary School, 10910 Reed Road.

The media company partnered with the Aetna Foundation, a philanthropic affiliate of CVS Health, to survey more than 3,000 communities nationwide. McHenry County came in at 233 rd most healthy, with a median score of 70 percent; the average for Illinois counties was 52 percent, and 48 percent nationally.

“It’s no secret that McHenry County is one of the best places in America to live, work, raise a family or start a business,” County Board Chairman Mike Buehler, R-Crystal Lake, said.

The McHenry County Department of Health (MCDH) considers an outbreak as two or more cases “linked epidemiologically that do not share the same household and are not listed as close contacts of each other outside the outbreak setting.”

Martin Elementary, a D158 school in Lake in the Hills, also joined the Illinois Department of Public Health’s (IDPH) list of schools in McHenry County recognized to have had an outbreak.

The implementation of this planned development is blocked by the current zoning of the property. Presently 30 acres are zoned “BP” for Business Park and the remaining acres are zoned “C2” commercial.

All health care workers, including nursing home employees, all pre-k through 12 teachers and staff, as well as higher education personnel and students are among the group of individuals required to get vaccinated.

Employees who are unable or unwilling to get vaccinated will be required to get tested for COVID-19 at least once a week, according to a statement by Pritzker’s office.

Alex was also recognized at the July 15 Huntley Community School District 158 (D158) Board of Education meeting, where Jennifer Garza, one of the track and field coaches, spoke of Alex’s accomplishments.

“This year, Alex set the school record in the long jump early in the season and then proceeded to re-break it throughout the season, and again at the state meet.

HDLP’s plan would involve rezoning property at the northeast corner of Route 47 and Freeman Road from a “C-2” Regional Retail District to a “BP” Business Park District.

Parcels located at the northwest corner of Route 47 and Jim Dhamer Drive would be rezoned from “O” Corporate Office Districts and a “P” Park and Open Space District to allow more Regional Retail Districts, a Business Park district, and a new Park and Open Space District.

Survey results concluded that the majority of parents with students at the elementary level were either comfortable with masking or uncomfortable.

“There was very little wiggle room in the middle and it really did hover at that 50/50 range. It told us just where we are in the community, is divided.

Most of the violations cited against Tipsy’s involved police officers observing amplified music being played at a volume and/or in a manner that violated Village Code section 130.09 entitled “Noise.”

Since that time, Tipsy’s owners Gino DeFrancisco and Taras Lun decided to forgo additional hearings related to violations that occurred between Feb.