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Two people reported dead in early morning house fire near Union

Staff Report news@thewoodstockinependent.com Two people died early Tuesday in a house fire near Union, the McHenry County Sheriff’s Department reported. According to a news release, deputies were dispatched shortly after 4 a.m.to assist the Union Fire Protection District at a house fire. Deputies reported finding the home in the 9600 block of Knolltop Road engulfed […]

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Coroner’s office achieves national accreditation The McHenry County Coroner’s Office has been accredited by the International Association of Coroners and Medical Examiners, an honor that only three Illinois counties and 37 nationwide have achieved.  According to a news release, the accreditation followed a review of 288 standards on administrative, forensic, and investigative matters, as well […]

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Community Briefs: Holiday traffic enforcement; GriefShare; A Way Out; mental health recovery conference

Holiday activities ahead? Practice safety in traffic McHenry County Sheriff’s Office has already stepped up efforts to stop impaired driving and help save lives as the end of summer and Labor Day weekend approach. A high-visibility “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” enforcement campaign is underway through Sept. 5, when motorists can expect to see […]

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Community Briefs: Autumn Art Tour, Sheriff’s Office Police Academy, Green Living Expo, Circus at Opera House, GriefShare

Annual Autumn Art Tour Sept. 9-10 The 2023 Autumn Art Tour around Woodstock will be Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 9-10. A free, self-guided tour of 14 stops, the event will begin at 10 a.m. both days, ending at 5 p.m. Saturday and 4 p.m. Sunday. Works and craftsmanship of 17 regional artists will be on […]

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Police says driver missed stop sign, caused wreck A 74-year-old Woodstock man suffered life-threatening injuries and three other people were hospitalized after a two-vehicle crash west of Woodstock. A 72-year-old Woodstock woman and her passenger, the 74-year-old man, were flown by helicopter to Condell Hospital in Libertyville after the June 23 collision. The woman suffered […]

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Three seriously injured in two-vehicle collision; investigation continues

Staff Report news@thewoodstockindependent.com A 74-year-old Woodstock man suffered life-threatening injuries and three other people were hospitalized after a two-vehicle crash west of Woodstock Friday afternoon. A 72-year-old Woodstock woman and her passenger, the 74-year-old man, were flown by helicopter to Condell Hospital in Libertyville. The woman suffered serious injuries. Two passengers of the second vehicle, […]

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Three-hour ‘stand-off’ follows mental health check by police

Staff Report news@thewoodstockindependent.com Police removed a person from a house on Laurel Avenue Thursday afternoon, ending a frantic few hours that involved city and county police, a SWAT team, and – apparently – a robot. According to a news release from the Woodstock Police Department, the person was taken “to a medicalfacility for mental health assistance.” Although police had been told a firearm might be inside the house, the news release said, no injuries were reported and there was no danger to the public. City police were sent shortly after 1 p.m. to the home near Laurel and Kimball avenues “in reference to amental health well-being check.” Because of the possibility of a firearm at the home, police secured the area around the property, including Ryders Woods, and made contact with someone inside. The on-scene supervisor asked for the assistance of the McHenry County Sheriff’s Office SWAT team for “additional expertise and assets.” The release said a joint county-city police negotiations team made telephonecontact with the person briefly before the contact was lost. What appeared to be a robot from the sheriff’s Multi-Jurisdictional SWAT Team was used to determine theperson’s “status and location” inside the home, which led sheriff’s deputies and city officers  toenter the home and find the person. The incident ended around 4 p.m. Police did notify nearby residents and the School District 200administration to warn them of the police activity. No criminal charges were being considered, the release said.

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Community Briefs: Sheriff appoints staff; Community Choir to perform; battery recycling

Sheriff appoints new undersheriff, jail chief McHenry County Undersheriff John Bucci and Chief of Corrections Ryan Sciame were sworn in last week after their appointments by first-term Sheriff Robb Tadelman. Bucci, former chief of the Algonquin Police Department from which he retired in 2002, has 25 years of experience in law enforcement. He had been […]

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Airport owner identified as victim in airplane crash

The victim of the single-engine plane crash last week has been identified as Galt Airport owner Claude Sonday.According to a news release Wednesday from McHenry County Coroner Michael Rein, Sonday, 75, was the pilot and lone occupant of the two-seat aerobatic monoplane that crashed Nov. 24 near Galt Airport in Wonder Lake.Sonday and his wife, Dianebought the airport at a foreclosure auction in 2013.“Words cannot […]

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