WHS students work with food collection, conservancy district
This column was adapted from one Lisa Haderlein wrote in 2013. I heard them before I saw them, hundreds of Canada geese. A raucous honking as the birds circled a […]
The Winter Solstice was Dec. 21 this year. Believe it or not, there are about 2 minutes more daylight each day between now and the Summer Solstice on June 20, […]
The winter holiday season is a natural time to reflect on those things for which we are thankful. At the top of most people’s list are family, friends, and health. […]
Growing up near Chicago in the 1970s, we had tornadoes occur often enough that we had drills at school where classrooms emptied and students sat in the windowless hallways with […]
As the Black Lives Matter marches started up after the death of George Floyd under the knee of a Minneapolis police officer, I found myself looking for a way to […]
Through a collaborative effort of Conversacion de Conservacion, made up of the Environmental Defenders of McHenry County, The Land Conservancy, the McHenry County Conservation District, Friends of Hackmatack National Wildlife […]
They didn’t give her a name, but they gave her a second chance. She is a female red-tailed hawk, probably born this past spring, who was found standing in a […]
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What do legendary NFL quarterbacks Steve Young, Dan Marino and Warren Moon have in common? They have all…
Within the next month, Barrington resident Doug McConnell will attempt to accomplish something that only 47 people older…
Woodstock resident Bob Will is like many of us. He worked hard all his life, raised a beautiful…
