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McHenry County News

30th ANNUAL

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Volume 7 Issue 41

Friday, Saturday, Sunday October 20, 21 & 22 9 am to 5 pm

October 5, 2017

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Society actors to depict mysterious deaths from our past For one dark night only, several of McHenry County’s tragically departed return to describe the dramatic details of their, or other’s, demise starting at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 11, at the McHenry County Historical Society Museum in Union. This year’s Historic Halloween recounts four cases of murder and mayhem – as told to you by the tragically deceased. Learn about the West McHenry State Bank robbery and gang killings in August 1928. Listen while a Woodstock farming wife recounts her brutal murder at the hands of an apprentice farmer and parolee from the St. Charles School for Boys in 1941. And how did a severed head wind up in a Harvard landfill back in 1923? Finally, there is the horrific tale of serial killer Dr. James Neill Cream. Counted among his victims was a Garden Prairie station agent, murdered in 1881.

This year’s cast includes Ann Bormett, Cherry Valley; Tom George, Huntley; Craig Pfannkuche, Wonder Lake; and Bobbi Rose and (daughter) Alanya Rose Paar, Pingree Grove. Mary Ellen “Tickle Them Bones” Heelan of Cary will be providing mood-appropriate music. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. to the Eckert Hall auditorium, located at 6422 Main St. Halloween refreshments follow in the Society’s West Harmony one-room school. Admission to the popular “Return of the Dead program is $5 for historical society members, $10 for nonmembers. This program is not suitable for young children because of the subject matter and make-up. For information, call (815) 9232267 or visit www.GotHistory.org. Right: Peter Gill and Mary Tait in Historic Halloween presentation from 2014.

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Sheriff’s Office investigates a single vehicle fatal traffic crash

It’s Our River Day

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Volunteers help clean up at the 10th Anniversary It’s Our River Day celebration in Algonquin held on Sept. 16. The event is co-sponsored each year by The Environmental Defenders of McHenry County and The Village of Algonquin. Other groups involved include: The Sierra Club, Illinois Water Trail Keepers, Illinois Paddling Council, Prairie State Canoeists and Fox River Jeep Club. Local Algonquin partners this year included River Bottom Ice Cream Co., artist June Blunk, and musician Thea Roggenbuck.

A 39-year-old Wauconda man was pronounced dead following a single vehicle crash in unincorporated Harvard on last Saturday evening. At approximately 7:05 p.m. on Sept. 23, members of the Harvard Fire Protection District and McHenry County Sheriff’s Police responded to the scene of a single vehicle traffic accident in the 6500 block of White Oak Road. The investigation indicated that a 2015 Dodge Dart was traveling eastbound on Hunter Road. The driver of the Dodge failed to stop at the stop sign at the intersection of Hunter Road and White Oaks Road. The vehicle proceeded through the intersection and over a berm west of the intersection, which resulted in it going airborne and landing on its roof. The driver and sole occupant was pronounced dead at the scene. He was wearing his seat belt and alcohol does not appear to be a contributing factor at this time. The investigation is ongoing by the McHenry County Sheriff’s Office Major Traffic Crash Investigations Unit and the McHenry County Coroner’s Office.


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