As part of the Crystal Lake Park District’s lake study, the Illinois State Geological Survey was paid $5,000 to take a look at the bottom of the lake. McHenry County Blog got photos of the survey boat last year [2006] … Continue reading
Category Archives: West End
The City of Crystal Lake has sent a letter with a survey, dated October 10th, to 136 homeowners who own waterfront property on Crystal Lake. Fences, accessory buildings and building heights are the topics covered. Disturbing lake views are the … Continue reading
Northwest Herald reporter Brett Rowland reported Sunday that the Crystal Lake Park Board is planning to replace the current wall of a building. It’s forty years old and, well, not good enough. Read his article to find out why. Forty … Continue reading
Friends of the little girl who was killed riding her bicycle on Crystal Lake’s West End following her older brother across North Avenue have sent up a fund to help her family cover funeral and other expenses. What they have … Continue reading
I wrote about the large number of police and fire department vehicles speeding past our home on Lake Avenue in Lakewood on Wednesday morning before 8. The Crystal Lake Police Department put out a press release revealed that an 8-year … Continue reading
I awoke to Crystal Lake after Crystal Lake Police car speeding noisily past our Lake Avenue home. Then I think it was a fire engine, also with siren blaring, headed for whatever had happened. We had the windows open in … Continue reading
If you wanted to ice fish and weren’t on the West End of Crystal Lake there by noon, you’d have had a very difficult time finding a parking space. The top photo might lead you to believe that people are … Continue reading
If you wanted to ice fish and weren’t on the West End of Crystal Lake there by noon, you’d have had a very difficult time finding a parking space. The top photo might lead you to believe that people are … Continue reading
On the way to Woodstock, I drove past the west end of Crystal Lake on Wednesday. I saw a family out on the ice whose picture I thought you might enjoy. … Continue reading
On the way to Woodstock, I drove past the west end of Crystal Lake on Wednesday. I saw a family out on the ice whose picture I thought you might enjoy. … Continue reading
And, in keeping with my recent icy “Messages of the Day,” this is one on ice. A fisherman’s shack, actually two, on the West End of Crystal Lake. Even though the Crystal Lake Park District sign near the ice cleared … Continue reading
And, in keeping with my recent icy “Messages of the Day,” this is one on ice. A fisherman’s shack, actually two, on the West End of Crystal Lake. Even though the Crystal Lake Park District sign near the ice cleared … Continue reading