A press release from McHenry County Coroner Anne Majewski: Lily Pond Road Vehicle Crash McHenry County Coroner, Dr. Anne Majewski, announced this morning that her office is investigating the deaths of three young men killed early Sunday morning, December 16, … Continue reading
Press releasse from McHenry County Coroner Anne Majewski: 9-18-2017 Follow Up Lily Lake Road Crash @ 5:45PM The driver of the vehicle involved in this single vehicle crash is identified to be Allan Javier Sanchez Gamez, 31, of Crystal Lake … Continue reading
A press release from the McHenry County Sheriff’s Office: Sheriff’s Office Investigates Fatal Traffic Crash Two men were pronounced dead following a single vehicle traffic crashof a 2001 Ford Explorer in nincorporated Nunda Township. The investigation indicates that at 11:48 p.m., on … Continue reading
Two weeks ago, it was a 19-year old girl who was killed when a Metra train hit her car at Lily Pond Road. Thursday, a train hit a person walking west of the Lily Pond Road grade crossing. Here is … Continue reading
A press release from McHenry County Coroner Anne Majewski reveals that 19-year old Woodstock resident Amanda Williams died when her car and a Metra train collided at the Lily Pond Road crossing. It was snowing at the time. = = … Continue reading
I continue to be amazed at how McHenry County Blog is used by people as a research tool. Sometimes comments are left on articles that were written a long time ago. Here’s a commentary from someone who lives on McConnell … Continue reading
The Crystal Lake Planning and Zoning Commission gave preliminary approval to Metra’s proposed Ridgefield Train Station, but conditioned it on making multi-million dollar road improvements recommended by city engineering firm Patrick Engineering. The improvements, most overdue, according to Patrick engineers … Continue reading
I emailed a Freedom of Information request to Metra yesterday, asking for “the memo that led to the elimination of the site nearest to Lily Pond Road.” Pretty specific, wouldn’t you say? Here’s the reply: “On August 18, 2009, we … Continue reading
There’s no visible movement on the Woodstock baseball stadium planned for Route 14 between Woodstock and Centegra’s Woodstock hospital, but the operation that is going to finance the land has begun. Driving on Lily Pond Road between McConnell Road and … Continue reading
