Category: Stateline area

McHenry County Historical Society and members of the Wilson/Weyland Family of Marengo will host a free open house between 1 and 4 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 10. Both sites, the 1867 limestone Pringle one-room schoolhouse and the pre-Civil War “Stewart’s Scottish Cemetery,” are located within a stone’s throw of each other near River Road and Route…

  Rally By the Lake – Car and Bike Show, is sponsored by the Fox Lake Area Chamber. This is the eighth annual event for the Chamber. The Car and Bike Show is held on Aug. 10 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Lakefront Park in Fox Lake. Free admission, free parking and free…

In honor of Safe Drinking Water Month, McHenry County Department of Health (MCDH) will offer reduced fee water testing for individual well water users during the month of August. Residents can have their well water sampled for coliform bacteria and nitrate for $18. Testing your well regularly is the only way to determine whether well…

The Illinois Small Business Development Center (ISBDC) at McHenry County College is offering a new two-part workshop on brand strategy and brand development for small business owners. Maintaining a brand takes careful planning and employing the right strategy. Small business owners and eCommerce sellers (like the ones in Amazon) make use of websites such as…

SWALCO of Lake County is holding a Household Chemical Waste event on Saturday, Aug. 9, at the SWALCO facility located at 1311 N. Estes Street in Gurnee. Appointments are required for this event. This collection is for residential waste only. No business waste will be accepted. All SWALCO HCW Collection Events are free for Illinois…

In 2014, the Watlow Electric Manufacturing Company site in Richmond, (formally the Claud S. Gordon Co.) will be celebrating its 100th year in business. Although the Claud S. Gordon Company was purchased by Watlow in the mid-1980s, the business has remained intact from its founding in 1914 in Chicago. To commemorate this significant milestone, Watlow…

Lindenfest is held annually at the Lindenhurst Village Hall Center at 2301 E. Sand Lake Road. Lindenfest 2014 is scheduled for Aug. 7 to Aug. 10. This four-day festival includes carnival rides, a parade, games, bingo, food, live entertainment, Battle of the Bands, Mayor’s Auction and pageant. For more information, call Village Hall at (847)…

Come meet your friends and neighbors at the 81st Anniversary of Lake Villa Days, sponsored by the Lake Villa Firefighters Association on July 31 to Aug. 3. Activities include bingo and gaming; rides and games for all ages; water fights; live music, great food and beverages. Festivities start on Thursday and Friday at 7 p.m.,…

  Kids 1st Health Fair, which has provided free immunizations and other health services to low-income Lake County children since 1993, is evolving in response to new federal guidelines. While school-aged children will receive the usual immunizations and screenings at the fair, to be held from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 6, at…

A pig roast, vendors and horse demonstrations will all be part of the fun day to celebrate 50 years of Horse Shows in Spring Grove. Meals include pork or chicken, watermelon, beans and a roll and beverage. Kids meals available also. To be held at Horse Fair Park on Sunday, July 27 – gates open…