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Janelle Walker

Elgin

Staff Reporter - Shaw Media at NorthWest Herald

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  • Skateboarder returns to his McHenry roots to teach, challenge skate culture stereotypes

    1 week ago | shawlocal.com | Janelle Walker

    Miles Canevello wants to give back to the community he grew up in, coming back from his new home in Arizona for a few weeks to do so. That community isn’t just McHenry, the town he left at age 18 to go to college. It is also the community of skateboarders whom he connected with at skate parks around McHenry County and who are supporting his latest endeavor. “Me coming back there to skate, me being here to facilitate my business ... it is an impactful thing,” Canevello said.

  • McHenry Country Club sold for $2M to local businessman; gets new name, liquor license

    1 week ago | shawlocal.com | Janelle Walker

    To ensure golfers can have a drink on the links and in the clubhouse, the McHenry Golf Club received a liquor license from the McHenry City Council in a special meeting Tuesday morning. Formerly the McHenry Country Club at 820 N. John St., the golf club celebrated its 100th birthday in 2022. The name change is due to the course’s recent sale, according to documents filed with the McHenry County Recorder’s Office. The golf club was sold Jan.

  • McHenry man was ejected from standup electric scooter in fatal crash

    1 week ago | shawlocal.com | Janelle Walker

    A McHenry man killed Saturday while driving an electric scooter was not wearing a helmet when he was ejected from the unit and landed in the roadway, according to information released by the McHenry County Sheriff’s Office Wednesday. Bruce Neiswanger, 53, died the following day from blunt force injuries resulting from the crash, according to a Lake County Coroner’s Office news release.

  • McHenry man, 27, killed in motorcycle crash Sunday

    1 week ago | shawlocal.com | Janelle Walker

    Speed is believed a factor in a crash Sunday in which a 27-year-old McHenry man was killed, according to a news release Wednesday from the McHenry County Sheriff’s office. Rescue crews were called at 3:03 p.m. to the intersection of Johnsburg and Miller roads outside McHenry for a collision involving a motorcycle and a passenger vehicle.

  • Bell tolled at many McHenry events cracks during Memorial Day ceremony

    1 week ago | shawlocal.com | Janelle Walker

    It’s become a tradition in McHenry: On New Year’s Eve, during events at Veteran’s Memorial Park and during the annual Memorial Day service there, Frank McClatchey would ring the bell in his front yard. On Monday – while the names of veterans who have died in the past year were called out – another sad note was struck. “Halfway through, it wasn’t sounding right. You could barely hear it,” McClatchey, a former McHenry alderman, said of his bell.

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