A 28-year-old man from Lake Zurich was seriously injured after he crashed his motorcycle into another motorcycle and lost control in Tower Lakes, the sheriff said. The Wauconda Fire District and Lake County Sheriff’s Office responded around 1 a.m. Saturday to the area of Route 59 and Roberts Road...
Residents safely escaped a house fire in Tower Lakes that caused around $350,000 in damage Friday morning, fire officials said. The Wauconda Fire District responded at 6:58 a.m. Friday to the 200 block of West Lake Shore Drive in Tower Lakes for a report of a structure fire. Crews received a repo...
A Lake Barrington man was killed in a crash after his motorcycle left the roadway and hit a tree on Roberts Road, Lake County Coroner officials announced. Lake County Coroner Jennifer Banek said in a news release Tower Lakes Police Department and Wauconda Fire District responded to Roberts Road a...
A Lake Zurich 911 dispatcher was recognized after officials say she helped a caller perform CPR on their unresponsive father in Tower Lakes, which led to the man’s survival. Lake Zurich Telecommunicator Patty Steffy received a 911 call from a Tower Lakes resident during the evening hours on Decem...
A Tower Lakes man was sentenced to four years in prison for committing a home invasion at his girlfriend’s home in unincorporated McHenry County that left her injured. David J. Derita, 37, of the 700 block of North Lake Shore Drive in Tower Lakes, was charged with home invasion causing injury, cr...
A father was arrested after police say he drove drunk with his young child in the car near Barrington and then resisted arrest as deputies tried to take him into custody. Corey S. Freier, 28, of the 300 block of Kay Street in Crystal Lake, was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol, ...