CRIME & SAFETY

Tragedy struck late Saturday night when a UTV crash near Hebron resulted in the deaths of two Harvard, Illinois men, ages 40 and 36. The incident was immediately attended to by various emergency services including Hebron Alden Greenwood Fire Protection District and Woodstock Fire & Rescue, among others. According to the McHenry County Sheriff's Office, the vehicle, driven by the 40-year-old, with two passengers on board, was traveling eastbound on Thayer Road when it veered off the road at high speed and crashed.

A pedestrian incident occurred late Saturday night near Harvard, leaving a 19-year-old man in a critical condition. The McHenry County Sheriff’s Office has been investigating the situation that unfolded on US Route 14 in an unincorporated area of Harvard. According to the McHenry County Sheriff's Office, the young man...

A 26-year-old Machesney Park man is accused of falsely reporting a shooting to Beloit Police in an attempt to get the man his wife was sleeping with arrested. Nikolas James Frer is charged in Rock County Court with swatting or false reporting of an emergency. According to the criminal complaint...

The Lake Geneva Police Department was busy this past week. Venetian Fest is typically a busy week for the Lake Geneva Police Department, and this year was no different. The very first night of Venetian Fest started with a reckless driving accident near Cook and Main Street, the driver driving through red lights and into oncoming traffic. That started around 7:30 p.m. The vehicle didn’t stop and continued to flee around officers repeatedly almost hitting an officer. The use of stopsticks was necessary. A child ran from the car at that time and was taken to safety. The suspect continued to flee around the same block lost control and hit a parked vehicle at Geneva and Madison Street. The suspect was taken into custody and a second child was removed from the car and taken to safety. The suspect admitted to being under the influence of cocaine and ketamine. The suspect was identified as 39-year-old Alesha Imhoff from Edgerton Wisconsin. The two children were physically unharmed, at least physically. Imhoff suffered no injuries and was booked into the Walworth County Jail to face several charges: fleeing and eluding, reckless endangerment, OWI with passengers under 16 years old, and failure to stop. There were extra patrols put out on patrol for the event, with the help of the Walworth County Sheriff’s Department. With traffic as heavy as it was, Lake Geneva officers were on foot and on bikes at different times throughout the week.

SOUTH BELOIT, Ill. (WTVO) — Firefighters across the Stateline get critical training on how to handle fires in areas with limited access to water. On Wednesday, six local fire departments took part in water supply training exercises. Firefighters practiced relay pumping and establishing long-distance lines for supplying water. Many rural areas in the Stateline lack […]

EDGERTON — The Rock County Sheriff’s Office will offer hunter safety courses at the Edgerton Conservation Club starting Aug. 27. The courses will be as follows: 6 — 7 p.m., Aug. 27.8:30 a.m. — 3 p.m., Sept. 14.8:30 a.m. — 1 p.m., Sept. 15. All classes will be at the Edgerton Conservation Club, 900 Stoughton...

CINCINNATI — Shannon Ponder lost her son, 25-year-old Zackery Leffler of Boone County, last December when police say a semitruck crossed a highway south of Cleveland and caused a deadly collision. "Zachary was an extraordinary person," Ponder said. Just a few months before the crash, Zack's future was in...