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Singer Maureen Christine and woodwind artist Michael Bazan will perform “Music Through the Decades,” featuring popular hits from the 1940s through the 1980s, as part of the McHenry County College ...

The spongy moth, formerly known as the gypsy moth, has been able to reproduce at high rates and devastate tree populations throughout southern Wisconsin.

The spongy moth, formerly known as the gypsy moth, has been able to reproduce at high rates and devastate tree populations throughout southern Wisconsin.

Spongy moth infestations throughout Wisconsin forests have exploded over the past year because of mild winters and warm, dry springs.

McHenry County College is welcoming woodwind quintet Winds Off the Lake at 3 p.m. Sunday, April 16, in the Luecht Auditorium.

The Chicago Brass Band Players will open the 2022-23 McHenry County College (MCC) Concert Series on Sunday, October 9 at 3 p.m. The concert will take place at the College’s Luecht Auditorium, 8900 US Hwy. 14, Crystal Lake, IL 60012. <br/> The specialized ensemble will perform a festive celebration of Oktoberfest tunes as well as a tribute to Queen Elizabeth II. The performance will feature sounds of the trumpet, horn, trombone, and bass trombone. <br/> ...

Jazz music and Irish tunes will be featured in upcoming free concerts at McHenry County College in Crystal Lake.

Singer Maureen Christine and woodwind artist Michael Bazan will perform popular hits from the songbooks of three Grammy Award-Winning artists—Barry Manilow, Henry Mancini, and Bette Midler—as part of the McHenry County College (MCC) Second Sunday Concert Series on Sunday, February 13 at 3 p.m. Christine brings her crystal-clear voice to audience-favorite songs, including “I Write the Songs” (Johnson/Manilow),” “Days of Wine and Roses” and “Pink Panther” (Mancini), “Wind Bene...

The Chicago Brass Band Players will open the 2021-22 McHenry County College Second Sunday Concert Series on Sunday, Oct. 10.

The city of Janesville plans to wait for gypsy moth eggs on trees in Lustig Park to hatch in the spring before exterminating the defoliating caterpillars, a city employee said. Parks Division supervisor Ethan Lee said considering the stage of development the moths are in and where the egg masses are in their growth, no action will be taken until next spring. The best time to begin an extermination of gypsy moths is shortly after they hatch around that time, he said. The Gazette previously repor...