Zaiden Vess scored 17 points, Curtis Czeslawski added 15, and Woodstock North's boys basketball team beat visiting Harvard 53-33 Tuesday night for its first win of the season and first under coach Tim Paddock.

Aubrina Adamik scored a game-high 19 points, Evie Freundt added 12, and the Huntley defense stifled Burlington Central on Tuesday, using active hands and footwork to force several turnovers in a 70-41 Fox Valley Conference victory.

Two people were rescued falling through the ice on a private lake Tuesday afternoon in Cary while attempting to ice fish, officials said. A third person fell through the ice while attempting to help.

McHenry's GameStop among several closed across the state in recent days

One of Crystal Lake’s oldest buildings, constructed in about 1853, was completely torn down Tuesday after a year-long effort to preserve it was unsuccessful.

Edwin Garcia, 21, of Lake in the Hills is charged with aggravated fleeing and eluding a police officer.

First-year Marian Central boys basketball coach Lafeyette Bell got the chance to coach against his sons Elijah and Malachi Bell, who play for Jacobs, on Saturday. Malachi Bell, a freshman guard, scored eight of his 14 points in the fourth quarter, as Jacobs won 57-48.

Andy Bittman, who became Huntley District 158 school board president after his 2023 election - only to see a competing majority beat his slate in 2025 - quietly resigned over winter break.

Johnsburg girls basketball remained undefeated, Harvard boys bowling beat St. Edward and Woodstock North led the way in a triangular with Woodstock and Johnsburg. That and more in Monday's roundup.

Freshman Alex Nowacki and sophomore Emma Bierman combined for 46 points Monday night in a 55-34 win against Harvard, giving the Blue Streaks their fourth straight win following a seven-game losing streak.