In 1919, a vision was forming of a Harvard Community High School. At that time, high school students attended Central School along with other grades, and it was extremely overcrowded.

A group of marketing students at Harvard High School recently participated in the second annual Marketing Challenge at McHenry County College and placed fifth in the competition.

Harvard’s past is alive, vibrant, surprising and waiting for visitors.

On April 21, 1967, 18 tornadoes touched down in Illinois. Three of those were rated as F4 tornadoes with winds exceeding 200 mph.

Glazed pottery bowls decorated by Harvard High School students, faculty and staff will help fight hunger from 5 to 9 p.m. Saturday, April 27, in the Harvard High School cafeteria, 1103 N.

When it comes to getting children to school, there is more than meets the eye.

Harvard School District 50 and Mercy Harvard Hospital will partner to host a Health and Wellness Fair from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, April 20, at Harvard High School south gym, 1103 N. Jefferson St.

Childhood leukemia can be a mystery and often is initially misdiagnosed.

Muhammed Ali once said “Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth.” Long-time Harvard resident Barbara Rowe has served her community and is now in need of her community’s

After eight years of adventure and challenge, Mike Groskinsky, an 18-year-old Harvard High School senior, has reached the pinnacle of Boy Scouts; he has been awarded the rank of Eagle Scout.

BraveHearts Therapeutic Riding & Educational Center added a new award to its recognition ceremony Jan. 26 at Donley’s Wild West Town, Union.

According to Harvard High School Booster Club President Tom Mackenzie, people have the wrong idea about the booster club.

On Jan. 1, Harvard had the distinct honor of being home to the first twins born in the county in 2013.

Harvard resident Ashleigh Brickley returned home after months of training and service as a member of Federal Emergency Management Agency Corps, a unit of the AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Cor

Forty Harvard High School students have been given the opportunity to participate in Focus On Completing Ultimate Success – a pilot program to support and encourage Latino students in their journey

Seventeen students make up the voices behind the Harvard High School Madrigal Singers.

When the Blue Lotus Buddhist Temple moved into the former Unitarian Universalist Church in Woodstock, the monks at the church decided to part ways with 21 ornate wooden pews and a beautiful organ.

Bill LeFew, McHenry County treasurer, business man, former mayor of Harvard and Harvard enthusiast, began collecting historical post cards of the town five years ago.

“Libraries are not made, they grow,” said English author Augustine Birrell. Truer words were never spoken of the Harvard Diggins Library, 900 E. McKinley St.

Hunting season is a time of year that many people eagerly wait for, from season to season.

November 1961 was a big month for Harvard’s Jeannette Pagles McCullough as she was declared the National Grange Cooking Champion.

The Harvard High School Hall of Fame Committee, a joint committee of Harvard Education Foundation members and high school personnel, has selected three former students as the newest inductees into the

A special piece of Harvard nostalgia is 150 years old and faces an uncertain future.

McHenry County and the rest of the nation suffered from hard-hitting weather.

In Harvard, 30 volunteers work together to assist homeless women and children at St.

Harvard Community Education Foundation’s Black and Gold Ball will have a delightful change this year.

Harvard High School’s John Hollingsworth has been named Assistant Principal of the Year in the Kishwaukee Region of Illinois.

The Harvard Prairie Toppers, a local branch of the 4-H youth organization of the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, is well-represented by the Shelton siblings, Chance, 17, Tegan, 15, and Bry

There are moments in everyone’s lives where they have opportunities to face fears head-on and come through victorious, becoming the type of people they really want to be.

Harvard resident Don Otto was looking for something special to do with his 1972 Plymouth Fury 1, a former Illinois State Police Car, which he purchased in 2003.

Harvard resident and 2012 Marian Central Catholic High School grad Luke Dawson leaves this month to attend Dartmouth College.

Several Harvard youth recently had the opportunity to learn about the space program without leaving McHenry County.

Spending time with Wes Nelson, a fourth generation beekeeper, and his wife, Jill, make the art, science and fun of bees, hives and honey buzz with excitement.

Nat and Helen Nelson met while at Harvard High School and married in December 2006. Helen became pregnant in 2007 and, 20 weeks into the pregnancy, they found out the baby had a heart condition.

When the Harvard School District 50 board moved to Central School last year, much needed space was opened up at Harvard High School.

As they punched the air with sharp, precise movements, the group of children at Harvard’s Brown Bear Day Care emulated father and son Taekwondo instructors Mike and Gregory Malinowski’s motions wi

The Harvard Education Recreation Softball League was busy just before the season and it was not just with player practice.

Jim “Shawnee” Nolen is marking his 47th year of barbering the men of Harvard, helping them look their best. His family arrived in Harvard when he was just thirteen years old.

The 2012 Milk Days Festival saw many winners in the different events that took place in the month of May and throughout the festival itself.

Bed Races

Imagine 71 years of Harvard Milk Days compacted into an exciting one-hour documentary.

There’s a new doctor in town.

Located in northwest McHenry County on the south side of Harvard is a premiere location for hiking and horse-back riding.

How many of you, when giving directions in Harvard say, “go past the cow,” or “turn at the cow,” or “if you come to the cow you’ve gone too far?” I know I do this all the time when givin

The Harvard High School Accounting I and Accounting II teams are making great strides this year, and they have a third-place title to show for it.

Every year the Harvard community looks forward to the first weekend in June because of the annual Milk Days Festival. This year’s festival is going to hold a bit more magic than previous years.

Margaret Kistler was born July 13, 1916, on a farm in Harvard.