Is there ever a good time to find yourself stuck on the side of the road miles away from your Wonder Lake home? If there is, it certainly isn’t in the middle of winter. Of course, cell phones help. But what if you’re too far away for a family member or friend to come to the rescue? What if it’s late at night and no auto repair shops are open to respond to your emergency?For that matter, what

It’s late and you’re in a hurry as you cruise north on Route 31 out of McHenry. That wintery day has morphed into a hard, cold night. Clouds are blocking the moon so that there’s no way to detect the sheet of black ice up ahead. Your mind is wrapped up in things you have to do when you get where you’re going. You’re not thinking about that 8-point buck that is stepping out into the road.As

The lights on your car, truck or SUV are more important now than ever. The days of winter in McHenry are shorter. The nights are longer. Cloudy days are more frequent. The net effect of all this is that you’ll spend more time driving in darkened conditions during the winter.Additionally, the spray of road salt on your car, truck or SUV tends to spread a blanket over the vehicle that blends in with

Well, it happened. The snow has finally come to McHenry. It was unlikely we’d go through this entire winter without it but still, somehow, after dodging the flaky-white bullet as long as we have, somehow we were surprised when it did come. Now the question is how to safely remove the snow from your walkways and driveway.The sobering truth is that safely removing snow from surfaces around your McHenry