McHenry High School's student-written and -edited newspaper

The McHenry Messenger
McHenry High School's student-written and -edited newspaper

The McHenry Messenger
McHenry High School's student-written and -edited newspaper

The McHenry Messenger
Actors pose as killer clowns during the Haunted Hayride through Peterson Park hosted by the Wonder Lake Ski Team.

The Haunted Hayride canceled this year

Tate Bartelson, Staff Writer • November 11, 2024

The annual Haunted Hayride held at Peterson Park in the weekends leading up to Halloween was canceled. For the past 25 or more years, the Wonder Lake Water Ski Show team has held a Haunted Hayride at...

Though McHenry's Haunted Hayride is well-known spooky tradition in the area, few know that MCHS students volunteer each year to play ghouls and zombies.

Spooky, scary town staple

Stacy Correra, Staff Writer • October 31, 2019

The wooden cart bumps down the path of Deadwood Forest as the smell of hay and truck exhaust fills the air. A teen-aged girl stands in the back of the truck that pulls the cart, telling the passengers...

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