UPDATE: Supervisor Shefali Shah failed to post the meeting agenda on time, so the Wednesday night regular meeting of the Township Board has been cancelled. Because the levy ordinances for both the Township (including Mental Health Board) and the Road District must […]
From State Senator Craig Wilcox: I am pleased to announce that over $803 million will be returned to ComEd customers under the framework established through 2021 legislation which requires nuclear plants to pay customers some returns when energy prices are high. ComEd […]
From the Marengo Fire and Rescue Districts: Two-Vehicle Crash Involving Semi-Truck near Marengo On December 15, 2025, at 9:33 a.m., the Marengo Fire & Rescue Districts responded to reports of a two-vehicle crash at the intersection of Kishwaukee Valley Road and Deerpass […]
This story is prompted by the Chicago Tribune’s article “This Day in History” feature on Sunday, which featured a photo of Governor Dan Walker buying the first Lottery tickets the following August. It was 1973 and the Lottery was part of the […]
From the Sheriff: McHenry County Sheriff’s Office Investigates Death near Harvard On December 13, at about 4:45 p.m., members of McHenry County Sheriff’s Office, McHenry County Conservation Police Department, and Harvard Fire Protection District responded to a check for wellbeing in the […]
From the Woodstock Police: The school is the Menta Academy, a private special education facility.
From Governor JB Pritzker Administration five days ago: Despite Enormous Trade Losses, Trump’s Aid to Illinois Farmers Cut in Half Springfield, IL — History is repeating itself as President Donald Trump announces a tariff aid package in response to his self-manufactured trade crisis […]
From the Department of Public Health” IDPH Releases First-Ever Report on Alcohol Use in Illinois Comprehensive report uses data from multiple sources to show the health and safety effects of alcohol in the state SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) […]
From the Alliance Against Intoxicated Motorists: Christmas & New Year’s Safe RideKeeping Illinois Roads Safe this Holiday Schaumburg, IL, December 15, 2025 – Illinois faces heightened traffic crashes and fatalities during holidays, primarily due to alcohol, speeding and drug-impaired driving, including cannabis […]
There are three videos included in Legal Insurrection’s story on the killing of Jews in Australia yesterday at a Hanukkah celebration. When I read and watched it before going to church this morning, there was about a ten-minute video taken from across […]
Consider the counties providing residents to hear and speak to those running for Governor: McHenry County Republican Party Events page on Friday, December 12th.
The tax sale process through which people/companies get the difference between that amount of taxes one did not pay and the value of the property once it is obtained by the tax buyer was ruled unconstitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court three […]
From Lake in the Hills Police:
From the Woodstock Police:
From the campaign of U.S. Senate hopeful R. Cary Capparelli; WHY REPUBLICANS FAIL IN ILINOIS STATEWIDE ELECTIONS PARK RIDGE, IL — Illinois has not elected a Republican United States Senator since 2010 (15 years) nor a Republican Governor since 2014 (11 years). […]
From Eric Allie, Illinois Policy Institute cartoonist:
When a legislator doesn’t want to be held accountable for a given vote, “they take a walk.” That’s what it’s called in Springfield. In the Illinois House, members would all of a sudden have to go to the bathroom, returning after the […]
Just thought those with kids might be interested. Heard a story about it on NPR. The music is be a jazz pianist who lived in San Francisco.
When my father was President of the Easton Town while Walter Barnes was Mayor, the Easton Elks Club put on a minstrel show at the Easton Armory. That would probably have been 1950 or 1951. I figure as a leading politician some […]
From a Friend of McHenry County Blog:
From Illinois GOP Chairman Kathy Salvi: I recently had the privilege of joining President Donald J. Trump, Vice President JD Vance, RNC Chairman Joe Gruters, and RNC Co-Chair KC Crosbie to discuss the bold steps we’re taking to flip Illinois RED. From […]
From the Woodstock Police:
The Crystal Lake Police Department is the first to send out an announcement: The Crystal Lake Police Department to motorists: Drive sober this holiday season The holidays are a time for caring and sharing, which is why the Crystal Lake Police Department […]
From the Woodstock Police:
From Illinois Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse: Judicial Hellholes Ranking Released CHICAGO, IL — Illinois Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse (IL CALA) issued the following statement after the American Tort Reform Foundation released its 2025 to 2026 Judicial Hellholes report naming Cook County, Madison County and St. Clair County […]
From the State’s Attorne: WISCONSIN BROTHERS BOTH SENTENCED TO NINE YEARS IN PRISON FOR FIRING GUN AT HOME IN HARVARD McHenry County State’s Attorney Randi Freese announces that Miguel Mercardo, 26, and Roberto Mercado, 22, both of Walworth, Wisconsin, were each sentenced […]
From the U.S. Attorney: ROCKFORD MAN SENTENCED TO 14 YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR DISTRIBUTING METHAMPHETAMINE ROCKFORD — A Rockford man has been sentenced to 14 years in federal prison for distributing nearly 900 grams of methamphetamine. JESSE HERBIG, 44, pleaded guilty […]
Found on one of the emails I got yesterday:
From the State’s Attorney: BELVIDERE MAN FOUND GUILTY BY JURY ON TWO COUNTS OF PREDATORY CRIMINAL SEXUAL ASSAULT OF CHILD McHenry County State’s Attorney Randi L. Freese announces that on December 11, 2025, Jesus Zepeda, age 58, of Belvidere, Illinois, was found […]
From the Harvard Police: Armed Robbery On Thursday, December 11, 2025, at approximately 1:42 am, the Harvard Police Department was dispatched to the area of Route 14 (North Division Street) and North Garfield Street for a report of an armed robbery that […]