From the Huntley Fire Protection District: Huntley Fire Responds to Hay Fire in Unincorporated Union On Friday, November 7, 2025, at 3:38 p.m., the Huntley Fire Protection District responded to the 15000 block of Marengo Road in unincorporated Union for a report […]
From the Sheriff: Fatal Pedestrian Crash Near Wonder Lake A 65-year-old Wonder Lake man was pronounced deceased following a crash on Barnard Mill Road near Wonder Lake. On Thursday, November 6, 2025, at approximately 6:00 p.m., the McHenry County Sheriff’s Office, and […]
In the Chicago Tribune story about capture of a day care worker by ICE the following is reported: “School staff told the Tribune that the agents went into the school without presenting a warrant before pulling her outside. Elected officials say video […]
From the campaign of Republican U.S. Senate candidate Don Tracy: Household Debt Hits Record High Post-Bidenomics, Don Tracy Vows Relief for Illinois Families SPRINGFIELD – According to data released this week by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Americans’ household debt levels, including mortgages, car loans, credit […]
From Illinois Institute cartoonist Eric Allie:
Black Box ad from McHenry Elementary School District 15:
Here’s a topic you won’t read in local newspapers: Here are the choices found on the McHenry County Health Department web site: I don’t see anything about restaurants, do you? Next I looks under “R,” but didn’t find restaurants. Next I tried […]
Talk about a fall from grace. Nick Kachirouibas was elected Student Trustee of McHenry County College, then ran successfully in an uncontested race for McHenry County College Trustee. Running for re-election, he lost (due to his last name, I believe). He served […]
Remember the two immigrants named Singh from India who killed people in Florida and California driving semis? And “No name” licenses from New York State? Well, Illinois is doing so well either. From “Overdrive“: “The state of Illinois has paused issuance and […]
From the Lake in the Hills Police:
The goal of a two and a half hour McHenry County Board Finance Committee meeting whose main topic was next real estate taxes was stated by Vice Chairman Brian Sager: “I hope we s a committee can come together to a consensus […]
Bad weather will not keep customers from browsing at farmers’ markets.
From the Crystal Lake Fire Department: Structure Fire – 370 Prairie Street Crystal Lake, IL – The Crystal Lake Fire Rescue Department was dispatched to a multi-unit commercial building for a smoke investigation at 6:11 am. Upon arrival on scene, fire crews […]
The Black Box ad from the Huntley Park District:
From the Lake in the Hills Police;
From Governor JB Pritzker:; Gov. Pritzker Breaks Ground on New Grocery Store in Venice $5.9 million in combined private and public funding will bring affordable, nutritious groceries to Metro East families VENICE – Today, Governor JB Pritzker joined the Illinois Department of Commerce […]
From State Senator Sue Rezin: Democrats Pass “Surge” Energy Bill Democrats Pass Controversial Energy Legislation. In the final hours of Veto Session, Illinois Democrats pushed through their so-called “Energy Omnibus Bill,” a sweeping law critics say opens the door to $8 billion […]
Not that Huntley has decided it does not want a Metra station, will one be put in Marengo? Crossing in Marengo near the old high school. Here’s the idem on the next Marengo City Council agenda:
From State Rep. Steve Reick: Veto Session: Death and Taxes, Lots and Lots of Taxes The fall veto session ended in the wee hours of Halloween morning, which was apt when you consider the horrors that were unleashed on the taxpayers of […]
He is from Rockford and named John Kitover. LaHood’s challenger is coming on strong, charging, “Voters of District 16 Liberate Yourselves From Darin LaHood & Restore Fiscal Conservatism & Pragmatism to Congress. Darin has created $20 Trillion in Debt, Lied To You […]
From Stte Rep. Marty McLaughlin: All Aboard? Mass Transit in a Work-from-Home Era The recent $1.5 billion increase in mass transit investment may no longer be the best use of our public resources. Looking at the data, it’s clear that increased spending […]
If you want to see how well your tax dollars are spent divide 40 into $20,000,000. That will tell you that the homes in Gov. JB Pritzker’s press release below cost a half million dollars ech. Gov. Pritzker Celebrates Grand Opening of […]
From the Sheriff: Outside Law Enforcement Activity Today, around 1:00 p.m., the McHenry County Sheriff’s Office received an inquiry that there was suspected U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (I.C.E.) activity in the parking lot of the McHenry County Courthouse. Upon receiving this […]
From the campaign of Republican U.S. Senate candidate Don Tracy: Don Tracy: NYC’s Socialist Experiment is a Warning for Illinois SPRINGFIELD – It’s Election Day in New York City, where voters will choose the next mayor. Zohran Mamdani, an unapologetic socialist, leads in the polls over […]
From the gubernatorial campaign of Ted Dambrowski: Ted Dabrowski slams Pritzker’s gutter language Gov. J.B. Pritzker continues to coarsen political discourse in this country. As recently reported, he said in a speech last month to the Illinois Federation of Teachers that “Trump and his […]
Read what the Daily Herald has to say about the bill to keep the Chicago Transit Authority alive: “…in the collar counties especially, it remains troubling that the makeup of the 20-member board for the new Northern Illinois Transit Authority, which will […]
From the Coroner: McHenry County Coroner, Dr. Michael Rein, announced that his office was contacted on November 4, 2025, by Crystal Lake Police Department around 5:30 am to investigate the deaths of Yeisimar Morales-Sanchez, age 20, of Crystal Lake and Kirby Graham, […]
From the Village of Richmond comes this Black Box advertisement informing residents it is requesting an eight percent property tax increase:
Veteran McHenry County Board member Mike Skala has not filed petitions to run for re-election. Finance Committee Chairman Skala, who previously served numerous terms on the Huntley School Board, is the leader of the “lookback” movement to recapture the property tax levy […]