From the Woodstock Fire Rescue District: Firefighters Respond to Overnight House Fire On Friday, August 14, 2026, at 1:23 a.m., the Woodstock Fire/Rescue District was dispatched to the 600 block of Clay Street in Woodstock for a reported house fire. Firefighters arrived […]
From the Coroner: McHenry County Coroner’s Office Investigating Death of Motorcycle Accident McHenry County Coroner Dr. Michael Rein announced that the McHenry County Coroner’s Office was notified by Northwestern McHenry Hospital at approximately 11:30pm on August 7, 2026, regarding the death of […]
Despite negative advertising pointing out that Catalina Lauf is not a long-time resident of Florida, President Donald Trump has endorsed her to replace 19th District Bryon Donalds in the Southwest Florida district. Here most of one of the negative pieces: And this […]
The law was passed in 2023 and was challenged by a chain of restaurants called “Hamburger Mary’s,” claiming the prohibition infringed on its First Amendment rights. A circuit court issed an injunction, which was upheld by the U.S, Supreme Court. Nexr, three […]
From State Senator Craig Wilcox: New Law Requires Certain Businesses to Accept Cash Recently signed legislation that I supported this year makes it easier for consumers to use cash for common, everyday purchases. House Bill 4592 creates the Retail Cash Payment Act, requiring […]
From State Rep. Dan Ugaste: Sanctuary state policies continue to put our communities at risk. Last week, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detained an illegal immigrant who was allegedly found with eight Molotov cocktails after he had previously been granted pretrial release under […]
From the campaign of Collin Corbett: League of Women Voters Forced to Cancel Forum After Pritzker & Bailey Refused to Join PALATINE, IL — A gubernatorial forum planned for September 10th at Illinois Central College in East Peoria, hosted by the League […]
Look what’s coming to McHenry Saturday:
There are two that I see: Without a non-subterranean source of cooling water, I would be opposed to a local data center. Looking back on the gas electric generating plant proposed in Oakwood Hills, I remember the proposal to pipe in waste […]
From the Lake in the Hills Police:
From the Crystal Lake Police:
From State Rep. Dan Ugaste: CGFA releases Fiscal Year 2027 budget analysis The State of Illinois budget for Fiscal Year 2027, HB 111, was passed by the Democratic majority and signed into law as P.A. 104-464. The fiscal year, which began on […]
The Journal of the American Medical Association published a study of vaccination exemptions for every county in the country on January 14, 2026. Non-medical childhood vaccination requirements (mainly religious, I think) were calculated across the USA. The Illinois Medical Association picked it […]
From McHenry County: Assessment notices have been posted online for property owners in Greenwood Township. Property owners may access their assessment by visiting the McHenry County Property Tax Inquiry Portal at https://mchenryil.devnetwedge.com. Assessment notices on computers and tablets can be accessed by clicking […]
From the State’s Attorney: McHENRY MAN SENTENCED TO 14 YEARS IN PRISON FOR DISTRIBUTING CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE MATERIAL McHenry County State’s Attorney Randi L. Freese announces that on August 11, 2026, Robert S. Nolan, 37, of McHenry, Illinois, was sentenced to fourteen […]
Pat Quinn made his name outing Double-Dippers. Chicago media made abig deal about it. Crickets now. Here’s a letter from Wonder Lake’s Bob Anderson on the subject: To the Edityor: Illinois law allows for members of the General Assembly to be “double-dippers”. […]
From Atop Flock in Woodstock: WOODSTOCK, IL— Following a growing nationwide trend of resistance leading to cancelled municipal contracts, a bipartisan group has formed in Woodstock, Illinois to oppose Flock Safety cameras in their small town. In February 2026, Woodstock City Council voted […]
Francesca Hong is about as far left as one can imagine. But she is way ahead in Tuesday”s gubernatorial Democratic Party primary election, even though she is spending nothing on TV. Why? Just as Governor JB Pritzker spent oodles of cash to […]
From Cary Policee: New York is one of the worst in the nation in issuing Commercial Divers Licenses.
From Semafor comes this headline: President Donald Trump linked rising rates of autism diagnoses to an increase in childhood vaccines today, before signing an executive order changing decades of federal vaccination guidance. I don/t know about multiple shots causing autism, but I […]
Haven’t seen this anywhere else, but it will important to Lakewood residents if a tax hike referendum ends up on the ballot. Found this in the minutes of the Lakewood Village Board’s July 14, 2026, meeting: PRESENTATION OF FIRE PROTECTION SERVICE Historical […]
From the Lake in the Hills Police:
Democratic Socialists of America are making the news. Here’s what appeared in one of their rallies: Matt Taibbi explainbs the transition from “Wole 1″ to”Woke 2:” “[Ocasio-Cortez went on to say, ‘Of course, during lockdown, rhetoric in that time is not rhetoric […]
From the State’s Attorney: MCHENRY MAN WHO ALLEGEDLY COVERTLY PHOTOGRAPHED MULTIPLE WOMEN UNDER THEIR CLOTHING DETAINED ON STALKING CHARGES McHenry County State’s Attorney Randi L. Freese announced today that on August 7, 2026, the Honorable Judge Jeffery Hisch granted the State’s petitions […]
From the campaign of Collin Corbett for Governor: Rigged Stage: Statewide Ag Forum Shuts Out Independent Candidate Collin Corbett PALATINE, IL — Today’s Illinois Agricultural Legislative Roundtable (IALR) candidate forum, led by the Illinois Farm Bureau, highlights the rigged system in Illinois politics: […]
From the State’s Attorney: REPEAT WINDOW PEEPER SENTENCED TO FIVE YEARS IN PRISON FOR MARENGO OFFENSE McHenry County State’s Attorney Randi L. Freese announces that on August 10, 2026, Dustin D. Hanabarger, of Marengo, Illinois, was sentenced to five years in the […]
From the Sheriff: Sheriff’s Office Investigates Serious Injury Traffic Crash A 63-year-old Johnsburg man died following a single-vehicle motorcycle crash in the 800 block of Cherry Valley Road in Nunda Township, Bull Valley. On Friday, August 7, 2026, at approximately 10:00 p.m., […]
A letter to the Rockford Register-Star from Steve Willson: The Rockford Rail Line Boondoggle In a recent op-ed, Stephen Judd asserts, with zero evidence, that the proposed Chicago to Rockford rail line will be a success and produce tax revenue for the […]
In the Crystal Lake Library’s August-September newsletter appears a piece about retiring Library Board member Bill Weller. He served on the Board for twenty-seven years. It was interesting until it got super-interesting. “At the end of the article, Weller says, ‘Despite stepping […]