From the Lake in the Hills Police: Joshua Knight
From State Rep. Steve Reick: State Representative Steve Reick Announces 2026 Re-Election Bid Woodstock, IL – Speaking from his booth at the McHenry County Fair, State Representative Steve Reick announced today that he will be running for reelection in November of 2026. […]
Right near the flag pole, Illinois Policy Institute staffers are encouraging those attending the McHenry County Fair to sign up for mail-in ballots. Melanie Krakauer, Dan Patlak and Chris Andriesen, staffers for the Illinois Policy Institute, endured the heat Monday at the […]
After delivering my crystal elephant to the Republican booth in the air conditioned building yesterday, I took a side trip looking for political tents on the midway. Crystal elephant being raffled off at the Republican Party booth. No cost to enter. I […]
From the Huntley Fire Protection District: Huntley Fire Protection District Lieutenant Returns from Texas Flood Deployment Huntley Fire Protection District Lt. Kelly Gitzke recently returned home after deploying with MABAS IllinoisTask Force 1 to assist in the aftermath of the devastating floods […]
In response to a Freedom of Information request about documents concerning HealthBridge, Crystal Lake Park District Director Jason Herbster wrote the following in his cover email: “As an FYI, the Park District is no longer pursuing the Healthbridge Facility.” In the documents […]
From the State’s Attorney: COURT GRANTS STATE’S ATTORNEY’S OFFICE’S PETITION TO DETAIN 18-YEAR-OLD MAN CHARGED IN FATAL TRAFFIC CRASH McHenry County State’s Attorney Randi Freese announced today that Judge Cynthia Lamb has granted the State’s motion to detain Jason Land, 18, of […]
From the U.S. Attorney: CHICAGO MAN SENTENCED TO 18 YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR CARJACKING AND FIREARM OFFENSES CHICAGO — A Chicago man who carjacked a vehicle at gunpoint on the city’s West Side and fired a handgun while attempting to carjack […]
From the Coroner: Accident at McCullom Lake Rd and Rt. 31 in McHenry, IL McHenry County Coroner, Dr. Michael Rein, announced that his office was contacted on July 28, 2025, around 1:15 am by McHenry Police Department to investigate the death of […]
Last night a Friend of McHenry County Blog got a photo of who paid for the Pro-Choice booth: It’s none other than Planned Parenthood. Nowhere but on the floor, however, is that made public. The booth is staffed by members of McHenry […]
From State Rep. Sue Ness comes this announcement of her re-election intentions. (My guess that she would run to replace retiring State Senator Don DeWitte is proven wrong.) Official Statement of Re-election Being a State Representative has been one of the most […]
From the State’s Attorney: SCOTT KRUEGER SENTENCED TO SEVEN YEARS IN THE ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS FOR DISSEMINATION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY McHenry County State’s Attorney Randi L. Freese announces that on July 25, 2025, Scott Krueger, 52, of Lake in the Hills, […]
If you can’t keep track of what President Trump is doing with regaerd to tariffs, join the crowd. I found this map in the Tribune email last night and hope you will find it helpful. This map comes from the Chattanooga Times […]
From State Rep. Dan Ugaste: Rep. Weber Denounces SAFE-T Act Following ICE Arrest Linked to Megan Bos’ Death Following the arrest of Jose Luis Mendoza-Gonzalez by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in connection with the death of Antioch resident Megan Bos, State Representative Tom Weber gave […]
From the Cary Fire Protection District: Emergency Response to Submerged Vehicle in Cary On Monday, July 28, 2025, at 7:40 p.m., the Cary Fire Protection District, along with mutual aid companies, responded to the area of Detroit Street just north of Crystal […]
From the Salvation Army: THE SALVATION ARMY WELCOMES NEW LEADERS IN MCHENRY COUNTY Lt. Paul Kim and Lt. Gloria Park appointed to serve as officers leading The Salvation Army’s mission to serve those who need it most, when they need it most, in McHenry […]
From State Rep. Dan Ugaste: Judge hands 2 years in prison to ex-ComEd lobbyist Michael McClain, calls bribery scheme with Speaker Madigan a ‘criminal alliance’ Michael McClain, a longtime lobbyist for utility giant Commonwealth Edison who was also a close confidant of […]
Back on Friday, June 20th, demonstrators gathered along Route 31 outside the McHenry Library, I was on the other side of the street, where only two people held signs. The threat or actual loss of Federal funding was the topic of the […]
Reading the McHenry County Board’s Public Health and Community Services Committee minutes from last month, one paragraph popped out: “The member previewed the budget challenges ahead, highlighting that the starting point for growth was limited. “Even with the allowable 2.9% levy increase […]
From ABC: From the McHenry Police: McHenry Police Charge Driver Involved in Fatal Crash John Birk, Chief of Police of the McHenry Police Department, announced today the arrest of a subject in connection with a fatal motor vehicle crash that occurred in […]
Father Vincent Bataille OSB gave the homily at Irene Napier’s funeral in Barrington on Monday. You can read it below: IRENE NAPIER: funeral July 28, 2025 Irene Napier: what images or remembrances does that name conjure up for you? Is it of […]
Stop at the Republican Party booth and enter a raffle for a free crystal elephant donated by McHenry County Blog.
From the McHenry Township Fire Protection District: Motor Vehicle Accident at McCullom Lake Rd. and Rt. 31 McHenry On July 28 th at approximately 12:29 AM, the McHenry Township Fire Protection District responded to a motor vehicle accident involving two vehicles at […]
Illinois Policy has an excellent article on property taxes, which ran here yesterday. There is an interactive map of information about every county in Illinois. This information can be found for every county on Illinois Policy’s map. Assuming most people will not […]
From the Marengo Fire and Rescue Districts: Three-Vehicle Crash on Route 23 in Marengo On Sunday, July 27, 2025, at 10:50 a.m., the Marengo Fire & Rescue Districts responded to the 3800 block of North Route 23 in unincorporated Marengo for a […]
From Illinois Policy cartoonist Eric Allie:
From Illinois Policy: No. 2 no more: Illinois property taxes rank highest in U.S Illinois just ranked as having the highest property tax rate in the country. Property taxes in Illinois are an especially heavy burden without the tradeoff seen in states […]
Found in Lee County, Florida: The information can be found, but doing so is so labor intensive that no similar stories ever appear.
From the Lake in the Hills Police comes this report about a 2011 Toyota Sienna (van) being stolen last Sunday:
Found in the Decatur News-Gazette and reprinted with permission of author Judy Cocks: My Turn | Illinois’ ‘pro-choice’ priorities are backwards for women “Take a Tylenol and a laxative,” Dr. Keith Reisinger-Kindle is reported to have told his patient when she reported […]