From the U.S. Attorney: CARTEL MEMBER WHO TRAFFICKED VICTIMS FROM MEXICO TO CHICAGOLAND INTO FORCED LABOR SENTENCED TO 9 YEARS IN PRISON CHICAGO — A woman who schemed to smuggle individuals from Mexico to Highland Park, Illinois and then forced them to […]
From the Robotics Newsletter: Robots Are Building Solar Farms Gritt, a startup founded by two Carnegie Mellon roboticists, exited stealth this week with $32 million in funding to deploy robots that build solar infrastructure. The Series A was led by Obvious Ventures, with participation […]
And, here it is: Don Tracy: First They Raised Your Taxes; Then They Raised Their Own Pay SPRINGFIELD — Republican U.S. Senate candidate Don Tracy today released a new statewide television and digital advertisement, Keep It Simple, contrasting his common sense approach to leadership […]
From the Department of Homeland Security: DHS S&T Launches Synthetic Baggage Image Dataset to Accelerate Airport Screening Innovation Washington, DC – Limited access to high-quality data has long slowed the development of faster, more accurate baggage screening systems at airports. The Department of Homeland […]
From the State’s Attorney: EIGHTH DUI CHARGE LEADS TO PRETRIAL DETENTION FOR MARENGO MAN McHenry County State’s Attorney Randi L. Freese announces that the Honorable Judge Cynthia D. Lamb granted the State’s petition to deny pretrial release for Robert Waschitz, 50, of […]
The short answer is that Jim Oberweis is virtually tied with local radio station owner Jim Schwartzel. Schwaerzel at 13%, Oberweis at 12%. Margin of error is 5.2%. Nobody else performs outside the poll’s 5.2-percentage-point margin of error. Madison Cawthorn, who served […]
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From the U.S. Attorney: WINNEBAGO COUNTY WOMAN WHO EMBEZZLED FUNDS FROM A BOOSTER CLUB SENTENCED TO SIX MONTHS IN FEDERAL PRISON AND ORDERED TO PAY FULL RESTITUTION ROCKFORD — A former Treasurer of a booster club in Rockford, Ill. has been sentenced […]
From the Corbett campaign: Collin Corbett Calls Out Pritzker’s Willful Ignorance and Double Standard in State Police Shooting PALATINE, IL — Yesterday morning, JB Pritzker claimed he did not know the details and had not watched the video footage surrounding the fatal Illinois State […]
From Libertarian Party leader Kelly Liebman: Many residents are here tonight to oppose the continued conversion of productive farmland into solar developments. We are concerned that the State of Illinois has significantly limited local control by preempting county zoning authority over these […]
From the McHenry County Department of Transportation: Traffic Alert: 8-10 Week Closure of Miller Road at Randall Road Begins Week of August 3 WOODSTOCK, IL – As part of the North Randall Road Project, the west leg of Miller Road at Randall […]
From the JB Pritzker Administration: Illinois Quantum and Microelectronics Park Company will bring critical cryogenic infrastructure to support Illinois’ quantum ecosystem CHICAGO – Governor JB Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) announced today that Zero Point Cryogenics (ZPC), […]
From the State’s Attorney: CRYSTAL LAKE MAN SENTENCED TO FOUR YEARS IN PRISON FOR SMASH-AND-GRAB ATTEMPT AT CRYSTAL LAKE VAPE SHOP McHenry County State’s Attorney Randi L. Freese announces that Victor Diaz, 24, of Crystal Lake, Illinois, has been sentenced to four […]
From the Collin Corbett campaign : Last night we launched our first Live from the Lincoln Desk—if you weren’t able to join us live, you can watch it here. https://www.youtube.com/live/BOWBTLrLwKI?si=wLF_k0dHlmw4LVX5 There are closed captions. Usually when speaking to media or meeting people out […]
From reading its police reports, it seems to me that Lake in the Hills Police are always looking for and catchingspeeders. This press release from the Department indicates increased enforcement, starting today: Lake in the Hills supports Illinois Speed Awareness Day LAKE […]
Recently, a petition was filed in the circuit court of McHenry County seeking to hold two McHenry County Assistant State’s Attorneys–TROY OWENS and ANDREW HAMILTON– in direct criminal contempt. The petition was filed because the two have appeared in a civil action […]
From McHenry County: Dorr Township assessment notices published Assessment notices were posted online today for property owners in Dorr Township. Starting this year, McHenry County is no longer sending mailed assessment notices for properties that are only adjusted by their equalization factor. […]
From the U.S. Attorney: FIVE-WEEK TRIAL RESULTS IN FEDERAL JURYCONVICTING THREE MEMBERS OF VIOLENT ROBBERY CREW RESPONSIBLE FOR ROBBING OR ATTEMPTING TO ROB 14 STORES AND BARS IN CHICAGO CHICAGO — A federal jury has convicted three members of a robbery crew […]
From the U.S Attorney: EMPLOYEE WHO FRAUDULENTLY EMBEZZLED APPROXIMATELY $4 MILLION FROM BIG TEN NETWORK SENTENCED 28 MONTHS IN PRISON AND ORDERED TO REPAY FUNDS HICAGO — A long-time employee of the Big Ten Network (“BTN”) who fraudulently embezzled more than $4 […]
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The vote was 5-13. The proposed change is explained below:
On Tuesday night, the McHenry County Board voted 17-1 to defeat a binding Home Rule/elected County Executive form of government. It’s really difficult to determine why there was such a lop-sided vote. Someone certainly wanted a binding referendum on the ballot or […]
The vote was11-7 to approve the zoning for solar farms. This was ordered by Judge Joel Berg. It was a hard vote as the following article points out:
From the U.S. Attorney: FEDERAL JURY IN CHICAGO CONVICTS WOMAN OF ASSAULTING UNITED STATES POSTAL CARRIER AFTER TWO-DAY TRIAL CHICAGO — A federal jury in Chicago has convicted a woman of assaulting a United States Postal Service mail carrier following a two-day […]
It’s hard to believe that a majority of McHenry County Board members would volunteer to give up power. If they vote to put a Home Rule referendum on the ballot and if it passes, Board members will lose the power to craft […]
I asked the question and received this reply: Yes, Home Rule counties in Illinois can pass solar farm zoning regulations. Recent legislation, specifically the Energy Omnibus Bill, allows counties to regulate the siting of commercial solar energy facilities in unincorporated areas outside municipal […]
This evening at its 7 PM meeting, the McHenry County Board has three hot topics. McHenry County Blog has published information on two of them: The third issue is whether to put a Home Rule referendum on the ballot this Novembe. Regardless […]
From Illinois Policy: Proposed toll hikes would cost drivers $17 billion in next 15 years The Illinois Tollway board next month could approve the biggest increase in passenger tolls in state history. You can tell the board here to reject the hike. The tollway proposes raising passenger tolls by about […]
From the U.S. Attorney: MEMBER OF 10-PERSON ROBBERY CREW TARGETING CHICAGO SUBURBS SENTENCED TO 15 YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON CHICAGO — A member of a crew that conspired to commit 11 brazen daytime robberies in the Chicago suburbs has been sentenced to […]
From the Cary Police: Arrest Date 07/20/2026, Arrest Time 3:40 PM Arrest Location US RTE 14//SECOND STREET Arrestee Name AGUILERA, MIGUEL, Sex M, Race W, Age 20, Street N. KEELER AVE., City CHICAGO, State, IL, Zip 60630 Charges CITED AND RELEASED ON […]