Two people applied for the appointment to the Lake in the Hills Sanitary District Board: Huff is the outgoing Algonquin Township Clerk who ran fifth with four to be elected in the February Republican Party Primary Election. Reed is now on the […]
From the Sheriff: Fatal Single-Vehicle Crash Under Investigation A 57-year-old Capron man died following a single-vehicle crash in the 24700 block of Illinois Route 173 in Dunham Township near Harvard. On Saturday, April 5, 2025, at 3:03 p.m. the McHenry County Sheriff’s […]
From the McHenry Township Fire Protection District: Cherry Valley Road Accident On April 6, 2025, at approximately 8:50 pm, the McHenry Township Fire Protection District responded to a single-vehicle accident off the roadway with entrapment in the 1200 block of Cherry Valley […]
Darin Bailey, the man who lost big time to JB Pritzker, but carried McHenry County 58,839 to 55,134, was the featured Lincoln Day Dinner speaker for the McHenry County Republican Central Committee. The event was held at the Bull Valley Country Club. […]
If you have a real estate assessment complaint to make, the McHenry County Board of Review is the place to go. Rebekkah Burtcher is the Republican being recommended to the County Board for approval. = = = = = On a personal […]
From the Lake in the Hills Police:
A Friend of McHenry County Blog sent the following photos from today’s Randall Road demonstration initiated by McHenry County NOW: What did the signs say? With the help of AI, here’s are some of the messages:
From The Center Square: Measure threatens to dissolve Illinois’ rural townships, sparking opposition By Catrina Barker | The Center Square contributor (The Center Square) – Opponents say Senate Bill 2217 will be detrimental to rural Illinoisans by dissolving townships that have population sizes […]
From the Lake in the Hills Police: The site was Chesak Grade School.
These are made by the McHenry County Board (pursuant to a law I passed in 1973):
From the State’s Attorney: GEORGE KMAN III SENTENCED TO THREE YEARS IN THE ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS FOR DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE The McHenry County State’s Attorney’s Office announces that George Kman III, 71, of Crossville, Tennessee, was sentenced to three years […]
From the U.S. Attorney: Federal Indictment Charges Two Men with Assaulting and Robbing U.S. Postal Service Mail Carrier in Chicago CHICAGO — A federal grand jury has indicted two men for allegedly assaulting and robbing a U.S. Postal Service mail carrier in […]
Here are some helpful aides for those wishing to chant from 11-1 in front of Algonquin’s Jewel: The TEA Party people who lined Randall Road just held up signs. You can see some of the signs used in Lisle last month at […]
Connie Cain used her CPA skills to look at what happened in Kane County’s April Fool’s Day Elections: “I’ve attached a spreadsheet with the election results. It has two tabs. “The first tab is Permanent vote-by-mail enrollment broken down by party. “The […]
From We the People, McHenry County comes this informative April 7th meeting featuring former Cary School Board President Scott Coffey: Demystifying the Illinois Public School Budget and How Your Property Taxes are Impacted! Scott Coffey holds an accounting degree from the University […]
From the Tax Foundation: Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ Tariffs: The Impact by the Numbers On Wednesday, the Trump administration announced a series of tariffs it characterized as “reciprocal,” ranging from 10 percent to 50 percent and calculated for almost every country on Earth. […]
From the Lake in the Hills Police:
Here’s your chance. Regional Superintendent of Schools Seeks Applications for Two McHenry County Regional Board of Trustees Vacancies WOODSTOCK, Ill. – The McHenry County Regional Superintendent of Schools is accepting applications for two vacancies on the McHenry County Regional Board of Trustees. […]
From the Daily Signal article, “Who’s Funding the ‘Burn a Tesla, Save Democracy’ Protests?“:
The Sheriff’s Department is but one of several large law enforcement agencies participating in this program explained by the Sheriff: NHTSA and Law Enforcement Remind Drivers: Put the Phone Away or Pay The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration […]
From the Marengo Police: At approximately 11:05 PM on Friday, March 28, 2025, at S. State Street and Grant Hwy, the Marengo Police Department arrested Kendrick McCormick, 21, of Courtney Lane, Marengo, for the following alleged offenses; Unlawful Possession of Cannabis by […]
From the Sheriff: Sheriff’s Office Investigates Serious Injury Crash near Union A 57-year-old Woodstock man was seriously injured, and a 69-year-old Huntley man was injured following a two-vehicle crash at the intersection of Illinois Route 176 and North Union Road in unincorporated […]
From State Rep. Dan Ugaste: The Wall Street Journal slams IL Democrats’ ‘Assault on Home-Schoolers‘ House Republicans continue to fight to protect the rights of parents to choose the best educational experience for their children. House Bill 2827, the “Homeschool Act,” was heard […]
📢 UNITED WE RESISTNext stop on our roadside rally tour:Algonquin, IL We’re mobilizing once again to stop the assault on our country and Constitution!We’ll be joining rallies/protests across the country happening on the same day. We’re taking to the streets with our […]
From the Lake in the Hills Police:
14.7%. Democracy is on life support in McHenry County. Early and mailed ballots were about half of the total vote:
To win a seat former McHenry County Board member will have to have at least 850 write-in votes.