The McHenry County Board heard the annual report from Metra at its November meeting from John Morris, Metra Chief Financial Officer. Below are the minutes: Mr. Morris presented the agency’s 2025 operating and capital budgets to the McHenry County Board. For the […]
From the Illinois Republican Party comes this email: It’s happening again It’s happening again. Springfield Democrats are gearing up to push another tax hike onto hardworking Illinois families. They want to take more of your money to fund their reckless, radical agenda. […]
From Illinois Institute cartoonist Eric Allie:
Black Box ad for Wonder Lake’s Harrison Grade School District 35: Let this be a lesson for anyone who says, “Growth pays its own way.:
Black Box ad for the Marengo Park District:
One of the villains is the Dick Tracy cartoon strip created by Bull Valley’s Chester Gould was Pruneface. He appeared in black and white Saturday: Today’s Tribune cartoon reminded reprised the character in a costume party of the “Rogues Gallery:” And that […]
Prices are going up when Don Trump takes office, the mainstream media warns. The pounding of that message is relentless. There was even a major threatening piece the day after Mexico and Canada capitulated to Trump’s threat to raise tariffs 25% if […]
Here is what Regional Transportation Executive Director Leanne Redden told the County Board at its November meeting: Leanne Redden, Regional Transportation Authority (RTA) Executive Director, joined for the presentation. The RTA was presenting its 2025 budget to the McHenry County Board’s Committee […]
From Crain’s comes this information:
Nominated at a Tuesday caucus of the McHenry Township Republican Party are the following: No candidate was nominated to oppose Democrat Mary Mahady. All are incumbents but Rode, who was selected to replace Clerk Danielle Aylward.
From the Lake in the Hills Police:
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From the minutes of the November McHenry County Board Committee of the Whole meeting comes this information from Erin Smith, who serves on the Pace Board despite the fact he has not be Lakewood’s Village President for almost two terms: Erin Smith, […]
Filing for the February Grafton Township Republican Party Primary Election are the following: All are currently in office and seeking re-election, except Watson, who was appointed to fill a vacancy.
From McHenry County: McHenry County Wins GFOA Financial Reporting Award WOODSTOCK, Ill. – McHenry County has again earned national recognition for its excellence in financial reporting. The Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada has bestowed a Certificate of […]
WLS-TV discovered that the University of Illinois Chicago Analytical Forensic Testing Laboratory may have provided bad test results used to convict people of driving-under the influence of marijuana. The defense attorney challenging the conviction of his client says that thousands of cases […]
The nearest nursing home son Newsweek Magazine’s best nursing home list are in Elgin, Lake Zurich and Rockford.
My first township meeting was while I as in college My father took me to one in the Algonquin Township garage where the paving of roads in the Silver Lakes Subdivision was being discussed. Developers often did not construct roads that were […]
From the Lake in the Hills Polilce:
From the State’s Attorney: ALEJANDRO VILCHIS SENTENCED TO 10 YEARS IN THE ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS FOR CHILD PORNOGRAPHY The McHenry County State’s Attorney’s Office announces that on November 25, 2024, Alejandro Vilchis, 24, of Chicago Heights, was sentenced to 10 years […]
Crystal Lake physician Hiralal Maheshwari was charged with the felony of criminal sexual abuse by the McHenry County State’s Attorney, notified the state regulatory agency, but the agency did nothing for five months, rather than the five days prescribed in state law. […]
It’s the header for Matt Tabaii’s weekly discussion of events with Walter Kirn. The video is behind a pay wall, but the text before reads, America This Week, December 06, 2024: “The Immaculate Pardon” A trial balloon floats presidential pardons no one […]
The assault gun case Second Amendment folks won in Downstate Illinois’ Federal Court has been stayed by the local Appellate Court, pending appeal. See Sun-Times article for further details.
When Kathy Keefe took office I was impressed that she didn’t put her name on the office window. That said to me that she was self-confident and modest. As i looked at the first press release from newly-sworn in McHenry County State’s […]
From the States Attorney: JACOB A. MAINS SENTENCED TO 8 YEARS IN THE ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS FOR AGGRAVATED DISCHARGE OF A FIREARM The McHenry County State’s Attorney’s Office announces that on November 19, 2024, Jacob A. Mains, 25, of Belvidere, was […]
From the Kane County Republican Party: Kane County GOP Demands Accountability, Highlights Election Integrity Concerns Over Suppressed Media Reporting St. Charles, IL – The Kane County Republican Central Committee today raised serious concerns about the media’s handling of information related to the […]
From the State’s Attorney: MATTHEW K. VODNANSKY SENTENCED TO EIGHT YEARS IN THE ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS FOR PREDATORY CRIMINAL SEXUAL ASSAULT On November 25, 2024, Matthew K. Vodnansky, a 41-year-old male from Fox Lake, was sentenced to 8 years in the […]
Black Box ad from Crystal Lake High School District155:
Black Box ad for Prairie Grove Grade School District 46
From The Committee on Committees recommendation comes the following: