District 4 McHenry County Board member Robert Martens is retiring. Increased time taking care of his 94-year old mother-in-law is one reason. The other District 4 County Board members whose term is up is Sue Draffkorn of Wonder Lake. … Continue reading
The last article on McHenry County Board Committee assignments by newly-elected Chairman Joe Gottemoller focused on what those who supported his opponent Jim Heisler ended up. This will look at how the winners were rewarded. Again requests that were granted … Continue reading
As more sources of news show up in McHenry County, it might be interesting for folks to compare coverage of public events. Take last Tuesday’s McHenry County Board meeting for example. McHenry County Blog, the Northwest Herald’s Keven Craver, The … Continue reading
Generally the Northwest Herald is quite protective of establishment figures in McHenry County. But Sunday’s editorial calls out McHenry County Board Chairwoman Tina Hill out in no uncertain terms for her 708 Board nomination bypass of the Public Health and … Continue reading
Just in case you are interested in the new faces who will serve on the McHenry County Board starting in December, here they are. All six of McHenry County’s Districts will have newcomers. (In the case of District 1, Yvonne … Continue reading
A friend of McHenry County Blog has forwarded an invitation to Democrat State Rep. Jack Franks’ September 29th fundraising breakfast at Donley’s Wild West Town. The Jesse White Tumblers will perform. As usual Franks provides a list of those who … Continue reading
Last night when I did the story about McHenry County Board’s District 6, the numbers showed that the three incumbents were winning, plus Linda Kvidera Murphy. Take a look: Having not a clue what happened between then and when the … Continue reading
There are four seats open in each McHenry County Board district. In the McHenry-Wonder Lake-Richmond-Spring Grove-Lakemoor district, there are six candidates. They are incumbents John Hammerand Sandra Salgado Sue Draffkorn The fourth incumbent, Pete Merkel, is retiring. Newcomers are Bob … Continue reading
