This band was on a trailer in the Lake in the Hills Parade last week. It was an outreach effort of the Living Waters Lutheran Church, which is located on Miller Road in Crystal Lake. … Continue reading
Category Archives: Crysal Lake
Before we moved to Crystal Lake in 1958, the Government Improvement League of McHenry County had a newsletter. Dad belonged to the group and became responsible for publishing that newsletter. From 1963 to 1968 the publication became the Public Affairs … Continue reading
In honor of the anniversary of my father’s 100 birth year, I continue this series about his life: In 1963, my mother and I attended the Illinois Crime Commission’s summer hearings held in the old county board room at what … Continue reading
The pre-Crystal Lake posts of my father’s biography can be found by looking down on McHenry County Blog. Dad rented a home at 100 W. Crystal Lake Avenue. We started school there (the junior class built its Homecoming float there) … Continue reading
A press release from the Crystal Lake Police Department: Missing juvenile, Kalyani Sudhir, who was reported missing on August 18, 2015, has been located in Tulsa, Oklahoma. On September 29th, 2015, the Crystal Lake Police Department, in cooperation with other … Continue reading
A press release from the Crystal Lake Police Department: Incident at Crystal Lake Home Claims One Life On Tuesday, November 11, 2014 at 2:41 P.M. emergency crews from the Crystal Lake Fire Rescue and Crystal Lake Police Departments were summoned … Continue reading
McHenry County State’s Attorney is holding his annual fundraiser at the Boulder Ridge Country Club tonight from 5-8:30 ($75, $125 per couple, walk-ins welcomed). Starting at about the same time (5:30) is the “open to the public” preview of construction … Continue reading
A press release from McHenry County: On January 2, 2014 MCRide Fares Increase in Crystal Lake and McHenry to Establish Equal Fares throughout Service Area WOODSTOCK, IL – Fares on the MCRide Transit Service will increase on January 2nd for riders in Crystal … Continue reading
In it’s newsletter, Crystal Lake Elementary School District 47 gave its take on the new Common Core Standards imposed by the State Board of Education. An Overview of the Common Core State Standards Connecting Standards, Assessment, Curriculum and Instruction By … Continue reading
The Crystal Lake City Council spent a huge chunk of change to stop the flooding of North Shore Drive. The total cost was $762,000 with State taxpayers kicking in $482,000 through the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity. From driving … Continue reading
Five seats are up at the Crystal Lake park Board in April’s election. Terms are expiring for Deborah Gallagher Jerry Sullivan Angel Collins Caroline Bachour-Chemaly Thomas Aquilina But there are only three people running for the Park Board: Angel Collins … Continue reading
Thursday night there was a workshop at the Crystal Lake Park Board to discuss the tax levying process. The presentation assumed that the Board wanted to extract as much money as possible from the taxpayers: Take the entire amount allowed … Continue reading
A press release from the McHenry County Sheriff’s Department: Sheriff’s Office Makes Arrests in Barn Fires Investigation Sheriff Keith Nygren announced today the arrest of two 17 year old males responsible for multiple fires in the rural McHenry County area. … Continue reading
Remember last summer’s car surfing in the Crystal Lake Walmart parking lot? Police discovered that twenty year old Austin Watts of 1969 Governor’s Lane, Hoffman Estates, IL had fallen from the roof area of a moving vehicle and struck his … Continue reading
An informal discussion was held Tuesday night by the Crystal Lake City Council about whether to allow slot machines (“video poker,” if you favor the idea) in town After presentations by two gambling machine purveyors, City Council members expressed a … Continue reading
A press release from State Senator Pam Althoff: Althoff, Tryon to host town hall meeting McHENRY, Ill. – State Sen. Pamela Althoff (R-McHenry) and State Rep. Michael Tryon (R-Crystal Lake) will be hosting a town hall meeting for constituents this … Continue reading
Wednesday, 10 Aug 2011, 12:00 PM Where Are the Jobs – [Number of] miles away Congressman Manzullos’s Crystal Lake Office 35 registered participant(s) (50 maximum) 101 N. Virginia Street Crystal Lake, IL 60014 Hosted by Nancy Peterson Description We want … Continue reading
A press release from the McHenry County State’s Attorney: JURY FINDS MAN GUILTY OF ARMED ROBBERY AND AGGRAVATED BATTERY Louis A. Bianchi, McHenry County State’s Attorney, announces that twenty-four year old Daniel Charneski, of Freeport, Illinois, was found guilty yesterday … Continue reading
Former McHenry County Board member Bill Dwyer died June 8th. He was the one who founded and guided the Crystal Lake Gala for many years and was the spark plug behind the conversion of the Downtown Crystal Lake movie theater … Continue reading
Because Lakewood Village Board members decided to require residents to pay off the last year of the golf course purchased the year before the Property Tax Cap went into effect, Lakewood has the highest percentage tax rate increase of any … Continue reading