A press release from McHenry County Coroner Anne Majewski, MD, about a man’s death in a house fire last Friday (the press release arrived on Sunday): McHenry County Coroner, Dr. Anne Majewski, announced this afternoon that her office is investigating the … Continue reading
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A little over a week ago, I used photos taken by Marathon Pundit‘s John Ruberry to compare deteriorating neighborhoods in Detroit with those in Chicago. The main difference I noticed what that abandoned homes in Chicago were boarded up, while those … Continue reading
Commenter “alabamashake” disagrees with the statement, “A once beautiful state is turning into Detroit because of the Democrats.“ As far as Chicago goes, it’s difficult to extract the Democratic Party from responsibility. That party’s officials have been in control since … Continue reading
Under the analysis written by bond analyst Steve Willson published Wednesday, there has been a vibrant debate. Let’s put it up where more people will see it. Here is what Robert Williams said at one point: Steve: The “alternative explanation” … Continue reading
“The median home value in McHenry County is $184,300,” according to the web site Zillow. “McHenry County home values have gone up 3.1% over the past year and Zillow predicts they will rise 2.9% within the next year. “The median … Continue reading
A friend of McHenry County Blog offers this analysis of Woodstock’s rural tax rates: These are the past 4 years of tax rates; that is, the percentage taken of 1/3 of the assessed fair market value of taxpayers’ homes. Tax … Continue reading
The Chicago Tribune has created an interactive map that shows how much home prices have changed in the last year and in the last five years, as well as the average home price. In the last week or so, I … Continue reading
I found the following information on the Chicago Tribune’s Real Estate page on the internet. It has an interative map of McHenry County (and all other parts of the six-county Chicago metropolitan area) that tells what has happened to real … Continue reading
This is the third installment of my Joplin sister’s letter about the tornado that hit just north of her family’s home. For almost two weeks a group of radio stations that one person owns (such as country, talk, lite rock) … Continue reading
There is some irony that McHenry County Sheriff Keith Nygren made the Northwest Herald two times Thursday, January 20th. On the front page is its story about the seemingly exculpatory letter from the FBI. On the last page with news … Continue reading
After leaving the McHenry County Jail, the young Chinese political leaders and I headed toward two Kirk Home developments south of Woodstock. Back in the late 1990’s my friends Al and Kathy Salvi had hosted a city councilman from Moscow. … Continue reading