A press release from the Huntley Police Department: Huntley Police Department Investigates Racially Motivated Threats On Monday, November 13, 2017, the Huntley Police Department was made aware of disparaging racial and threatening comments that were sent to a juvenile via … Continue reading
Category Archives: Lake In the Hills
$5,481,687.66 was the amount the McHenry County Treasurer requested from property taxpayers to finance the Village of Lake in the Hills this year. The LITH Village Board is scheduled to ask for the same amount, $5,481,688, according to its agenda … Continue reading
Thinking about McHenry County Board Chairman Jack Franks’ desire to give control of the Lake in the Hills Sanitary District to the Village of Lake in the Hills led me to thoughts of Crystal Lake and Lakewood. The sewers in … Continue reading
Reader Nob caught a story on the Northwest Herald web site saying the McHenry County Board’s Committee of the Whole meeting tomorrow morning at 10:30 will not only discuss next year’s budget, but will also consider consolidating the Lake in … Continue reading
A press release from the McHenry County Sheriff’s Department: Clandestine Cannabis Operation Arrest On Monday, September 11, 2017, the McHenry County Sheriff’s Office Narcotics Task Force (which includes members of the Lake in the Hills Police Department) arrested Thomas Discher, … Continue reading
Sitting in the shade watching the Lake in the Hills Labor Day Weekend Parade, I was, as usual, looking for political tea leaves. The first was a candidate for the Democratic Party nomination for Congress–Jim Walz. Walz was the party … Continue reading
Some have expressed interest in the cost-benefit study regarding the Lake in the Hills Village Board’s assuming control over the LITH Sanitary District conducted by Lake in the Hills. It is difficult to find on the village web site, so … Continue reading
A press release from State’s Attorney Patrick Kenneally: PAUL J. MULCAHY FOUND GUILTY OF TWO COUNTS OF DOMESTIC BATTERY Patrick D. Kenneally, McHenry County State’s Attorney, announces that Paul J. Mulcahy, 65, was found guilty of two counts of Domestic … Continue reading
The Lake in the Hills Police Department reports the following: The intersection of Quail Run and Cedar Ridge Dr is closed due to flooding. The intersection is a block north of Algonquin Road south of the main lake. = = … Continue reading
A press release from McHenry County Coroner Anne Majewski about the death of Robert Van Ness, Jr. … Continue reading
Here are some more thoughts on the Lake in the Hills Sanitary District consolidation question from Cary Grade School Board member Scott Coffey: Since my comment has been elevated to its own post, I’d thought I’d delve a little deeper … Continue reading
During the discussion of consolidation of township governments, the missing piece was a comparison of costs and benefits. As I put it in an early article: Where’s the beef? (See “What To Do about Townships…If Anything.”) Now I see in … Continue reading
“Follow the money.” That’s the advice Woodward and Bernstein adopted during the Watergate Scandal. I figured that might still be good advice with regard the Lake in the Hills Sanitary District scuffle. There are three trustees who govern the Sanitary … Continue reading
Looking at the map of mayors and village presidents who endorsed State Rep. Jack Franks for McHenry County Board Chairman, I see a third one who bit the electoral dust–Lake in the Hills Village Paul Mulcahy. He was beaten by … Continue reading
The vote by which challenger Russ Ruzanski defeated incumbent Lake in the Hills Village President Paul Mulcahy was 807 to 489. Ruzanski received over 62% of the vote against a man facing a domestic battery charge. … Continue reading
A press release from the McHenry County Sheriff’s Office: Drug Induced Homicide Arrest On April 10, 2016, Lake in the Hills Police Department was dispatched to a residence on Turnberry Ct., Lake in the Hills, Illinois for an unresponsive male … Continue reading
A press release from McHenry County Coroner Anne Majewski: … Continue reading
Lying Jack Franks was courting voters at the Lake in the Hills Village Hall Monday. … Continue reading
A press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office: Lake in the Hills Man Charged with $340,000 Scheme to Defraud ROCKFORD — A Lake in the Hills, Ill. man appeared today before U.S. Magistrate Judge Iain D. Johnston on wire fraud … Continue reading