Former twenty-year McHenry County Board member Mary Lou Zierer died Friday at almost 86 years of age. She was born on Christmas Day in 1930. Zierer represented the westernmost district in McHenry County and was the daughter of former McHenry … Continue reading
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All of the women on the Management Services Committee of the McHenry County Board–Yvonne Barnes, Marie Chmiel, Barb Wheeler and Mary Lou Zierer–made negative comments about putting Dick Tracy on the McHenry County Seal. But, after her committee members had … Continue reading
All of the women on the Management Services Committee of the McHenry County Board–Yvonne Barnes, Marie Chmiel, Barb Wheeler and Mary Lou Zierer–made negative comments about putting Dick Tracy on the McHenry County Seal. But, after her committee members had … Continue reading
Yesterday, I started the tale of how Tina Hill’s Management Services Committee considered citizen-submitted suggestions for a new McHenry County Seal. I told of my relaying Heck of a Guy blogger Alan Showalter’s suggestion that the center of the seal … Continue reading
Yesterday, I started the tale of how Tina Hill’s Management Services Committee considered citizen-submitted suggestions for a new McHenry County Seal. I told of my relaying Heck of a Guy blogger Alan Showalter’s suggestion that the center of the seal … Continue reading
Tina Hill was kind enough to remind me Sunday that her Management Services Committee would be considering candidates for McHenry County Seal yesterday morning. I made it in time and was asked to sit in the empty press session, where … Continue reading
Tina Hill was kind enough to remind me Sunday that her Management Services Committee would be considering candidates for McHenry County Seal yesterday morning. I made it in time and was asked to sit in the empty press session, where … Continue reading
The Valley Hi Committee, the McHenry County Board committee that oversees the county nursing home, has decided to outsource. At least its management. That’s what the Northwest Herald’s Regan Foster reports. At the same meeting, the committee recommended that a … Continue reading
The Valley Hi Committee, the McHenry County Board committee that oversees the county nursing home, has decided to outsource. At least its management. That’s what the Northwest Herald’s Regan Foster reports. At the same meeting, the committee recommended that a … Continue reading
In 2006 McHenry County Democrats took up the expensive relocation of the McHenry County Animal Shelter to Crystal Lake as a county board issue. It is safe to predict that one 2008 issue will be incompetent management of Valley Hi, … Continue reading
In 2006 McHenry County Democrats took up the expensive relocation of the McHenry County Animal Shelter to Crystal Lake as a county board issue. It is safe to predict that one 2008 issue will be incompetent management of Valley Hi, … Continue reading
Successful citizen uprisings have a long history in McHenry County. Tuesday, two more groups won big victories for their neighborhoods. Nunda Neighbors, who first fought off a truck depot, now have won a 17-6 zoning victory against those developers who … Continue reading
Successful citizen uprisings have a long history in McHenry County. Tuesday, two more groups won big victories for their neighborhoods. Nunda Neighbors, who first fought off a truck depot, now have won a 17-6 zoning victory against those developers who … Continue reading
The new chairman of the McHenry County Democratic Party and at least two serious candidates for county board in 2006 showed up at the McHenry County Board meeting Tuesday night. Thomas Cynor spoke in the public comment period without identifying … Continue reading
The new chairman of the McHenry County Democratic Party and at least two serious candidates for county board in 2006 showed up at the McHenry County Board meeting Tuesday night. Thomas Cynor spoke in the public comment period without identifying … Continue reading
Entitling it’s “Wait-a-Minute” editorial, Missing the big picture, the Northwest Herald says, McHenry County officials need to quickly back away from a proposal that would put tight restrictions on photography at County Board meetings. The Herald cites the Open Meetings … Continue reading
Entitling it’s “Wait-a-Minute” editorial, Missing the big picture, the Northwest Herald says, McHenry County officials need to quickly back away from a proposal that would put tight restrictions on photography at County Board meetings. The Herald cites the Open Meetings … Continue reading