Laura Hatch, a member of the McHenry County Board of Health, wrote the following letter to the Northwest Herald about McHenry County Board member Chuck Wheeler. It is reprinted with permision of its author. Chuck Wheeler really cares To the … Continue reading
Category Archives: McHenry County Animal Control
A press release from the McHenry County Department of Health: MCDH Animal Control offers feline adoption special during October Cats between 1 & 3 years old are half price Crystal Lake IL – Thinking of adopting a cat? During the … Continue reading
A press release from the McHenry County Department of Public Health: Increase the odds of finding your lost pet McHenry County Animal Control is celebrating NATIONAL MICROCHIP YOUR PET MONTH for the rest of JUNE with $10 Microchips CRYSTAL LAKE … Continue reading
After reading the following press release from the McHenry County Health Department, I started wondering if McHenry County Board Chairman candidate Jack Franks would try to turn it into a political issue the way he did when scabies showed up … Continue reading
A press release from the McHenry County Health Department: “Clear the Shelters Day” set for Saturday, July 23 at MCAC McHenry County Animal Control waiving adoption fees for this event Crystal Lake Ill. – McHenry County Animal Control and Adoption … Continue reading
A press release from McHenry County State’s Attorney Lou Bianchi: JAMIE KOY FOUND GUILTY OF FOUR COUNTS OF CRUEL TREATMENT OF AN ANIMAL AND EIGHT COUNTS OF NEGLECTION OF OWNER’S DUTIES Louis A. Bianchi, McHenry County State’s Attorney, announces that Jamie Koy, … Continue reading
A press release from the McHenry County State’s Attorney’s Office: JURY CONVICTS DES PLAINES WOMAN OF TWENTY-FOUR COUNTS OF ANIMAL CRUELTY AND NEGLECT Louis A. Bianchi, McHenry County State’s Attorney, announces that on May 24, 2011, Jamie Koy, 37, was … Continue reading
With McHenry County animal control employees not willing to accept the county’s offer, perhaps it is time to take a page out of Chicago’s book. Its Inspector General Joe Ferguson has suggested its animal control operation be privatized. Now, I … Continue reading
Here is the direct mail piece designed to “close the sale” with voters. 4,700 in all. It would be interesting to compare the endorsements above with the ones Provenzano listed when he announced his candidacy last July. In an email … Continue reading
This was not an investigatory story. (Hurry. It won’t be free long.) Nothing about how the county was looking for a place not near a residential neighborhood…on cheap land…without brick walls and ended up near a residential neighborhood on one … Continue reading
Now that the primary election is but a week away, I’m going to give you a chance to read my article on the McHenry County Board’s 2007 defeat of the Republican Cat Tax. The folks running for re-election (or, in … Continue reading
Calling the proposed Metra station purchase McHenry County Board Chairman “Ken Koehler’s boondoggle,” Craig Steagall took the Dave Letterman approach in a Northwest Herald ad yesterday. Steagall has property across the tracks that was under consideration by Metra for a … Continue reading
An inquiring friend of and researcher for McHenry County Blog has been comparing dog taxes among area counties.Here’s what started this story: “I noticed McHenry County’s dog tag fee scale chart at our vets office but I didn’t see Kane’s,” … Continue reading
An inquiring friend of and researcher for McHenry County Blog has been comparing dog taxes among area counties.Here’s what started this story: “I noticed McHenry County’s dog tag fee scale chart at our vets office but I didn’t see Kane’s,” … Continue reading
Taxpayers are always pointing at government miscues by and complaining about how it should be run like a business. I certainly do not have business experience, but I’ve read enough to know one should try not to buy high and … Continue reading
Taxpayers are always pointing at government miscues by and complaining about how it should be run like a business. I certainly do not have business experience, but I’ve read enough to know one should try not to buy high and … Continue reading
After I made my “let’s keep dog poop from the McHenry County animal control facility out of the watershed aquifer” presentation before the Crystal Lake City Council Tuesday night, Crystal Lake Director of Engineering & Building Vic Ramirez caught me … Continue reading
After I made my “let’s keep dog poop from the McHenry County animal control facility out of the watershed aquifer” presentation before the Crystal Lake City Council Tuesday night, Crystal Lake Director of Engineering & Building Vic Ramirez caught me … Continue reading