A press release from the McHenry County Sheriff’s Department: Sheriff’s Office Investigates Fatal Motorcycle Crash On 08/02/2015, at approximately 11:10 AM, McHenry County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to a 3 vehicle crash on Northwest Highway (US RT 14) east of Sands Road, … Continue reading
Category Archives: Motorcyclist
A press release from McHenry County Coroner Anne Majewski announcing the death of Thomas King of McHenry. He was hit by a motorcyclist last night after dark. … Continue reading
A press release from McHenry County Coroner Dr. Anne Majewski about the death of Crystal Lake motorist Barry T. Rataiczyk, age 44: Doty Road is the shortcut from the western side of Crystal Lake to Woodstock. Doty Road runs from … Continue reading
McHenry County Coroner Anne Majewski, MD, reports that motorcyclist William C. Baehne, age 24, was killed last night in a collision with a truck-trailer on Route 120 just east of the Fox River. … Continue reading
A press release from the Crystal Lake Police Department: Motorcyclist Injured in Crash with Dump Truck On Monday, June 16th Rescue and Crystal Lake Police Departments responded to a report of a traffic crash in the intersection of Illinois Route … Continue reading
This article started with a press release from the Illinois Church Action Council on Alcohol and Addiction. There are so many bills expanding gambling (despite the loss of the one to give Chicago, Danville, Rockford and the Waukegan-area casinos) that … Continue reading
From Lakewood’s Police Chief Lawrence Howell: “Last night at approximately 8:53pm a fatal accident occurred at the north intersection of Rt. 47 and Rt. 176. “The Lakewood Police Department assisted by McHenry County Sheriff Department, Lakewood Fire Department, and the … Continue reading
A press release from the Crystal Lake Police Department: “On April 12th, at approximately 3:00 pm, emergency crews from the Crystal Lake Fire Rescue and Crystal Lake Police Departments responded to the intersection of Illinois Route 176 and Mt. Thabor … Continue reading
A press release from Danielle Rowe: Rowe Revolution Motorcycle run this Sunday Please join us for a Rowe Revolution Rally Motorcycle run this Sunday. We will meet and start lining up at 12:30PM. We will start at the Life Changers … Continue reading
A press release from the Crystal Lake Police Department: On October 9th, 2011 at 7:19PM police responded to the intersection of US Rt.14 and US Rt.31, the scene of a reported traffic crash involving a motorcyclist. Upon arrival, emergency responders … Continue reading
A press release from the Alliance Against Intoxicated Motorists: 9th Annual Bikers Take AAIM Against Drunk Driving The Alliance Against Intoxicated Motorists (AAIM) will participate in Bikers Take AAIM Against Drunk Driving at Woodstock Harley-Davidson on Sunday, August 21, 2011. … Continue reading
I see that the mandatory motorcycle helmet folks are back. The Chicago Sun-Times editorialized about passage last November and I saved the piece to remind me to write this article. Back in 1975, James “Bud” Washburn of Morris was Republican … Continue reading
My preferred route to Woodstock takes me across Route 176 on Briarwood. I nominate it as the most dangerous corner in Crystal Lake. It most certainly needs a traffic light and I can’t understand why Crystal Lake and state officials … Continue reading
What great timing I had. As I was arriving the parade was about ready to kick off and a helpful policeman, after figuring out that I really didn’t want to head down the street toward the front of the parade, … Continue reading
The following press release was received from the Crystal Lake Police Department: On Tuesday, August 10th, 2010 at approximately 11:22 PM, Crystal Lake Police observed two motorcycles travelling west on Rakow Road at a high rate of speed. As a … Continue reading
The following press release has been received from the Crystal Lake Police Department about a serious injury to Mark A. Schlarb after a police chase of him and a friend from Randall Road down Ackman. On August 10th, 2010 at … Continue reading
While we were in Hoboken, New Jersey, sitting in the Giant Wash Laundromat, I bought the local dead tree publication. Washington Street is a delightful Italian neighborhood and, except that the apartment buildings are five stories high, it reminded me … Continue reading
No signs were allowing inside McHenry County College on Sunday for 16th District Congressman Don Manzullo’s Town Hall meeting on Health Care, but that didn’t stop this motorcycle owner from getting his message across. The skeleton on back is labeled … Continue reading