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As promised, McHenry County Blog will run candidates’ campaign literature. (Just email them to me.) Here is the palm card of Steve Bishop, who is running for Trustee in Spring Grove: … Continue reading
Category Archives: Spring Grove
One of the candidates for Spring Grove Village Trustee, Ryne Powell, is offering pizza at Bacci Pizzeria on Route 12. You can grab a late lunch starting at 2 and enter into the local political conversation. … Continue reading
A press release from Spring Grove Village Trustee candidate Steve Bishop: Spring Grove Trustee Candidate Steven Bishop Takes A Stand Against Property Tax Increase Unfunded State mandates and rising expenses are straining local budgets. In Spring Grove, the Village Board … Continue reading
Richmond 4 Republican Precinct Committeeman and candidate for Spring Grove Village Trustee Ryne Powell is coming out against a local referendum that would increase local property taxes. The referendum to be voted on takes place April 7th. So far, Powell … Continue reading
That’s what the Chicago Tribune is reporting. The woman who died was Cristina Villasana, age 21. The man arrested was Jacob Mazzuca, also 21. This is the second arrest for county line fatal drug overdoses this week. The other was … Continue reading
The McHenry County Council of Governments (McCOG) has calculated how much money each village and city in the county would lose in state subsides should Governor Bruce Rauner’s budget recommendations be enacted. The Govenror suggests cutting the subsidy in half. … Continue reading
Ryne Powell of Spring Grove is running for Village Trustee in Spring Grove. Powell is also an elected Republican Precinct Committeeman in Richmond 4. Below is his walk card that he is using to canvass. (If other candidates in McHenry … Continue reading
I’ve finally pinned down all who are running for municipal office in cities and villages having all or part of their boundaries within McHenry County. The names have been listed in ballot order. That makes little difference unless there are … Continue reading
The first indication that there is election activity for the voting on April 7th comes from the northeastern part of McHenry County. A Meet & Greet has been arranged for Spring Grove Village Board candidate Steve Bishop and Diane Bishop, … Continue reading
When McHenry County Blog first reported on referendums local tax districts had scheduled for the April election, there was only one. Now there are three: Village of Spring Grove – Proposition to increase extension limitation to 0.214% River East Public Library … Continue reading
Here’s my best effort to find out who filed for village and city offices in McHenry County’s thirty municipalities. Most who didn’t file last week probably waited until late Monday afternoon. Why? Best place on the ballot is first. With … Continue reading
With the Crystal Lake City Council again being courted by local liquor serving establishments for permission to install slot machines, the Illinois Church Action on Alcohol & Addiction Problems organization sent me gambling losses from December, 2014, though May, 2014. … Continue reading
Here are photos sent by the McHenry County Young Republicans from the Spring Grove Independence Day Parade: … Continue reading
Municipal elections were last spring. The next ones are not until next spring. Perhaps that explains why the City of Crystal Lake decided to hike taxes so much this year–a non-election year. There will go up 9.8%. McHenry, on the … Continue reading
The Illinois State Police has the following McHenry County residents listed as approved concealed carry instructors: Name City Phone Email Trost, Paul Huntley (847)287-8411 paultrost@gmail.com Jones, Michael Hebron (815)759-1900 mjones@mc.net Jonak, Johann Cary (512)644-7023 Johann@Windycitytactical.com Danielowski, Ronald Island Lake (847)452-0951 … Continue reading
A notice from the Village of Spring Grove: Save the Date – Meet Congressman Randy Hultgren Congressman Randy Hultgren and his staff will be at the Spring Grove Municipal Centre on Monday, August 5 from noon to 1:00 p.m. to … 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
Spring Grove at the McHenry County Council of Governments Awards Banquet: … Continue reading
from the Spring Grove Police Department: A report of a possible child abduction occurred in unincorporated Spring Grove. School and transportation personnel have been notified. An incident in unincorporated Spring Grove (Lotus Woods Subdivision) reportedly took place recently that is … Continue reading
If you’s like to talk about energy, State Senator Pam Althoff and CUB, the Citizens Utility Board, have scheduled a meeting at the Spring Grove Village Hall at 7 PM on Wednesday, August 22nd. You can see more details below: … Continue reading