Below is an amendatory veto from Governor Bruce Rauner: Veto Message for HB 219 To the Honorable Members of The Illinois House of Representatives, 99th General Assembly: Today I return House Bill 219 with a specific recommendation for change. Current … Continue reading
A week or so ago, teenage members of Hope Covenant Church were standing at the corner of Ackeman and Rakow Roads urging people to come for drive-through prayers. Now a press release from the Crystal Lake Fire Department tells of someone … Continue reading
A press release from the Crystal Lake Fire Department: Fire Damage from Controlled Burn, Wheatland Drive, Crystal Lake The fire was bad enough to make Chicago radio and television news where it was reported that the siding of several houses … Continue reading
A press release from the Crystal Lake Fire Department: The leak seems to be near Crystal Lake Graphics. … Continue reading
Here’s a press release about a house fire put out by the Crystal Lake Fire Department this morning at 4611 Terra Cotta Road. That’s north of Route 176. … Continue reading
A press release from the Crystal Lake Fire Department: 1635 Carlemont Dr – Unit # C, Crystal Lake, IL On January 14, 2015 at 03:16 PM, the Crystal Lake Fire Rescue Department responded to a possible structure fire reported by … Continue reading
A press release from the Crystal Lake Police Department: Incident at Crystal Lake Home Claims One Life On Tuesday, November 11, 2014 at 2:41 P.M. emergency crews from the Crystal Lake Fire Rescue and Crystal Lake Police Departments were summoned … Continue reading
A press release from the Crystal Lake Fire Department about a fire on Uteg Street. … Continue reading
Shortly after the tornado warning expired in the early hours of this morning, just as we were trying to get back to sleep, a Crystal Lake fire truck came past our house on Lakewood’s main drag. Usually when there is … Continue reading
These three press releases tell what officials have released. First form the Crystal Lake Fire Department: Next from Dr. Anne Majewski, Coroner of McHenry County: Majewski sent a second release identifying the youth as Jose A. Esquivel. … Continue reading
A press release from the Crystal Lake Police Department: The Crystal Lake Police Department Completes the Independence Day Crackdown to Save Lives The Crystal Lake Police Department recently has completed its participation in the Illinois Department of Transportation’s (IDOT) Sustained … Continue reading
I first learned of the gas smell when my wife called from her office in the Advocate Good Shepherd Building across from the Pingree Road Metra Train Station in Crystal Lake. She told me the building had been evacuated because … Continue reading
The following email was sent to Lundahl parents: Dear Lundahl Families, About 11:10am this morning the Fire Dept was called to Lundahl and the building was evacuated due to a faulty motor. The Fire Dept thoroughly checked the building and … Continue reading
Another press release from Crystal Lake Fire Department Battalion Commander Jerry Larsen: Structure Fire 3200 Block of Carrington Dr, Crystal Lake, IL On May l, 2013, at 3:30pm the Crystal Lake Fire Rescue Department was dispatched for a structure fire … Continue reading
A press release, issued last night at 10:30, from Crystal Lake Fire Department Battalion Chief Jerry Larsen: “On May l, 2013, at 3:30pm the Crystal Lake Fire Rescue Department was dispatched for a structure ñre in the 3200 block of … Continue reading
A press release from the Crystal Lake Police Department: Death Investigation at the Scene of a Fire Within a Residence On April 14, 2013 at 7:33 AM, Crystal Lake Police were dispatched to a residence in the 1700 block of … Continue reading
Those with kids or grandkids may be interested in knowing the Crystal Lake Fire Department is holding an Open House this morning. I would have run the press release, if it had been email instead of faxed to me. … Continue reading
A press release from the McHenry County State’s Attorney’s Office: CARRIE GIL SENTENCED TO 14 YEARS IN THE ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS FOR THE OFFENSES OF ATTEMPT FIRST DEGREE MURDER AND AGGRAVATED ARSON Louis A. Bianchi, McHenry County State’s Attorney, … Continue reading
In the “when it rains, it pours” category, is the re-opening of Route 14 west of Dole Avenue because of a downed Com Ed power line and the closing of Route 14 between Dole Avenue and Virginia Street. So Route … Continue reading
Right near the north end of the Virginia Street TIF District (you know the place, just look for the two $16,000 stone monuments) in front of the Crystal Lake Motel, high winds have snapped an electric line maintained by Commonwealth … Continue reading
