While Congressman Peter Roskam went all out for Crystal Lake’s Independence Day Parade, I was able to find only one woman wearing a tee shirt among the Democratic Party marchers. … Continue reading
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Following State Senate Candidate Nancy Zettler was State Senate candidate Mary Mahady. The Democrat is currently in her second term as McHenry Township Assessor. She is opposed by Republican Craig Wilcox. … Continue reading
Behind 14th congressional district 14 Democratic Party candidate Lauren Underwood came the entry of State Senate candidate Nancy Zettler. As she got closer, Zettler could not resist mugging for the camera. … Continue reading
Right after the Republicans came the McHenry County Democratic Party banner. Lauren Underwood, the woman running against Randy Hultgren for Congress in the 14th District, was first in line. It was easy to see who the candidate was with Underwood … Continue reading
Behind State Rep. Allen Skillicorn were Rosemary Kurtz and her daughter Donna. Donna is a member of the McHenry County Board and served on the McHenry County College Board previously. Rosemary Kurtz served as Crystal Lake City Treasurer, then beat … Continue reading
State Rep. Allen Skillicorn came next. Delighting the children along the route were three cyclists doing tricks. Then came Skillicorn’s truck, complete with signs and trailing an elephant. Skillicorn supporters were handing out bubbly gum. At the tail end of … Continue reading
A group of Republican candidates followed State’s Attorney Patrick Kenneally’s entry.at Crystal Lake’s Independence Day Parade on July 7th. Republican candidate for County Clerk, current Recorder of Deeds Joe Tirio was the first one. Next up was a jeep. Walkers … Continue reading
Following Jack Franks were fire engines. Lots of them. Completing the entry was a truck carrying a big Kenneally sign. … Continue reading
The third official in the Crystal Lake Independence Day Parade was McHenry Country Board Chairman Jack Franks. For some reason, I didn’t get many photos of thsoe walking for Franks, so here is one taken before the parade began: Franks … Continue reading
Congressman Peter Roskam and his wife Elizabeth walked behind a banner bearing his name at the Crystal Lake Independence Day Parade on July 7th. But, that wasn’t all. Behind a vehicle was a big American Flag like local Lions carry … Continue reading
Bruce Rauner was reportedly scheduled to appear in Crystal Lake’s Independence Day Parade, as he and his wife did four years ago. But, then the Dan Ryan got completely shut down by citizens and politicians who thought that making it … Continue reading
There were a lot of volunteers marching and riding in support of Republican candidates at the Independence Day Parade held on July 7th in Crystal Lake. Here is a photo of a lot of them: … Continue reading
Being reported in the Daily Herald: Facebook Four defendant pleads guilty to kidnapping, hate crime The third of four defendants charged with a January 2017 assault on a Crystal Lake teenager that was streamed live on Facebook pleaded guilty to … Continue reading
The article form January 6, 2008, wiped out by Google on the grounds that McHenry County Blog was a “spam blog” has been found and is re-published here. The Springs of Crystal Lake 1-6-7 No, it’s not a new subdivision or … Continue reading
From Informed Choices: For some women, seeing 2 little blue lines on a pregnancy test is good news, but for others it’s sheer panic. In McHenry county alone over 3,000 women will experience an unplanned pregnancy this year. What if … Continue reading
Another article about the Ilionois State Geologic Survey findings retrieved from the clutches of Google’s having identified McHenry County Blog in the latter part of 2006. As I reported earlier, Brandon Curry of the Illinois State Geological Survey was in Crystal … Continue reading
Continuing on a republication of findings about Crystal Lake by the Illinois Geologic Survey in 2006: Yesterday, McHenry County Blog reported on the depth measurements made in the West End of Crystal Lake by the Illinois Geological Survey, The bathymetric … Continue reading
As part of the Crystal Lake Park District’s lake study, the Illinois State Geological Survey was paid $5,000 to take a look at the bottom of the lake. McHenry County Blog got photos of the survey boat last year [2006] … Continue reading
This is the second of the stories I wrote twelve years ago about the research on Crystal Lake performed by the Illinois State Geologic Survey. Google removed it when it labeled McHenry County Blog a “spam blog.” Crystal Lake was … Continue reading
This article was published on May 6, 2006, and was taken off my blog by Google because the company labeled McHenry County Blog a “spam blog.” Since no one else has written about this exploration of Crystal Lake, we are … Continue reading