One of the issues on the fall ballot is a supposedly binding referendum to impose term limits on McHenry County Board members. The County Board decided that the limits should not affect most of those on the Board now. The … Continue reading
Category Archives: Donna Kelly
With Donna Kelly having resigned from the McHenry County State’s Attorney’s Office, Lou Bianchi has named Patrick Kenneally, his choice to succeed him, as top assistant. That is what this press release from the office explains: PATRICK KENNEALLY NAMED AS … Continue reading
A press release from McHenry County State’s Attorney Lou Bianchi: DONNA KATHRYN KELLY, FIRST ASSISTANT STATE’S ATTORNEY, RESIGNS TO PURSUE NEW OPPORTUNITY Louis A. Bianchi, McHenry County State’s Attorney, regretfully announces that, effective August 4, 2016, Donna Kathryn Kelly will … Continue reading
A press release from McHenry County State’s Attorney Lou Bianchi: KELLY GALLAGHER JOINS THE MCHENRY COUNTY STATE’S ATTORNEY’S OFFICE AS A VICTIM/WITNESS COORDINATOR Louis A. Bianchi, McHenry County State’s Attorney, is pleased to announce that Kelly Gallagher has joined the office as … Continue reading
McHenry County Board Chairwoman Tina Hill got her way on who will be appointed to the McHenry County 708 Mental Health Board Tuesday night. But she backed away from dumping Sandy Salgado from the Public Health and Human Services Committee … Continue reading
About ninety public officials and citizens attended McHenry County State’s Attorney Lou Bianchi’s Ethics Seminar Thursday night at McHenry County College. Speakers and their topis were Matt Rogina from the Attorney General’s office spoke on the Illinois Freedom of Information … Continue reading
I ask McHenry County State’s Attorney Lou Bianchi what his office was going to do on Election Day. Here’s the answer: “Donna Kelly, Chief of our Civil Division is available throughout the day to handle calls from any precinct, citizen … Continue reading
There was a long debate over whether the County Board should put a referendum on the fall ballot asking voters is they wanted to elect the County Board Chairman in an at-large election. Before that several citizens provided input. District … Continue reading
Below are photos supplied by Ken Koehler’s re-election campaign. … Continue reading
Zane Seipler won a victory over former employer Sheriff Keith Nygren Thursday. Nygren is the man who fired Seipler and against whom Seipler ran unsuccessfully in the Republican primary election almost two years ago, plus filed a wrongful termination action … Continue reading
McHenry County State’s Attorney Lou Bianchi could be ordered to tell the public whether he ever investigated Sheriff Keith Nygren for “criminal conduct,” if Blake Horwitz, Zane Seipler’s attorney in his effort to get Judge Thomas Meyer to name a … Continue reading
This is the final section of a long article about the deposition of McHenry County State’s Attorney Lou Bianchi, primarily by former Deputy Sheriff Zane Seipler. Part 1 is here. Part 2 is here. Part 3 is here. Seipler has … Continue reading
Mark Gummerson, personal attorney for McHenry County Sheriff Keith Nygren took over the questioning in the deposition of McHenry County State’s Attorney Lou Bianchi. This is the third part of a four-part article concerning that despoliation which Judge Thomas Meyer … Continue reading
Yesterday McHenry County Blog ran Part 1 of a long article on Zane Seipler’s lawyer Blake Horwitz’ questioning of McHenry County State’s Attorney Lou Bianchi under oath. Also present were attorneys Donna Kelly, representing Bianchi, Mark Gummerson, representing Keith Nygren … Continue reading
In looking over a copy of the deposition of McHenry County State’s Attorney Lou Bianchi in the case brought by former Deputy Sheriff Zane Seipler asking for a Special Prosecutor to be named to probe whether Sheriff Keith Nygren used … Continue reading
For the first time, former Deputy Sheriff Zane Seipler didn’t have attorney Blake Horwitz representing him. Local attorney Robert Hanlon entered his appearance on the motion by Horwitz to sanction Mark Gummerson, Nygren’s personal attorney, for Gummerson’s behavior during the … Continue reading
McHenry County attorney Donna Kathryn Kelly ran for a 2nd Appellate Court judgeship. I didn’t see any literature at the Republican Central Committee distribution day or I would have passed it out in my precinct, as I did for all … Continue reading
Two women appointed by Illinois Supreme Court Justice Robert Miller, Appellate Court Justices Ann Jorgensen and Mary Schostok, carried the day Tuesday. Below you see the preliminary results of the judicial district that sprawls across northern Illinois from Lake Michigan … Continue reading
The only candidates that I have seen campaigning for the 2nd Appellate Court were endorsed today by the Chicago Tribune. Mary Schostok, who held a fund raiser in Crystal Lake Thursday night, and Ann Jorgensen, who was Schostok’s “special guest” … Continue reading
The following press release just popped into my in box. It pretty much speaks for itself. Donna Kelly’s web site can be found here. Donna Kathryn Kelly Announces Candidacy For 2nd District Appellate Court 13-County District Includes McHenry County CRYSTAL LAKE, … Continue reading