Memorial Day, Normal’s CornBelters Frontier League team played its first game in its new stadium, called the Corn Crib. They lost 3-2 to Windy City, but filled the new stadium. The stadium is near the intersection of I-39 and I-55. … Continue reading
Category Archives: Frontier Baseball League
The team was named the “CornBelters.“ Nice play on words. The “Corn Crib” is what the stadium will be called. I wonder if it will be decorated like South Dakota’s Corn Palace. It’s covered with murals made out of corn … Continue reading
There are two items that might be of interest to McHenry County leaders still pursuing a baseball stadium. First, most Frontier Baseball League teams had fewer fans per game this past summer than previously. Even though ten of eleven had … Continue reading
There are two items that might be of interest to McHenry County leaders still pursuing a baseball stadium. First, most Frontier Baseball League teams had fewer fans per game this past summer than previously. Even though ten of eleven had … Continue reading
Bids. McHenry County residents never heard that word in connection with the minor league baseball stadium that McHenry County College’s board of trustees tried to foist on us taxpayers. But that word is in the first sentence of Bloomington Pantagraph … Continue reading
Bids. McHenry County residents never heard that word in connection with the minor league baseball stadium that McHenry County College’s board of trustees tried to foist on us taxpayers. But that word is in the first sentence of Bloomington Pantagraph … Continue reading
Heartland Community College President Jon Astrorth does his MCC President Walt Packard imitation at next Tuesday night’s board meeting, according to the Bloomington Pantograph. That’s the day when the board is predicted to decide whether to move forward with a … Continue reading
Heartland Community College President Jon Astrorth does his MCC President Walt Packard imitation at next Tuesday night’s board meeting, according to the Bloomington Pantograph. That’s the day when the board is predicted to decide whether to move forward with a … Continue reading
The Heartland Institutes’s Steve Stanek addressed the McHenry County College Board on Monday night about the advisability of baseball stadiums and convention centers. In the first article about his remarks, Stanek told how baseball stadiums are money losers for taxpayers. … Continue reading
The Heartland Institutes’s Steve Stanek addressed the McHenry County College Board on Monday night about the advisability of baseball stadiums and convention centers. In the first article about his remarks, Stanek told how baseball stadiums are money losers for taxpayers. … Continue reading
A 13-page evaluation of Mark Houser’s Equity One’s feasibility study of his buddy Pete Heitman’s baseball stadium projections and other expansions of McHenry County College has been released. It’s dated April 4, 2007. I didn’t even know it existed, but, … Continue reading
A 13-page evaluation of Mark Houser’s Equity One’s feasibility study of his buddy Pete Heitman’s baseball stadium projections and other expansions of McHenry County College has been released. It’s dated April 4, 2007. I didn’t even know it existed, but, … Continue reading
The McHenry County Coyotes. Really. Don’t believe me? Read on. I am so pleased that competent researchers are adding to the sum total of knowledge about McHenry County College’s baseball stadium proposal. One is Jerry Fleming, a piece by whom … Continue reading
The McHenry County Coyotes. Really. Don’t believe me? Read on. I am so pleased that competent researchers are adding to the sum total of knowledge about McHenry County College’s baseball stadium proposal. One is Jerry Fleming, a piece by whom … Continue reading
In my article about the Crystal Lake Planning and Zoning Commission (article 1, article 2) hearing on McHenry County College’s plan to expand its mission so far beyond its educational mission as to be unrecognizable, student John Darger complained about … Continue reading
In my article about the Crystal Lake Planning and Zoning Commission (article 1, article 2) hearing on McHenry County College’s plan to expand its mission so far beyond its educational mission as to be unrecognizable, student John Darger complained about … Continue reading
Wednesday night, the Crystal Lake city council chamber was packed for the Planning and Zoning hearing on McHenry County College’s proposal to cover 50% of its property with impermeable surfaces like roofs and parking lots. (If you’re not up to … Continue reading
Wednesday night, the Crystal Lake city council chamber was packed for the Planning and Zoning hearing on McHenry County College’s proposal to cover 50% of its property with impermeable surfaces like roofs and parking lots. (If you’re not up to … Continue reading
Amazing the people who read McHenry County Blog. Every once in a while, someone gets in contact with some really interesting information. That’s how I scooped everyone on the planned minor league baseball stadium in Harvard. Recently I received an … Continue reading
Amazing the people who read McHenry County Blog. Every once in a while, someone gets in contact with some really interesting information. That’s how I scooped everyone on the planned minor league baseball stadium in Harvard. Recently I received an … Continue reading