The following press release has been received from the Fox River Grove Police Department about a scam aimed at Harris Bank customers: DO NOT respond to Harris Bank account frozen text message on cellular phones. It is a scam…. Several … Continue reading
Yesterday, McHenry County Blog reported on the September 18th closing of the former Amcore branch at the corner of Route 14 and Pingree Road. Today, Harris informs us that the branch on Randall Road and Harnish Drive will be closed. … Continue reading
That’s what the sign said when I drove up to the Crystal Lake branch of what used to be Amcore Bank. … Continue reading
I drove over to the Crystal Lake Branch of what used to be Amcore Bank this morning before the doors open, but after the drive-in window were available to customers. There were folks in offices looking at paper, maybe from … Continue reading
Broadway Bank may be capturing the headlines because of its family connection to Alexi Giannoulias, the Democratic Party’s candidate for U.S. Senator, but the big Illinois bank going down in Illinois is Amcore. Amcore has $3.8 billion in assets, while … Continue reading
That’s what Crain’s Chicago Business is reporting in an online article entitled, Harris is bidding on teetering Amcore Bank Amcore’s most visible local failure is what folks call the Tyvek Towers in Downtown Algonquin. My biggest concern is whether I’ll … Continue reading
I filed a Freedom of Information request with Grafton Township for the checks paid so far for the new township hall. That doesn’t include interest to Harris Bank on the debt certificates. That’s the $3.5 million ($5 million+, if interest … Continue reading
There were so many signs in Crystal Lake and Algonquin at the 4th of July TEA Parties. In view of the Grafton Township Board’s having stopped the $430 a day hemorrhage to the Harris Bank for the $3.5 million loan … Continue reading
Believe it or not, newly-elected Township Supervisor Linda Moore and the four township trustees who resent her having been elected because of the monkey wrench she threw into the $5 million (including interest) new township hall project agreed tonight. Without … Continue reading
