McHenry County Sheriff’s Department employees got an email yesterday urging them to attend Sheriff Keith Nygren’s retirement party Thursday night. And, what a deal! Instead of the $60 a person price, Sheriff’s Department employees who buy tickets will only be … Continue reading
Former McHenry County Sheriff’s Sergeant Greg Pyle will be sentenced tomorrow in Rockford for having taken a young boy to Milwaukee for sexual exploitation. Officially he plead guilty to “One Count of Sex with a Person Less Than 12 Years … Continue reading
At the hearing yesterday on The First Electric Newspaper’s Pete Gonigam’s Freedom of Information suit against the McHenry County Sheriff’s Department, I’m told that former departmental Legal Counsel Donald Leist “threw [Andy] Zinke under the bus.” My source, who was … Continue reading
Retiring McHenry County Sheriff Keith Nygren is holding a retirement party next month. The date is September 25th and the place is Donley’s Banquet Hall in unincorporated Union. The cost information is $60. A solicitation is made for “a contribution … Continue reading
Learned at the County Fair that McHenry County is the only one in the six county area prohibiting the distribution of Bibles on a cell to cell basis. When he heard that, McHenry County Board member John Hammerand said, “That’s … Continue reading
Here’s an update on what’s going on with former McHenry County Sheriff’s Deputy Scott Milliman’s wrongful termination suit against Sheriff Keith Nygren, Undersheriff Andy Zinke, Commander John Miller, Lt. Ken Nielsen, Sgt. Steven Schmitt and McHenry County. It was filed … Continue reading
The following was received from former Deputy Sheriff and 2010 GOP Primary candidate against Keith Nygren: Since very few “news” entities have asked for my side of the settlement story I have drafted this statement that the McHenry County Blog … Continue reading
Former McHenry County Assistant State’s Attorney and Affirmative Action/Legal Affairs Officer for McHnery County Sheriff Keith Nygren got a much better job in Peoria. He is due to start as City Counsel next week. And at a big raise. When … Continue reading
“Opaque” is the opposition of “transparent,” right? Every month the McHenry County Sheriff’s Department makes a report to the County Board. I looked at the April report. Right on top is a summary of activity for the Corrections Division. Take … Continue reading
The end of last November, the McHenry County Sheriff’s Department had over $900,000 in the bank in funds not monitored by other county officials on a month-to-month basis. The figures you see below are from the annual report prepared by … Continue reading
Municipal bond analyst Steve Wilson left the following message under the first part of my report of the McHenry County Board debate about the $10 increase for housing Federal prisoners: How much are we losing each day per prisoner? I … Continue reading
John Hammerand, the County Board member who first pointed out (twelve months ago) that the county was losing big bucks by housing Federal prisoners, spoke next: “You cannot manage what we don’t measure. “I’m thinking of [the need to] swear … Continue reading
The debate on Tuesday about housing Federal prisoners in the McHenry County Jail started with Law & Justice Committee Chairman Sue Draffkorn trying to set the terms of debate. With regard to the ten-year agreement with the Feds, Draffkorn pointed … Continue reading
My master’s degree from the University of Michigan is in Public Administration. I was thinking of what my professors would have said if I had presented what the County Board is being given to justify an increase of $10 a … Continue reading
Because a vote on a new three-year jail contract with the Federal government will be voted upon by the County Board on Tuesday I am keeping this article on top until the meeting. = = = = = On Tuesday, … Continue reading
Now the Federal government is paying McHenry County $85 per day to house prisoners, so the $95 a day rate represents a $10 per day increase. The $95 per day is still well below the $131.38 cost to house a … Continue reading
Undersheriff Andy Zinke was taken off the ethics hook for a second time before the McHenry County Ethics Commission Thursday afternoon. Former Sheriff’s Deputy Zane Seipler filed the complaint along with evidence of Zinke having had his photo taken in … Continue reading
Saw the Northwest Herald last night at Outback Steakhouse and there was a letter praising Jack Franks and Lou Bianchi. Pardon my suspicious nature, but I’m one who thinks most letters to the editor saying something favorable about Franks are … Continue reading
Prior to the election, I filed a Freedom of Information request for the report that Joseph Summerill prepared for the Sheriff’s Office and presented to the County Board. In the comment sections of some of the following articles, many people … Continue reading
The internet edition of the Chicago Tribune is running an article entitled, Prim wins vote count for McHenry sheriff Prim is described as “a longtime county resident but a relative outsider to the sheriff’s office and McHenry County politics.” It … Continue reading
