What’s Happened to Real Estate Prices in McHenry County over the Last Five Years?

I found the following information on the Chicago Tribune’s Real Estate page on the internet. It has an interative map of McHenry County (and all other parts of the six-county Chicago metropolitan area) that tells what has happened to real … Continue reading

Lakewood’s Tax Rate Up Most, Richmond’s Only One Down

Because Lakewood Village Board members decided to require residents to pay off the last year of the golf course purchased the year before the Property Tax Cap went into effect, Lakewood has the highest percentage tax rate increase of any … Continue reading

Crystal Laker Gets Ten Years for DUI Passenger Death

The McHenry County State’s Attorney sent this press release: CRYSTAL LAKE MAN SENTENCED TO NINE YEARS FOR AGGRAVATED DUI CAUSING DEATH Louis A. Bianchi, McHenry County State’s Attorney, announces today that Uri C. Herrera-Garcia, 24, of Crystal Lake, was sentenced … Continue reading

Ed Burke Only Identifed Contributor to Sheriff Keith Nygren

McHenry County Sheriff Keith Nygren ran a $51,822.74 campaign last fall when he overwhelmingly won re-election. But he wasn’t in fund raising mode. Only $600 was contributed to his campaign. The only one that was identified was from the Burnham … Continue reading

Some of What Judge Michael Caldwell Read Before Turning Thumbs Down on Emergency County Health Department Power Grab

Yesterday McHenry County Blog reported on the effort by the McHenry County Department of Public Health to obtain emergency control over the abandonment of septic tanks in Port Barrington as homes were being connected to the Northern Moraine Sanitary District. … Continue reading

Lakemoor’s Diana Hartmann Thinking of Running for McHenry County Regional Superintendent of Schools

Lakemoor’s Diana Hartmann is thinking about running for the Republican nomination for McHenry County Regional Superintendent of Schools.  You see her with her now-two year old son and husband Michael in this photo from last fall at Stades Farm. With … Continue reading

A Mob Murder in McHenry County?

Say it ain’t so. I was told by Howard Nehlig, administrator of McHenry County’s nursing home (called Valley Hi) when I was McHenry County Treasurer in the late 1960’s, that the top floor of the old poor farm was used … Continue reading

A Mob Murder in McHenry County?

Say it ain’t so. I was told by Howard Nehlig, administrator of McHenry County’s nursing home (called Valley Hi) when I was McHenry County Treasurer in the late 1960’s, that the top floor of the old poor farm was used … Continue reading