It was not too long ago (about two years ago) that the minor league baseball team in Joliet was sold. The team’s name was “The Joliet Jackhammers.” The new team owners re-named it “The Slammers,” an appropriate enough name for … Continue reading
Category Archives: Minor League Baseball
Put this 2002 campaign flyer in support of a Home Rule referendum in Bridgeview: Look at the Home Rule promises: No property tax increases for eight years. No new utility taxes. No real estate transfer taxes. Other sources of village … Continue reading
In Sunday’s Chicago Sun-Times, the City of Zion took a big hit for all the screw-ups from its minor league baseball team. McHenry County College managed to avoid such a fiasco, but its Board majority censured the two members who … Continue reading
With entrepreneur Mark Houser still trying to get a minor league baseball stadium and team off the ground in Woodstock, I keep looking for what’s happening in other parts of the country. You may remember that Heartland Community College in … Continue reading
A press release from Joe Stefani, President of the Rockford Foresters Baseball Team: FORESTERS TO HOST TEA PARTY NIGHT FEATURING TWO CONGRESSMEN ROCKFORD, IL – June 17, 2011 – The Rockford Foresters Baseball Team announced today it will be hosting … Continue reading
The Alliance for Land, Agriculture and Water has made votes by McHenry County Board members up for election available to the public. So, if the local newspapers didn’t ask the question you think is important, you might find some direction … Continue reading
In two senses. If they were an animal, their necks on on the chopping block. In economic terms, there are for sale. That’s what the Chicago Tribune reported Tuesday. Why do I keep bringing up a Will County minor league … Continue reading
Taxpayers are getting hammered by the deal owners of the Joliet Jackhammers cut with the rulers of Joliet. The team owes vendors, too. Cost of fixing bad stadium construction is the excuse. Seven lawsuits have been filed against the team. … Continue reading
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
Headed by Lake in the Hills’ Louis Tenore, Jr., a group of investors is seeking permission to obtain $18 million in Federally-subsidized stimulus money, according to a document posted on the McHenry County Board’s web site. The proposed McHenry County … Continue reading
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
With the Woodstock Planning Commission have approved a minor league baseball stadium within sight on Centegra’s Woodstock hospital even though all the required reports had not been filed, the proposal now moves to the city council. I missed this Joliet … Continue reading
With the Woodstock Planning Commission have approved a minor league baseball stadium within sight on Centegra’s Woodstock hospital even though all the required reports had not been filed, the proposal now moves to the city council. I missed this Joliet … Continue reading
I thought the following, sent out by the McHenry County Community Foundation, might be of interest: McHenry County Multi-Purpose Events Venue Since December of 2007, meetings have taken place to bring various interest groups to the discussion table in considering … Continue reading
I thought the following, sent out by the McHenry County Community Foundation, might be of interest: McHenry County Multi-Purpose Events Venue Since December of 2007, meetings have taken place to bring various interest groups to the discussion table in considering … Continue reading
Hey, it’s not my question. Although I would admit it is a good question. It was a headline on a late March article by Patrick Garmoe in the Daily Herald way back in March 19th. And anyone in doubt about … Continue reading
Hey, it’s not my question. Although I would admit it is a good question. It was a headline on a late March article by Patrick Garmoe in the Daily Herald way back in March 19th. And anyone in doubt about … Continue reading
Yesterday McHenry County Blog shared some research and questions from one of its readers. With McHenry County College about to step into a $35 million debt, McHenry County Blog is pleased to offer more findings and observations from a reader. … Continue reading
Yesterday McHenry County Blog shared some research and questions from one of its readers. With McHenry County College about to step into a $35 million debt, McHenry County Blog is pleased to offer more findings and observations from a reader. … Continue reading
Earlier this week, McHenry County Blog re-printed academician Richard Vedder’s comments on how McHenry County College’s push for a minor league baseball stadium might be a leading indicator that community colleges were losing their way. Today begins a two-part series … Continue reading