Another Village has a write-in campaign for Village Trustee. It is Prairie Grove and there are two candidates. Stanley Duda has announced he is running a write-in campaign for the Village Board. So has Arthur Stephens. … Continue reading
Category Archives: Prairie Grove
The only way to compare property tax burdens is to divide one’s property tax bill by the value of one’s home. That’s what the Chicago Tribune did in November of 2015. The effective tax rates found for McHenry County towns … Continue reading
A press release from the McHenry County Sheriff’s Department: Sheriff’s Office Investigates Two Vehicle Fatal Traffic Crash A 25 year old Bartlett man was pronounced dead Monday evening and a 51 year old McHenry woman was hospitalized in serious condition … Continue reading
A press release from the McHenry County Sheriff’s Office: Sheriff’s Office Investigates Motorcycle Traffic Crash – October 3rd A 47-year-old Island Lake man was hospitalized in stable condition Saturday night after being transported by ambulance from the scene of a one-vehicle crash … Continue reading
A press release from the Prairie Grove Police Department: Prairie Grove Police needs your help to ID a driver in a hit-and-run around 8pm Sunday Night on Rt 176 & Bayview Beach Rd Prairie Grove Police Chief Lyons said the … Continue reading
Yesterday, we took a look at what school districts requested to be collected last year and this year. Today we’ll look at municipalities. A number of McHenry County municipalities overlap into adjacent counties. If you see “McH only,” that is … Continue reading
From the Prairie Grove Police Department: Suspicious Incident, off of Wirth Trail in the Village of Prairie Grove Suspicious Incident: off of Wirth Trail in the Village of Prairie Grove, 3 males subjects all 5’5″ one wearing a bandana around … Continue reading
The election in the Village of Prairie Grove was to select three Trustees for four-year terms and one for a two-year term. Here are the results: Elected for four-year terms were Paula Dorian-Gray incumbent Charlotte Kramer incumbent Michael Breseman Not … Continue reading
The McHenry County Council of Governments (McCOG) has calculated how much money each village and city in the county would lose in state subsides should Governor Bruce Rauner’s budget recommendations be enacted. The Govenror suggests cutting the subsidy in half. … Continue reading
I’ve finally pinned down all who are running for municipal office in cities and villages having all or part of their boundaries within McHenry County. The names have been listed in ballot order. That makes little difference unless there are … Continue reading
Here’s my best effort to find out who filed for village and city offices in McHenry County’s thirty municipalities. Most who didn’t file last week probably waited until late Monday afternoon. Why? Best place on the ballot is first. With … Continue reading
Oakwood Hills is a residential village between Cary and Prairie Grove with about 2,000 people. There is no commercial district to provide sales taxes, so property taxes, state income tax and Motor Fuel Tax revenue sharing, plus vehicle stickers provide … Continue reading
Municipal elections were last spring. The next ones are not until next spring. Perhaps that explains why the City of Crystal Lake decided to hike taxes so much this year–a non-election year. There will go up 9.8%. McHenry, on the … Continue reading
Read the letter from Supt. Lynette Zimmer, including between the lines: … Continue reading
Although I was encouraged to attend the Prairie Grove School Board meeting last night, I decided to go to the McHenry County College Board meeting instead. Someone in attendance shared this description of what went on: You should have been … Continue reading
The Illinois State Police has the following McHenry County residents listed as approved concealed carry instructors: Name City Phone Email Trost, Paul Huntley (847)287-8411 paultrost@gmail.com Jones, Michael Hebron (815)759-1900 mjones@mc.net Jonak, Johann Cary (512)644-7023 Johann@Windycitytactical.com Danielowski, Ronald Island Lake (847)452-0951 … Continue reading
It started with the 22-month long contract negotiations between the Prairie Grove Elementary School Board and the Illinois Education Association affiliate called the Prairie Grove Teachers Association. Word is that there were harsh words during the negotiations until at the … Continue reading
An email from former and just defeated Prairie Grove School District 46 Board member Laura Domoto about the Tuesday, May 14th, Board meeting. Dear Friends, Your child’s education and programming at Prairie Grove Schools are being threatened. The newly elected … Continue reading
The Prairie Grove Teachers Association is in the news today, so I thought you might be interested in the latest message from the teachers’ union. If you want to see more about the impasse, check out the unions’ web site. … Continue reading
McHenry County Blog drilled a dry hole in its Freedom of Information Act request for information about Prairie Grove’s Police Pension Fund. That’s because none exists. Here’s the reply I received: … Continue reading