Bulk Buy of Electricity May Save Big Money for Residents of Cary, Crystal Lake, Huntley, Lakewood, Prairie Grove, Ringwood, Woodstock

I missed the biggest news of Tuesday night. It wasn’t the Grafton Township Electors voting to ratify the deal that the Township Trustees cut with Road Commissioner Jack Freund for the Town Fund to repay the loan taken out to … Continue reading

Electric Aggregation Referendum Results Decidedly Mixed

What I thought was going to be the most uncontroversial item on the ballot wasn’t. Having put together the bulk buying of natural gas for state government facilities across Illinois while working for the Department of Central Management Services, it … Continue reading

School Consolidation Would Cost Taxpayers Plenty

Governor Pat Quinn thinks that consolidating schools will save big money because fewer administrators would be required. Reading the Daily Herald article, I notice that no mention is made of equalizing up elementary school teacher salaries to the level paid … Continue reading

Prairie Grove Grade School Board Member Appointed Elgin’s Director of Financial Operations

Elgin Unit School District 46 is the second largest in Illinois. Only Chicago is larger. Its relatively long term Chief Financial Officer John Prince went off to Plainfield and was replaced by McHenry County College’s finance guy Ron Ally. He … Continue reading

Assessment Appeal Time

Sorry for the delay in pointing out that homeowners can appeal their assessments in McHenry Township. It looks like the deadline is the day before the election. The sparsely populated Dunham Township, on the south edge of Harvard, also has … Continue reading

So, You Want to Know More about the Lakewood SportsPlex?

Here’s the first of a series of article that Pete Gonigam has written for his First Electric Newspaper. It’s entitled, FEN Finds Possible Problems for Proposed SportsPlex You can read about and see the Prairie Grove maraschino cherry processing plant … Continue reading

Kirk Dillard Woos McHenry County Women

Billing himself as the only non-millionaire in the race for the Republican nomination for governor, State Senator Kirk Dillard spoke to mainly women at Crystal Lake’s 1776 restaurant Tuesday morning. He related having received this advice from his former boss, … Continue reading

Prairie Grove Village Board Meeting Packed with Upset Hunters, Gun Owners

Republicans of all ages, including many members of the McHenry County Young Republicans, hunters, sportsman, and local residents packed the Prairie Grove Village Hall last night. The Second Amendment advocates were inspired by a Saturday article in the Northwest Herald … Continue reading

Prairie Grove Teachers Settle for 3 .4%

It appears the Prairie Grove teachers haven’t gotten the same memo from the Illinois Education Association that Huntley District 158 teachers received. Northwest Herald reporter Kelly Mahoney writes that the Grade School District 46 teachers got “a total salary compensation … Continue reading

Prairie Grove Teachers Settle for 3 .4%

It appears the Prairie Grove teachers haven’t gotten the same memo from the Illinois Education Association that Huntley District 158 teachers received. Northwest Herald reporter Kelly Mahoney writes that the Grade School District 46 teachers got “a total salary compensation … Continue reading

Northwest Herald Headline: “Board calls police on political blogger”

The story was about the McHenry County State’s Attorney’s Office investigating the Prairie Grove School Board. Supposedly, out of public view, the board approved an extension to Superintendent Mary Fasbender’s contract, not to expire until June, 2008. It could cost … Continue reading

Northwest Herald Headline: “Board calls police on political blogger”

The story was about the McHenry County State’s Attorney’s Office investigating the Prairie Grove School Board. Supposedly, out of public view, the board approved an extension to Superintendent Mary Fasbender’s contract, not to expire until June, 2008. It could cost … Continue reading

Threatened with Arrest

First I get a parking ticket for dropping my son off at school. Now, a Prairie Grove policeman has threatened to arrest me to trespassing in a public hall waiting for the not-so-quiet, but top secret, hush, hush District 46 … Continue reading

Threatened with Arrest

First I get a parking ticket for dropping my son off at school. Now, a Prairie Grove policeman has threatened to arrest me to trespassing in a public hall waiting for the not-so-quiet, but top secret, hush, hush District 46 … Continue reading

Prairie Grove School Board Six-Member Ruling Establishment Re-Elected

There was tension in the Prairie Grove School District 46 library Tuesday as audience members and a lone board member fought awarding of a multi-year contract prior the swearing in of new board members. And, audience interest was piqued when … Continue reading

Prairie Grove School Board Six-Member Ruling Establishment Re-Elected

There was tension in the Prairie Grove School District 46 library Tuesday as audience members and a lone board member fought awarding of a multi-year contract prior the swearing in of new board members. And, audience interest was piqued when … Continue reading