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
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
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
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
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
This press release from State Senator Dan Duffy announces you have a chance next Tuesday night to find out what’s going on in Springfield from his perspective, as well as ask him questions: Duffy public meeting to give insight into … Continue reading
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
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
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
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
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
There’s an area blog called “Heck of a Guy” by Crystal Lake’s Allan Showalter that had me laughing almost as much as I was at Karen Bowman when she was throwing her extended hissy fit at Charlotte Kremer in the … Continue reading
There’s an area blog called “Heck of a Guy” by Crystal Lake’s Allan Showalter that had me laughing almost as much as I was at Karen Bowman when she was throwing her extended hissy fit at Charlotte Kremer in the … Continue reading
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
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
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
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
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
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
There’s a hot and heavy school board race in the relatively small elementary school district in Prairie Grove. The incumbents are under attack from challengers and they have school board meeting at 7 PM, just as the polls close on … Continue reading
