A press release from the McHenry County State’s Attorney: RYAN HEINEMAN FOUND GUILTY OF TWO COUNTS OF THE OFFENSE OF AGGRAVATED DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL Patrick D. Kenneally, McHenry County State’s Attorney, announces that 37-year-old Ryan Heineman of Spring … Continue reading
Category Archives: Spring Grove
Congressman Randy Hultgren announces that House Speaker Paul Ryan, who represents the congressional district just north of the Wisconsin state line, will be at Scot Forge in Spring Grove on Friday. Important details: RSVP by COB Wednesday night to Beth Goncher <bethgoncher@gmail.com> … Continue reading
A press release from the McHenry County State’s Attorney: CHRISTOPHER CZAJKOWSKI SENTENCED TO SIX YEARS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS FOR UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF A WEAPON BY A FELON Patrick D. Kenneally, McHenry County State’s Attorney, announces that 24-year-old Christopher … Continue reading
Here is what unincorporated Spring Grove Resident Drew Knobloch told the McHenry County Board at its September meeting: Public comment, September My wife and I moved to McHenry county in 2015 because we were looking for a quieter life with … Continue reading
Spring Grove residents who live just outside the village have appeared at the last two meetings of the McHenry County Board seeking help in stopping a Thelen Sand & Gravel plan to dig up to the edge of their homes. … Continue reading
At Tuesday’s meeting of the McHenry County Board, citizens from the Spring Grove-Fox Lake area appeared to object to additional gravel pits in their area. One of those who spoke mentioned the Thelen Sand and Gravel company. Hearing the name … Continue reading
After this summer’s flooding, the McHenry County Health Department offered free water testing. Of those who availed themselves of the free service, e. coli was found in six wells. There were located in Lakewood McHenry Spring Grove Presumably the wells … Continue reading
A press release from Dr. Anne Majewski, Coroner of McHenry County, of the auto deaths of Mr. and Mrs. John Korkowski of Spring Grove: … Continue reading
Commenter Mark has laid out all of the municipal police and fire pension fund money owed by McHenry County taxpayers. Let’s review police and fire pension funding status in McHenry County. Remember, Jack Franks says he has a plan to … Continue reading
A press release from McHenry County Coroner Anne Majewski about the traffic accident death of Spring Grove’s Tanya McDonough on Sunday: The Chicago Tribune reports that McDonough was a “passenger in a vehicle driven by Ryan Heineman, 33,” who also … Continue reading
The Chicago Tribune released results of a study of traffic ticket data that shows whether police departments discriminate in favor of their own residents. In the towns studied in McHenry County Crystal Lake and Harvard stood out as being even-handed. … Continue reading
Below is what cities and villages in McHenry County did to property taxpayers last year and what can be expected this year: City or village INCR / DECR INCR / DECR 2015 – 2014 2014 – 2013 IN TOTAL TAX … Continue reading
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 McHenry County State’s Attorney Lou Bianchi: MICHAEL TATERA SENTENCED TO EIGHT YEARS IN THE ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS FOR THE OFFENSE OF DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL Louis A. Bianchi, McHenry County State’s Attorney, announces … Continue reading
You may remember that Spring Grove voters rejected a referendum request to impose a tax to pay police pensions. Apparently municipalities in Spring Grove’s situation, but a LOT LARGER (30 full-time police and 50 full-time firefighters) lobbied their legislators and … Continue reading
A press release from Dr. Anne Majewski, McHenry County Coroner about the death of Ruth Brennan in an automobile accident in Spring Grove: … 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
Since schools comprise the bulk of property tax dollars, I thought some might be interested in seeing how they changed from last year to this year. Although the percentage change column is labeled “% Change + of -” the first … Continue reading
The election results for the Village of Spring Grove can be seen below: Winners were Randy Vinyard incumbent Jim Anhalt Ron Kopke Losing were Ryne Powell Steve Bishop Ted Trzaskowski The other election was a referendum to impose a police … Continue reading