Featuring a photo from the football field, Chicago Tribune reporter Robert McCoppin in the fight between Crystal Lake High School District 155 and the City of Crystal Lake. Calling it a “brouhaha,” the Tribune quoted Mayor Aaron Shepley as saying, … Continue reading
The City of Crystal Lake has apparently decided to defend its zoning powers vigorously after being brought into the South High School Bleacher case by District 155. As a result of an agreed order entered by Judge Thomas Meyer, the … Continue reading
First Electric Newspaper Editor Pete Gonigam filed a Freedom of Information request with the McHenry County Sheriff’s Department seeking documents about the investigation of Undersheriff Andy Zinke’s telling someone whose firm was getting a delivery which was apparently subject of … Continue reading
Whoever convinced the McHenry County State’s Attorney’s Office to try to knock two anti-tax candidates off the April 9th McHenry County College ballot didn’t have a good day. Or, to put it in Cary School Board member Chris Jenner’s words, … Continue reading
My battery died last night, so I missed the hearing in which Sgt. John Koziol was asking Judge Thomas Meyer to appoint a Special Prosecutor to investigate Undersheriff Andy Zinke’s alleged misdeed with reference to a Drug Enforcement Administration probe … Continue reading
McHenry County Sheriff’s Sgt. John Koziol’s request for Judge Thomas Meyer to name a Special Prosecutor to investigate the charges laid out early last week about Undersheriff Andy Zinke is on tap this morning. If you have not yet read … Continue reading
McHenry County Sheriff’s Sgt. John Koziol was in Judge Thomas Meyer’s courtroom as his attorney Jonathan Nye and Assistant State’s Attorney Patrick Kenneally spoke softly about preliminaries in the case. Nye noted that the State’s Attorney had not make a … Continue reading
Somehow I posted the wrong court order from Judge Thomas Meyer in the litigation between Grafton Township Road Commissioner Jack Freund and Supervisor Linda Moore. I have take that one down and put up the one I thought I was … Continue reading
Dated August 11th, with a stamped July 31st signature from Sheriff Keith Nygren, the man who fired him, a settlement agreement has authorized the payment for the time Zane Seipler was off work, plus medical expenses that would have been … Continue reading
Although McHenry County Board Chairman Ken Koehler seems to have made the decision on his own to seek sanctions against Zane Seipler and his attorney Blake Horwitz for seeking a Special Prosecutor to probe whether Sheriff Keith Nygren used tax … Continue reading
Associate Judge Thomas Meyer ruled Wednesday that no Special Prosecutor was needed to probe alleged criminal activity of McHenry County Sheriff Keith Nygren. He also ruled that the fears of McHenry County State’s Attorney Lou Bianchi that he might lose … Continue reading
At 10 o’clock in Associate Judge Thomas Meyer’s courtroom Wednesday, a decision is scheduled to be handed down in what has become known as the “Nygren Special Prosecutor” case. It’s pretty clear that Judge Meyer could come down on either … Continue reading
At 1:30 in Associate Judge Thomas Meyer’s courtroom, McHenry County State’s Attorney will be questioned as to whether he is “available” to investigate and possible prosecute McHenry County Sheriff Keith Nygren. That “availability” or lack there of is apparently what … Continue reading
The Richard Daley nephew who decked a young man who ended up dead is following the example of McHenry County Sheriff Keith Nygren. R.J. Vanecko is petitioning Cook County Judge Michael Toomin to be allowed to participate in the proceedings … Continue reading
During the Monday morning hearing before Associate Judge Thomas Meyer, he referred to a letter that Zane Seipler attorney Blake Horwitz had sent McHenry County State’s Attorney Lou Bianchi. Because what is mentioned in the February 1, 2011, letter may … Continue reading
Silly me. I thought that the over two-year journey to see whether Associate Judge Thomas Meyer would appoint a Special Prosecutor to look into allegations of wrong-doing by McHenry County Sheriff Keith Nygren would be over today. Instead Meyer dismissed … Continue reading
The big news out of Judge Thomas Meyers’ courtroom today is that he announced he will render a decision on March 26. That’s the first day of Spring Break for Crystal Lake Grade School students, probably of bigger importance to … Continue reading
As predicted by anyone with even a rudimentary knowledge of the law, the Illinois Supreme Court has rejected McHenry County Sheriff Keith Nygren’s appeal of the Appellate Court’s unanimous affirmation of Associate Judge Thomas Meyer’s affirmation of an arbitrator’s decision … Continue reading
Mark Gummerson, personal attorney for McHenry County Sheriff Keith Nygren took over the questioning in the deposition of McHenry County State’s Attorney Lou Bianchi. This is the third part of a four-part article concerning that despoliation which Judge Thomas Meyer … Continue reading
In looking over a copy of the deposition of McHenry County State’s Attorney Lou Bianchi in the case brought by former Deputy Sheriff Zane Seipler asking for a Special Prosecutor to be named to probe whether Sheriff Keith Nygren used … Continue reading
