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The top of an ad bought by Fox Valley Motors in Friday’s Chicago Tribune: Could not capture the bottom of the ad, but it expresses best wishes for Good Friday. … Continue reading
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From Crain’s Chicago Business: READ MORE > Financial problems at the Northwest Herald have resulted in the cessation of publication on Sunday. And word has reached McHenry County Blog that salaries there have been cut 15%. Have readers noticed any … Continue reading
From the Harvard Milk Days Committee: Harvard Milk Days to Reschedule 2020 Festival Splendid Dress from Milk Days parade. The Harvard Milk Days Board of Directors held their monthly board meeting on Thursday April 9th (via teleconference). Jim Oberweis running … Continue reading
No, we don’t have details of McHenry County Board Chairman Jack Franks’ involvement, if any, in the Illinois Integrity Fund’s masking and branding of County Clerk Joe Tirio as a “crook.” One the the Illinois Integrity Fund’s mailings to smear … Continue reading
From Riley Township Supervisor Karen Schnable : The Riley Township Annual Town Meeting has been postponed On Tuesday, April 7th Governor Pritzker released Executive Order 2020-22 addressing the Annual Town Meeting which was scheduled for April 14, 2020. Karen Schnable … Continue reading
Ted Cruz “Because elected Dems are pro-abortion, they are abusing their power — in a one-sided way — to silence pregnancy counselors!” In case you missed it, last Saturday in Charlotte, North Carolina, the Charlotte police arrested Pro-Life pregnancy counselors … Continue reading
The question arises as to who will represent the McHenry County Health Department in the suit brought by Sheriff Bill Prim to be informed of the names of those who are infected with Coronavirus. Judge Michael Chmiel appointed the law … Continue reading
From the Centers for Disease Control: Most early reports of person-to-person SARS-CoV-2 transmission have been among household contacts, where the secondary attack rate has been estimated to exceed 10% (1), in health care facilities (2), and in congregate settings (3). … Continue reading
Further posting of compensation of McHenry County employees follows. The figures show below include not only salary, but also health benefits, vacation and sick pay, plus uniform allowance. Salary and benefit information for Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund employees are for … Continue reading
Here is the zip code map (interactive here) from the Illinois Department of Public Health for April 9, 2020: April 9, 2020, Covid-19 zip code map. It is based on the assumption that McHenry County has 198 cases. The McHenry … Continue reading
Stick around long enough and history seems to repeat itself. Back in the time Dan Walker was Governor, there was a pretty bad recession. As those who have dealt with state government know, it often does not work without the … Continue reading
The McHenry County Department of Transportation sends the following photos of what is happening in the Randall/Algonquin Road improvement: … Continue reading
From Morning Brew on Monday: Contact Tracing Last Friday, Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker detailed a “powerful tool” to stop the coronavirus’s spread: contact tracing. How it works: When a patient tests positive, you make a list of everyone they came in close contact … Continue reading
1:30 every Friday is the time that people can come to the Algonquin Township complex to receive a box of food. People wanting one will drive up to a building behind the Township Hall where the boxes will be delivered … Continue reading
On Thursday night’s agenda of the Huntley Village Board is the acceptance of the resignation of Huntley Village Manage David Johnson: According to the Daily Herald, Johnson is going to become Aurora University’s Chief Operating Officer. Here is how one … Continue reading
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Here are the instructions: Algonquin Township Monthly Meeting Join us on Zoom Topic: 4/8/2020 ALG Board Meeting Time: Apr 8, 2020 07:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/452361912 Meeting ID: 452 361 912 One tap mobile … Continue reading
Further posting of compensation of McHenry County employees follows. The figures show below include not only salary, but also health benefits, vacation and sick pay, plus uniform allowance. Salary and benefit information for Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund employees are for … Continue reading
To protect his Deputies McHenry County Sheriff Bill Prim is asking the Court to force the McHenry County Department of Health to turn over names of those infected with Covid-19. Here are the guts of the case: Various police departments … Continue reading
The McHenry County Department of Health’s report for April 8th: “As of April 8, 2020, there have been 189 identified cases of COVID-19 in McHenry County and 5 deaths.” For some reason, I had to rely on the Illinois Department … Continue reading