I was tied down in Crystal Lake, so had to rely on others to provide photos of the Wonder Lake Independence Day Parade on Saturday. The McHenry County Young Republicans has a float containing an elephant. State Rep. candidate Steve … Continue reading
A press release from the McHenry County Sheriff’s Department: Looking for two male suspects after armed robbery, occurred this morning Sending on behalf of Wonder Lake Police Department: Today, on July 1st at approximately 700 a.m. an armed robbery was … Continue reading
A press release from the McHenry County Sheriff: Wonder Lake Man Arrested on Battery and Disorderly Conduct Charges Detectives of the McHenry County Sheriff’s Office served criminal arrest warrants today and took into custody a Wonder Lake man for battery … Continue reading
A press release from the McHenry County Sheriff: McHenry Man Arrested on Disorderly Conduct Charges Detectives from the McHenry County Sheriff’s Office served criminal warrants on June 24, 2016, on Scott Smessaert of McHenry, Illinois, for Disorderly Conduct. On May … Continue reading
A press release from the McHenry County Health Department: One area beach closed due to elevated bacteria levels Woodstock Ill. – McHenry County Department of Health (MCDH) conducted beach water samplings at 38 licensed beaches on Wednesday, June 8 with … 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
St. Charles attorney Tim Dwyer asked property owners associations and businesses on the eastern side of Wonder Lake if they would like to join in protesting excessive taxation by the Harrison Grade School District. Those that took up his offer … Continue reading
A press release from the McHenry County Sheriff’s Department: Wonder Lake Man Arrested for Predatory Criminal Sexual Assault Brian E. , 21, of Wonder Lake, Illinois was arrested on Friday, January 22, and charged with multiple counts of predatory criminal sexual … Continue reading
The first part of attorney Tim Dwyer’s tax protest suit is against McHenry County. You can read about that here. The second section goes after excessive levies at Wonder Lake’s Harrison Grade School District 36. As with the challenged funds … Continue reading
Four tax districts in McHenry County are targeted in a tax protest suit filed by attorney Timothy Dwyer on behalf of WKS CRYSTAL Lake, LLC, ET AL. McHenry County is accused of having excessive funds on hand for the Valley Hi Nursing … Continue reading
“The median home value in McHenry County is $184,300,” according to the web site Zillow. “McHenry County home values have gone up 3.1% over the past year and Zillow predicts they will rise 2.9% within the next year. “The median … Continue reading
Used to be that Chicago garbage trucks had three men. Being from this area, where one person, a driver, who jockeys the garbage cans himself, I never understood why there would be such blatant waste in the cash-starved city. That’s … Continue reading
After Algonquin Township Road Commissioner finished his comments, Preston Rae, the Supervisor of the most sparsely-populated township in McHenry County spoke. “No mater who we consolidate with, we lose our representation.” The Alden Township man told of how people communicated … Continue reading
Here’s a reason to love Wonder Lake. The t-shirt has a water skiing pyramid on it. … Continue reading
The Chicago Tribune’s Education superb Reporter Diane Rado has examined the cost to local taxpayers of school boards that increased teachers’ salaries more than allowed by law just before they retired. Her main article can be found here. Reported in … 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 Village of Wonder Lake gave Village President Anthony Topf got another four years. He beat John Hohol 59% to 41%. At the same time, voters picked three out of four candidates to serve on the Wonder Lake Village Board: … Continue reading
Lot’s of political articles over the Easter Weekend: McHenry Aldermanic Candidate Scott Curry’s Literature Matthew Hardt MCC Campaign Piece FRG College Student Janna Wing Works Precinct on Spring Break Lakewood Trustee Campaign Moves to the Internet Two Billboards for WL … Continue reading
