From the County Clerk: McHenry County Clerk Tirio: My Duty Is to the Constitution, Not Party Politics. WOODSTOCK, IL — Recently, the Chair of the Democratic Party of McHenry County, Ruth Scifo, called on me to “publicly reject” President Trump’s comments about […]
From the Daily Herald: Twenty-four years ago in Hawaii, Republican congressional hopeful John Ellison plead “no contest” top felony theft, according to the Daily Herald. Continuing, “subsequently was dismissed and the arrest was expunged, public records and legal documents show.” Ellieon and […]
From the Marengo Police:
From the Marty Mohr for County Board campaign: ENDORSEMENT ALERT: The Tax Fighter Stands with Marty Mohr I am proud to announce that Eric Hendricks , McHenry County Board Member (Dist. 3) – the county’s leading voice for fiscal sanity – has […]
From the Lake in the Hills Police:
The McHenry County Conservation District is in the process of developing a plan between now and 2040. Below is the comment of this Lakewood and District 47 resident: With the improvements to the Kishwaukee River watershed made in the last two years […]
From the Grafton Township Republican Party: Grafton Township Republicans in McHenryCounty unanimously endorse Mike Pierce forCongress in the 11th IL Congressional District Naperville, Illinois (February 16, 2026) – The Grafton Township Republicans under the leadership of their esteemed GOP Chairman Orville Brettman […]
From the Crystal Lake Police:
From We the People, McHenry County: Event: WTP – U.S. House District 9 – Candidate Forum In-Person & Zoom (6:30 pm) Participation Available DATE: February 16, 2026 TIME: 06:00 PM Central Time (US) , 6:30 PM for ZOOM Attendees. Join Zoom Meeting […]
From Illinois Policy Institute cartoonist Eric aLLIE:
Texted from Private Property Rights Pac for McHenry County Board member Larry Smith, who is running for re-election.
From Cindy Skrukrud: 14th Annual Fox River Summit to be held March 12, 2026 Every March residents of Illinois and Wisconsin gather at the Fox River Summit to update one another onwhat is happening throughout the Fox River watershed. The objectives of […]
From Congressman Darin LaHood: LaHood Votes for SAVE America Act to Bolster Election Integrity Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman Darin LaHood voted in favor of the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) America Act to strengthen our current election laws by requiring proof of citizenship when registering to […]
From the Lake in the Hills Police;
From the State’s Attorney: LAKE IN THE HILLS MAN DETAINED ON CHARGES OF PREDATORY CRIMINAL SEXUAL ASSAULT AGAINST TWO VICTIMS McHenry County State’s Attorney Randi Freese announces that on February 13, 2026, the Honorable Judge Cynthia Lamb granted the State’s petition to […]
A Friend of McHenry County Blog sent this candidate pitch from about 1978: I got the Director of the Conservation Department out to look at what is now Three Oaks Recreation Area. Included in my vision was an area where periodically a […]
Look at this photo in today’s internet feed on article: One would think a more attractive photo of Republican Congressman Darin LaHood could be found.
From Facebook comes this video of McHenry County school walkouts that identifies two adults who appear to be organizers: Check it out. https://www.facebook.com/reel/7692525328961 From the video is this photo::
From the Crystal Lake Police:
From Evanston Now: Tammy Duckworth and Melissa Bean are the latest two members of the Democratic Party Establishment to back Danial Biss in the 9th Congressional District race.
This was an internal poll by Biss.
From the McHenry Township Fire Protection District: 2500 Block Freedom Dr – McHenry Structure Fire On February 14, 2026, at approximately 1:52 a.m., the McHenry Township Fire Protection District (MTFPD) responded to a reported structure fire in the 2500 block of N. […]
From Congressman Darin LaHood: LaHood, Moore Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Increase Access to Housing for Foster Youth Washington, D.C. – Congressman Darin LaHood (IL-16) and Congresswoman Gwen Moore (WI-04) introduced the Foster Youth Housing Opportunity Act. This legislation aims to help youth transitioning out of foster […]
Here is the order: Now there are three men and one woman. As I have written before Brown was the only 11th District candidate I got a photo of at the Marengo parade. Charlie Kim was there, but I didn’t get a […]
From the Crystal Lake Police: Crystal Lake Police Make Criminal Damage to Property Arrest On February 12, 2026, at approximately 11:28 pm, the Crystal Lake Police Department responded to the 600 block of Tomahawk Lane for a reported crash involving a pickup […]
From the Village of Johnsburg: Congratulation’s New Employee – Ethan J. Hoffman With the upcoming retirement of Village Administrator Claudett Sofiakis this summer, current Assistant Village Administrator Vinny LaMontagna will be assuming the role of Village Administrator. After an extensive interview process, we […]
From Illinois House Republicans: The Michael Madigan playbook is still largely in place in the Statehouse. One year after Madigan’s conviction, House Republicans have introduced numerous anti-corruption measures, but Democrats continue to drag their feet on ethics reform. Illinoisans deserve better accountability […]
From The Center Squire: Lawmaker says Illinois behind 44 states in legislative transparency (The Center Square) – Illinois House Minority Leader Rep. Tony McCombie, R-Savanna, is renewing her bid to increase transparency in state government by making live legislative committee hearings available to […]
From Attom: Percentage of Seriously Underwater Properties: 3 percent of mortgaged residential properties, where the combined estimated loan balances are at least 25 percent more than the property’s estimated market value… Below is the complete state-by-state ranking for the fourth quarter of 2025, […]
From the Village of Lakewood comes most of the information: Vehicle Stickers Replaced with Yearly Fee issu Village police are not allowed to go on one’s property for inspections. The only enforcement mechanism is finding those without stickers in public park or […]