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From The Center Square: Senate passes bill requiring police to confiscate guns in orders of protection cases (The Center Square) – With just hours before the end of the 103rd General Assembly, the Illinois Senate has approved a measure requiring police to […]
From the Sheriff: Woman Arrested in Fatal Pedestrian Crash A 50-year-old McHenry woman was arrested yesterday evening in connection to the pedestrian crash that killed Austin Stanek on Roberts Road in September. On Friday, September 27, 2024, at 10:48 p.m., members of […]
McHenry County publishes salary and fringe benefit estimates for those over 1200 employees. Cichon, Erik Community Development Spec I $69,144.71Ciepley, Mitchell Correctional Officer – Union $122,798.00Cisneros Chavez, Noemi Accounting Assistant I $52,870.22Claar, Cheryl Correctional Officer – Union $117,589.42Clark, Jodi Accounting Assistant II […]
From the Woodstock Police: At McDonald’s: In the country south of the hospital: ,In a residential neighborhood south of Emericson Park and twenty year-olds at the old Woodstock High School:
From Congressman Darin LaHood: LaHood’s Supporting America’s Children and Families Act Signed into Law Key policies included in the Supporting America’s Children and Families Act: Washington, D.C. – On Saturday, January 4, Congressman Darin LaHood’s (IL-16) bill, the Supporting America’s Children and Families Act, […]
Found in the Chicago Tribune today is news of someone with a knowledge of McHenry County being named to the Editorial Board of the Chicago Tribune. = = = = = Congratulations to Hillary Gowins.
Shades of Newt Gingrich’s “Words matter” GOPAC advice I heard on tapes sent me in the 1990’s by State Rep. Bernie Pedersen are the following images of what Washington State Democrats are being urged to use when talking about proposed tax hikes, […]
The Illinois Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability, a bi-partisan legislative agency, explored economic performance in its January monthly report. The article’s title is more neutral than mine: Economy: Illinois GDP by Metro Area Written by Benjamin L. Varner, Chief Economist, used […]
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McHenry County publishes salary and fringe benefit estimates for those over 1200 employees. Davis, Joseph Community Development Spec II $72,512.96Deacon-Boege, Jennifer Housekeeping/Laundry Supv $86,472.88Decman-Jones, Carolyn Deputy Sheriff SGT $142,369.13DeCristofaro, Lino Correctional Officer – Union $128,375.52Degenhardt, Anthony Senior Network Engineer I $101,302.16Deihs, Karra […]
From the Village of Lakewood: Redtail Golf Clubhouse – Now open January 6, 2025 Redtail’s New Clubhouse is Now Open! Please stop in for lunch or dinner and see the Village’s new facility. The clubhouse has a bar, restaurant, outdoor eating patios, […]
It is no longer politically correct to call illegal aliens “illegal aliens.” At least that’s what I conclude reading the headline from a Daily Herald story today: ‘Prepared for the worst’: Suburban immigrants bracefot mass deportations Of course, legal immigrants do not […]
From State Senator Craig Wilcox: Lame Duck Session Illinois lawmakers are in Springfield from Saturday, January 4 through Tuesday, January 7 for a “lame-duck session” to tackle the remaining business of the 103rd General Assembly. In years when they occur, lame-duck sessions […]
From State Senator Craig Wilcox: Senator Wilcox is Hiring! Last week we bid a fond farewell to my traveling legislative assistant Jason. His work in Springfield on session days and in the district office on non-session days has been extremely valuable. With […]
I think it was 1993, right before the new Illinois General Assembly was sworn in, that Democrats passed legislation to saddle the Downstate Teachers Pension Fund with local school districts’ health insurance costs. The union agenda this week, according to the Labor […]
From State Rep. Jeff Keicher: Services available include: Advance registration is required for this event to ensure all who attend can be serviced by the Mobile DMV team in a timely manner. Click here for full details and registration.
Remembering the political capital I expended to get a right-turn lane on Route 62 onto Route 31 brought a smile to my face when I read an agenda item on the meeting agenda pf the Algonquin Village Board. It reads, Adopt a […]
From Wirepoints: Asians rank best.
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County publishes salary and fringe benefit estimates for those over 1200 employees. Burke, Thomas Correctional Officer – Union $135,033.60Burman, Courtney Jury Commission Sup $62,306.19Burroughs, Gerard Director of Facilities $148,861.31Busse, Brian DOT Maint Mechanic $102,212.00Butler, Austin Deputy – Union $87,167.28Butler, Darren Correctional Officer […]
From the Woodstock Police: The address is for WARP Corps.
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On the 27th of December, the Environmental Defenders of McHenry County got free advertising for their used book stores in Woodstock (the Green Spot) and in Crystal Lake (the Green Read) Northern Illinois University’s Public Ratio station, WNIU-FM ran a piece about […]
That’s what U-Haul reports: U-Haul Announces Top Growth States of 2023 PHOENIX, Ariz. (Jan. 2, 2024) — Texas netted the largest number of movers in one-way U-Haul® equipment in 2023, marking the third consecutive year it has finished atop the U-Haul Growth Index. Florida […]
A publication called “The Media Line” reminds me of an excellent book by Nicholas Gage on the Greek Civil War. In it, the former Wall Street Journal and New York Times reporter does his best to recreate his mother Eleni’s life and […]
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From Jim Nowlan: Illinois Taxes Likely Headed Up; Don’t Stick It to the Job Creators Illinois’ population declined from 12.9 million in 2011 to 12.5 million in 2023, while our neighboring states have been seeing population growth. There is something wrong with […]
From the Cary Fire Protection District: On Saturday, January 4, at 3:14 p.m., the Cary Fire Protection District responded to a reported accidental self-inflicted gunshot wound at a residence in the 10-15 block of Fawn Ridge Drive in Oakwood Hills. The first […]