Chris Williams of Grafton-Algonquin-Nunda-Dorr Community Advocates shares a request that Crystal Lake High School District 155 make public details of the most expensive part of the school budget–teacher salaries. It comes on the rejection of the following Freedom of Information … Continue reading
Category Archives: Crysal Lake
Tuesday night, the home of former Crystal Lake City Councilman Fred Wickham and his wife Lynn, owner of Wickham’s Interiors in Downtown Crystal Lake was vandalized. The manger was dragged out onto Blue Mound, where it was discovered by Crystal … Continue reading
The bank labeled “Amcore, Now Harris” on Crystal Lake’s Route 14 is scheduled for closure September 18th. That’s what the letter from Barbara Dirks, Harris’ Senior Vice President for Branch Distribution tells me. With a branch located across from Pauly … Continue reading
When Jason McLeod died last last year while fighting for our freedom, the entire town of Crystal Lake took note. Businesses up and down Route 14 carried messages of condolence which you can see here. Cassidy Tire even put up … Continue reading
16th District Congressman Don Manzullo is coming to town Friday and invites constituents and others to public meetings. Perhaps Congresswoman Melissa Bean will hold similar meetings. Perhaps not. She hasn’t held an open meeting in McHenry County since before last … Continue reading
The model homes of Kirk Homes in Woodstock were absolutely the most memorable part of the American Council of Young Political Leaders-sponsor visit by the young Chinese political leaders. A living room was up for examination next. I believe by … Continue reading
That’s what this press release from the Sheriff’s Department says: Single Motorcycle Crash Claims One Life July 2, 2010 Sheriff Keith Nygren announced that on July 2, 2010 at 1:10 A.M., members of the McHenry County Sheriff’s Office, McHenry County … Continue reading
The name of the fund raiser is “Cop on the Roof,” but “Cop on Top” rhymes better. At any rate, if you stop in at Dunkin Donuts Friday, here’s why people in police uniforms are on its roof: The Crystal … Continue reading
That’s what the following press release from the Crystal Lake Police Department says, “contact with the resident of an insulting nature.” That, plus “gaining unauthorized possession of her medication for his own personal use,” got Harvard’s 25-year old Jeremiah Healls … Continue reading
In his Sunday column, columnist John Kass talks about what happens to politicos “after the music stops and there’s no safe place to sit.” He is, of course, stimulated to write of it because of the Crystal Lake suicide of … Continue reading
Crystal Lake Police were at Centegra’s Memorial Hospital in Woodstock when Kyle J. Sievert was released. They arrested him on four charges, the main one being Aggravated Driving Under the Influence resulting in a motor vehicle accident resulting in the … Continue reading
A comment came from Crystal Lake’s Evan after Vanessa Tobey was untimely killed in an automobile crash on Huntley Road and Waterford cut Saturday night just before midnight: I was the first one to the scene as I was on … Continue reading
A paragraph from a Chicago Tribune article about Illinois Tea Party demonstrations: “A typical protest will draw a few dozen vocal participants, including last month’s rally at the Schaumburg office of U.S. Rep. Melissa Bean intended to persuade the Democrat … Continue reading
Crystal Lake Park District Director Kirk Reimer has confirmed that no one currently on the park district staff is under consideration to replace him. Three “outsiders,” so to speak are under consideration and Reimer said that the selection could be … Continue reading
When city leaders read this Tribune article saying that Pat Quinn expects them to “share the pain,” there will be gnashing of teeth. Apparently Quinn has decided to cut the $1 billion a year income tax revenue sharing by 30%. … Continue reading
Remember the stories about the traffic lights that froze over? They had LED bulbs. The Light Emitting Diodes did not generate enough heat to melt freezing rain. But they save a lot of electricity. About 90%. And, the ones being … Continue reading
Lack of inter-connectivity has always been the problem in delivering bus service to the suburbs. To get from one town to the next, you had to be able to get from your home to the bus stop. During the 1974 … Continue reading
Today District 2 candidate Ken Koehler, McHenry County Board Chairman, sent out a postcard, complete with a real stamp, bragging about “being a reasonable voice for you on the McHenry County Board…Over the last nine years.” The headline over a … Continue reading
McHenry County State’s Attorney Lou Bianchi continued his efforts to keep drunk drivers off the road…for a long time. The press release below says Assistant Ryan Blackney requested 12-15 years for Steven St. John. The judge sentenced him to seven … Continue reading
Before we moved to Crystal Lake in 1958, the Government Improvement League of McHenry County had a newsletter. Dad belonged to the group and became responsible for publishing that newsletter. From 1963 to 1968 the publication became the Public Affairs … Continue reading