A press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office: MEXICAN CITIZEN PLEADS GUILTY TO BANK FRAUD SCHEME ROCKFORD — A Mexican citizen pled guilty today in federal court before U.S. District Judge Philip G. Reinhard to bank fraud. JAVIER SANTOS SUAREZ … Continue reading
Yesterday at Marengo’s Settlers Days Parade, Democrat Missy Funk took a picture of me and Democratic Party County Clerk Andrew Georgi. I was taking photos of the parade entries and went up to speak to Georgi. That’s when she got … Continue reading
A press release from the McHenry County Coroner’s Office: McHenry County Coroner, Dr. Anne Majewski, announced this morning that her office is investigating the death of the driver of a Go-Kart struck by a motor vehicle on the roadway in … Continue reading
A press release from the McHenry Colunt Sheriff’s Department: Sheriff’s Office Investigates Fatal Hit and Run Crash September 23, 2018 A 29-year-old woman from Elgin, Illinois, was killed Saturday evening following a vehicle crash in the 22200 block of River … Continue reading
Congressman Randy Hultgren reports visiting McHenry County recently. He toured the Lake in the Hills Airport. Village President Russ Ruzanski and Airport Manager Mike Peranich explained Lake in the Hills airport operations to me while we toured the facility. The … Continue reading
We’re midway through the petitioning process. So far, no opponent, Republican or Democrat–has raised his or her hand saying he or she is willing to run against Sheriff Bill Prim. So maybe a “wanting to back the winner” syndrome explains … Continue reading
A press release from McHenry County Coroner Anne Majewski about the death of Jaime Ca\mpuzano, age 31, in Marengo Sunday night: … Continue reading
Marengo Settlers Days Parade is the best parade in McHenry County. The reason? It has more bands than any other parade, some of which have NONE. That’s because of the band contest after the parade at Marengo High School. But … Continue reading
The man who made his money by inventing the upside down spray can device died last week in Elgin at age 89. Tom Smrt ran Fox Valley Systems in Cary, a hugely successful company that manufactured lane markers for shopping … Continue reading
[ We’re eating dinner when a friend with connections in Marengo gets a call saying that the pharmacy was robbed. Here is WGN-TV’s story. The Marengo Police Department is on the other end of the block. CORRECTION: A commenter points … Continue reading
It was before dawn on June 11th when my wife and I heard what we thought was thunder. Turns out it looks like a gas explosion in Marengo about fourteen miles away. ABC News reports that two homes were blown … Continue reading
Looking at the map of mayors and village presidents who endorsed State Rep. Jack Franks for McHenry County Board Chairman, I see a third one who bit the electoral dust–Lake in the Hills Village Paul Mulcahy. He was beaten by … Continue reading
Advanced to Marengo Mayor by appointment, Dennis Hammortree won back his Ward 4 seat a couple of years ago and Tuesday retained it. Hammortree was a vociferous critic of Mayor Don Lockhart, who lost his re-election bid. Hammortree beat challenger … Continue reading
Commenter “Brett Stephans” offers this analysis of the defeat of Don Lockhart as Mayor of Marengo by John Koziol: Honestly, saying that Jack Franks endorsement cost Lockhart the Mayor of Marengo position. (Here is the article under which this comment … Continue reading
Coming after the election is information telling me that McHenry County Board Chairman made a robo-call on behalf of his Republican Precinct Committeeman ally Marengo Mayor Don Lockhart. Lockhart supported Franks in his run as a Democrat for McHenry County … Continue reading
McHenry County Board Chairman Jack Franks’ fingerprints haven’t been identified in any of the April 4th contests, but there are three contests where he lost. The first was in his hometown of Marengo. Republican Precinct Committee and Mayor Don Lockhart, … Continue reading
Newcomer to the Marengo political arena John Koziol defeated multi-term incumbent Don Lockhart by eight percentage points in the April 4th election. The vote was 479-391 with third candidate John Arient getting 230. … Continue reading
The WBBM-TV is reporting that publicity -eeking aethiest Rob Sherman was killed when his homemade airplane crashed in a corn field near Marengo. The dead man’s identity has not yet been revealed by McHenry County Coroner Anne Majewski, but she … Continue reading
Kristin Ottolino of the Citizen’s Alert Network reports the following: In Marengo early September 5th, 2016 between 2:00 and 2:30 a.m., on Hickory Lane by Cottonwood Dr., a couple was awakened to the sound of their dogs barking and the slamming of their … Continue reading
Commenter Mark has laid out all of the municipal police and fire pension fund money owed by McHenry County taxpayers. Let’s review police and fire pension funding status in McHenry County. Remember, Jack Franks says he has a plan to … Continue reading
