Could Leverage Over Other Countywide Elected Officials Be the Reason Jack Franks Wants County Board Governor Power?

Since State Rep. David McSweeney shared with the Northwest Herald part of the contents of his bill to reshape McHenry County government by providing Chairman Jack Franks with line item veto power, albeit with a Board veto override power to … Continue reading

$500 Scholarship for McHenry County College Students

A press release from Sheriff Bill Prim: Sheriff Prim: Application Forms Available Now for Sheriffs’ Association Scholarship McHenry County Sheriff Bill Prim announced today that the Illinois Sheriffs’ Association will be awarding over $50,000 in college scholarships throughout the State of … Continue reading

Politician Other Than Jack Franks Called a Weasel

The December 19, 2018, Tribune column by John Kass calls Rod Blagojevich a “weasel.” One definition I found says a weasel is “a deceitful or treacherous person.” The Kass column would be of passing interest to McHenry County residents except … Continue reading

Praise for Sheriff’s Department Narcotics Unit from Chicago Crime Commission

A press release from the McHenry County Sheriff’s Department: Sheriff’s Office Narcotics Task Force Recognized for Exemplary Work Last week the McHenry County Sheriff’s Office Narcotics Task Force comprised of members from the Lake in the Hills Police Department McHenry … Continue reading

County Board Passes Noise Ordinance Gun Owners Think Aimed at Them

The McHenry County Board approved an ordinance last Tuesday night whose origin was stopping the noise of gun fire in rural areas. One of the locations was in Hartland Township next to a Conservation District property. If memory serves me … Continue reading

Sheriff Releases Results of July 4th Week of Enhanced Enforcement

A press release from the McHenry County Sheriff’s Department: McHenry County Sheriff’s Office announces July 4th Holiday “Click it or Ticket” / “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” Mobilization Results. The McHenry County Sheriff’s Office joined other state and local law … Continue reading

Immigration Demonstrators Miss Opportunity to Take Issue to McHenry County Fall Ballot

Sunday night folks complaining about the country’s immigration enforcement came to Woodstock’s McHenry County Jail. It houses ICE detainees. Within the last year, McHenry County Sheriff Bill Prim, who runs the jail, was the topic of suits for refusing to … Continue reading

Sheriff Passes Algonquin Towsnship Phone Hacking to State Police and State’s Attorney

McHenry County Sheriff Bill Prim’s deputies were the law enforcement officials who were called about the Algonquin Township phone hacking yesterday. Today, a spokeman for the Sheriff’s Office told McHenry County Blog that the Sheriff had turned over the criminal … Continue reading

Illinois Sheriffs’ Association Scholarship Available Through Sheriff Prim’s Office

From a press release: McHenry County Sheriff Bill Prim announced today that the Illinois Sheriffs’ Association will be awarding over $54,000 in college scholarships throughout the State of Illinois to students wishing to pursue higher education during 2018-2019 academic years. … Continue reading

Sheriff Bill Prim Refers Criminal Complainants Against Former Algonquin Township Road Commissioner Bob Miller to State Police

Edgar County Watchdog Kirk Allen, who posts on Illinois Leaks, received the following reply to the criminal complaint he filed with McHenry County Sheriff Bill Prim: “Your complaints are the same ones reported by Mr. Gasser and his attorney and … Continue reading

Formal Criminal Complaint Filed with McHenry County Sheriff Concerning Bob Miller’s Road District Expenditures

Another article on Algonquin Township’s immediate past Road Commissioner Bob Miller from Illinois Leaks.  It republished with permission. (Does anyone but I find it interesting that the Edgar County Watchdogs can find this information and share it with the public, … Continue reading

Class Action Case Against Sheriff Bill Prim over TRUST Act Dismissed by Those Who Filed It

A press release from the McHenry County Sheriff’s Department: Immigration Suit vs. Sheriff Prim Dropped by Attorneys for Plaintiff Attorneys who filed a class action immigration lawsuit against McHenry County Sheriff Bill Prim and the Sheriff’s Office voluntarily dismissed the … Continue reading

Illegal Alien Arrested for Predatory Criminal Sexual Assault of a Hebron Child “In Transit”

At last night’s Marengo Meet and Greet for McHenry County Sheriff Bill Prim, I inquired as to the whereabouts of the illegal alien found hiding by U.S. Marshals under a bed in Iowa. “He’s in transit,” I was told. The … Continue reading