That was the take by a reader when he read of the closure of the marijuana dispensary on Route 31 in Crystal Lake. From a Northwest Herald email:
From The Center Square: Violent Venezuelan gang members expanding operations in Midwest Tren de Aragua members arrested in Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, Wisconsin (The Center Square) – Members of the violent Venezuelan prison gang, Tren de Aragua (TdA), continue to expand criminal operations […]
Legislators like to make people think they are providing new benefits under health insurance. What they don’t want people to now or, perhaps, don’t know themselves, is that most people are not covered under state-regulated health insurance plans. Most medical pans are […]
Time to start thinking about preparing to file income taxes. From Unleash Prosperity Hotline – Weekend Edition – Issue #1164 comes this encouragement for those of us whose property tac bills have topped $10,000: Note that the sub-headline leaves out the State of […]
From the Lake in the Hills Police:
You can read the logic on Liberty Unyielding in an article by its staff. They point out that Republicans received of the national vote for members of the House of Representatives. Republicans got four million more popular votes than Democrats in House races, so […]
President Ronald Reagan was scheduled to speak to a Joint Session, but he was shot the day before.
From Brewster Rockit: Space Guy:
Orders of Protection can be obtained easliy. One person can go into court, allege fear of another and obtain one. The person whose activities are to be restrained gets no day in court. Not even close to what one learns about the […]
After I graduated from Crystal Lake Community High School in 1960, I worked the counter at McDonald’s for the summer. The calculator as too slow, so I added up the prices in my head. And, there was only one hamburger picked off […]
From Wirepoints:
From the McHenry Township Fire Protection District: Armistead Lane Fire On Monday, December 30th, at approximately 1:20 p.m., the McHenry Township Fire Protection District (MTFPD) was dispatched to a reported structure fire in the 1000 block of Armistead Lane in McHenry. MTFPD […]
From the Coroner: McHenry County Coroner, Dr. Michael Rein, announced that his office was contacted on December 27, 2024, by the McHenry County Sheriff’s to investigate the death of Joseph M. Depner, age 49 of Wonder Lake, IL. Mr. Depner was involved […]
FromJB Pritzker; Illinois Minimum Wage Increasing on January 1 Most hourly workers will see an increase of $1 an hour on their paystubs SPRINGFIELD – The minimum wage in Illinois is increasing on January 1st, 2025. Workers will see an increase of $1 […]
From the Sheriff: Man dies in two-vehicle crash near Wonder Lake A 49-year-old Wonder Lake man was pronounced dead, and a 65-year-old Naples Florida man was injured following a two-vehicle crash in the 7300 block of Barnard Mill Road in unincorporated Wonder […]
From the Sheriff: Man injured in crash near Harvard A 39-year-old Harvard man was injured following a single-vehicle crash in the 9500 block of US Route 14, in unincorporated Harvard. On Friday, December 27 at 5:56 p.m., members of the McHenry County […]
Fron the Algonquin Police:
From Wirepoints, reprinted with permission: He was the real thing: A personal memory and a few surprises about Jimmy Carter By: Mark Glennon* I once hiked to the other end of Northwestern University’s campus to meet a new presidential candidate who most […]
Ignorance of the law is no excuse remember. Bill Number: SB2697 Bill Number: HB2154 Bill Number: HB4175 Bill Number: HB4447 Bill Number: HB4467 Bill Number: HB4634 Bill Number: HB5574 Bill Number: SB0275 Bill Number: SB0508 Bill Number: SB0859 Bill Number: SB1102 Bill Number: SB2617 Bill Number: SB2743 Bill Number: SB2764 Bill Number: SB2781 Bill Number: SB2850 Bill Number: SB2938 […]
Fifty years ago, suburban legislators (Republican and Democrat) fought the creation of the Regional Transportation Authority. Supporters were so confident of its popularity that they allowed a referendum. My father owned two offset presses. Running 24 hours a day, we turned 0ut […]
From Wirepoints:
From Jim Nowlan: America Needs Another Great Awakening In the 18th and 19th centuries, two spiritual “great awakenings” shook up much of our young nation. Ministers stopped reading their sermons—and started preaching directly to the masses via what we now call revivals. […]
From Wirepoints:
From the Marengo Police:
Fire Department publicist Alex Vucha has scored on Chicago TV again. Fox 32 used both of his photos for the Harvard Fire Protection District cocnering the rollover accident on Route 14 north of Harvard. McHenry County Blog published them here. Previously, the […]
The Pritzker Administration is promoting Illinois as the location for data centers. ComEd has reliable energy supply because of its nuclear energy plants. Being largely ignored is that data centers suck up a lot of energy and that the power company cuts […]
From the Illinois Policy Institute, reprinted with permission: Madigan tops naughty list of Illinois’ federal corruption targets in 2024 The nation’s longest-serving legislative speaker, a woman who called herself “super mayor” and a collection of other self-serving public servants are among the […]
From the Cary Police: And, for the first time, Cary Police took a photo of the driver and sent it with the reort:
From The Center Square: New Illinois laws affect drivers beginning Jan. 1 (The Center Square) – Several new laws go into effect Jan. 1 that affect Illinois drivers. Among the nearly 300 new laws going into effect are updates to drivers’ education, […]
From JB Pritzker: New Law Expands Reproductive Rights Protections for Reproductive Health Decision-Making Take Effect January 1 CHICAGO – Illinois continues to lead the country in strengthening reproductive rights. A law that takes effect January 1st prohibits discrimination based on a person’s reproductive health […]