Fro the McHenry Police department: Advisory: LEFT TURN INTO THE VFW FROM EASTBOUND 120 IS PROHIBITED, PLEASE FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE. HIGH LEVELS OF TRAFFIC. LEFT TURN INTO THE VFW COMING FROM THE WEST IS PROHIBITED, PLEASE FIND ALTERNATE ROUTE … Continue reading
From the McHenry Police Department: Advisory: Queen of Hearts entrance to VFW limited to Westbound only. No left Turn. If you are en route to the VFW, due to the extremely high level of traffic in-bound, we must close the … Continue reading
Not one, but two alerts from the McHenry Police Deparment about the McHenry VFW’s Queen of Hearts raffle: 11:14 Advisory: Traffic is very congested near the VFW. Please use caution and watch for pedestrians. Due to the very large jackpot … Continue reading
Look at this notice from the McHenry Police Department from early yesterday afternoon: Traffic is very congested near the VFW. Please use caution and watch for pedestrians. Due to the very large jackpot at the McHenry VFW, the area is … Continue reading
A press release from the McHenry County Sheriff’s Office: Sheriff’s Office Investigates Three Vehicle Crash A 45-year-old Hanover Park woman was in critical condition Thursday following a three-vehicle crash the previous afternoon on Route 120 west of East Wonder Lake … Continue reading
A press release from the McHenry County Sheriff’s Department: Sheriff’s Office Investigates Serious Injury Motorcycle Crash A 20-year-old man was listed in critical condition Saturday morning following a motorcycle versus vehicle crash in unincorporated Woodstock. An investigation indicated that at 7:26 … Continue reading
A press release from Coroner Anne Majewsk about the traffic death of Caiem Reimann, 35, of McHenryi: … Continue reading
Folks know when they drive through Bull Valley that they should not exceed the speed limit. But how many know that Route 12 south of Wonder Lake is Bull Valley territory? Here’s evidence that one should not speed on Route … Continue reading
Another road question asked by County Board Chairman Joe Gottemoller of the four applicants for the remaining term of recently-resigned McHenry County Board member Ken Koehler concerning kicking in county tax dollars to subsidize the extension of Illinois Route 53 … Continue reading
There is probably more than one place on Route 120 that Bull Valley Police use to raise revenue for the sales tax-starved municipality. But twice this month I have seen a car using Chatham Lane, a street from a subdivision … Continue reading
McHenry County Coroner Anne Majewski, MD, reports that motorcyclist William C. Baehne, age 24, was killed last night in a collision with a truck-trailer on Route 120 just east of the Fox River. … Continue reading
Neighbors of a proposed shooting ranged on Route 120 east of Marian Central High School owned by a “Franks Trust” organized so well, that the petitioner for a change in the parcel’s zoning withdrew his petition. That’s what you see … Continue reading
An email about a meeting being held tomorrow night about the shooting range proposed for Route 120 east of Marian Central High School: “First, I apologize for the confusion. Due to the high interest in this subject, we needed to … Continue reading
At least in traffic tickets issued. The Chicago Tribune took a look at the number of traffic tickets issued by municipalities throughout the metropolitan area and discovered that tiny Bull Valley issued the most. More than 400 per officer. 437, … Continue reading
This TEA Party billboard showed up on Route 120 in McHenry yesterday. If you want to see it drive west toward Wonder Lake. It’s right past Ringwood Road. “We The People…” is followed by four buttons saying, Vote 11.2.10 Stop … Continue reading
If you happened to be on the west side of Wonder Lake, watch out for the Bull Valley Police. Apparently, the village is so pressed for revenue that its policemen have started issuing tickets to cars come from the north … Continue reading
From 4- 7 where McHenry County Board committees meet, residents came to see what the county wants to do to Fleming Road. The initial reaction of many area residents is exemplified by the Post-It Note next to one portion of … Continue reading
There’s an Initial Public Meeting to consider reconstruction of Bull Valley’s Fleming Road tomorrow afternoon and early evening. It will be held from 4-7 at the County Administrative Building in Conference Rooms A & B. Here’ the county’s objective: The … Continue reading
There are pages and pages of Illinois congressional earmarks in this year’s Transportation and Housing and Urban Development budgets. These were found because Taxpayers for Common Sense scanned the pork pages and posted them on its web site. Unfortunately, it … Continue reading
Last Friday about 11 in the morning this Sheriff’s car was sitting on the south side of Route 120 waiting for speeders. It was parked right after a curve south of Wonder Lake between Wonder Lake and Thompson Roads. It … Continue reading
