Coroner: Elect, or appoint?
Politics divides opinions on binding referendum on Nov. 3 ballot
Politics divides opinions on binding referendum on Nov. 3 ballot
McHenry County is moving a Hartland Township polling place next week from Valley Hi Nursing Home as a precaution to protect its residents from coronavirus, officials announced Tuesday. While county […]
Ballots have a few contests for both Democrats, Republicans
The third seat on the Woodstock City Council apparently was decided Tuesday by only 10 votes. Lisa Lohmeyer, at 29 the youngest of five candidates running, led the vote with […]
Campaigning for Woodstock City Council crossed over the line, so to speak. About three dozen yard signs – nearly all for council candidates – were piled up behind City Hall […]
As incumbents bow out, five seek to replace them
A problem in counting the McHenry County votes Tuesday has resulted in two significant changes in the results, county officials said today. A joint statement from McHenry County Board Chairman […]
For the first time in a decade, McHenry County had a hand in electing a Democrat to Congress. But it was a tiny hand. McHenry County was the only county […]
Mary McClellan’s last election as McHenry County clerk will be something new for voters: a new $2 million voting system. “We’ve updated everything,” McClellan said of the new touch-screen voting […]
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