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McHenry County Board to consider giving health department more teeth with COVID-19 enforcementNov 13, 2020 12:00 am - McHenry County Board Chairman Jack Franks has asked the McHenry County Department of Health to figure out what it would need to enforce COVID-19 mitigation measures more...
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Fox River Grove Village Hall to close to public because of rising COVID-19 cases in countyNov 12, 2020 12:00 am - Because of a "spike" in the COVID-19 test positivity rate in McHenry County, Fox River Grove will close its village hall to the public until further notice, starting Fri...
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'A huge leap forward': Judge paves way for sale of former Harvard Motorola propertyNov 12, 2020 12:00 am - Officials hope to see the former Harvard Motorola campus revived after a U.S. federal court order explicitly allowing for the sale of the property. A yearslong battle ov...
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Pioneering McHenry County Board member dies at 63Nov 12, 2020 12:00 am - McHenry County Board member Charles "Chuck" Wheeler, the first Black man to serve on the board, died overnight Wednesday to Thursday at the age of 63. Wheeler's wife, Su...
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Incumbent Jack Franks concedes McHenry County Board chairman race to Republican Mike BuehlerNov 12, 2020 12:00 am - McHenry County Board Chairman Jack Franks, an incumbent Democrat, conceded his bid for reelection to his Republican opponent, Mike Buehler, at a meeting of the county bo...
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Huntley's District 158's new solar panel system could generate up to $270,000 a year in savingsNov 11, 2020 12:00 am - Huntley School District 158 will save upward of $270,000 each year with its new solar panels, which span across three sites, making it the largest solar panel system at ...
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Former MCC trustee, Harley-Davidson Motor Company spokesman chosen as MCC's 2020 distinguished alumniNov 10, 2020 12:00 am - McHenry County College and the Friends of McHenry County College Foundation have named Ken Schmidt and Frances Glosson as winners of the 2020 Distinguished Alumni Award,...
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Democrat takes lead in McHenry County raceNov 10, 2020 12:00 am - Democrat Tanya Jindrich took the lead over Republican Mike Shorten for the second of two McHenry County Board seats representing District 3 when additional ballots were ...
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Algonquin Township to consider tentative levy identical to last year's, decrease for road districtNov 09, 2020 12:00 am - Algonquin Township trustees will consider a property tax levy that is identical to last year's at $1.558 million at an upcoming meeting. The township road district's $3,...
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One way to help reopen the economy is more cooperation with contact tracing, health department saysNov 09, 2020 12:00 am - The McHenry County Department of Health is struggling to get residents to comply with COVID-19 contact tracing efforts, with 16% of people refusing to participate in Sep...