Government | Northwest Herald

Early voting for the March 17 primary election will expand to several additional locations in McHenry County Monday.
Fox River Grove residents will now have zero permit fees for “basic” building projects, as part of a move to lessen resident costs after the village board implemented a 1% sales tax last year.

Once an improbable sighting, wild swans have returned to the Fox River Valley and across Kane County. Local environmental efforts over the decades have helped the resurgence.

McHenry County is facing a lawsuit over the County Board’s denial of a pair of solar farms.

If you want to know what will be on your ballot in the March 17 primary and where to go vote in McHenry County, that information is now available online.

The chair of the McHenry County College board, who also runs a community health care center in Crystal Lake, will be a guest of U.S. Rep. Bill Foster at President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address Tuesday.

New regulations, including licensing and fees, are being imposed by the McHenry County Board on those who operate video gaming terminals.
In response to Democrats asking him to disavow President Trump's call to nationalize elections, McHenry County Clerk Joe Tirio said he will follow the law.

The McHenry County Board late Tuesday unanimously voted down a Wonder Lake-area slaughterhouse that neighbors had strongly opposed.


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