On Aug. 10, representatives for the Kane County Forest Preserve District came before the board to discuss their intent to, at the time, purchase 340 acres of land on the southwest corner of I-90 and Route 47.

59-year-old McHenry resident Brian Daleske feared he could be developing pneumonia and decided to visit a doctor after having experienced a chronic cough for a few weeks.

Once his doctor listened to his lungs, Daleske was told that some x-rays of his chest needed to be taken.

In an Oct. 16 message to D158 staff and families, BOE President Andy Bittman revealed that nine applications for the vacancy were submitted to the BOE.

Oct. 31 marked the 60th anniversary of HB708 which was passed in 1965 and enabled the creation of mental health boards to carry out the provisions under HB708—also known as the Community Mental Health Act (CMHA).

Following the introduction of the CMHA, voters of McHenry County passed a referendum in 1967 to establish the McHenry County Mental Health Board which has since provided funding for mental health, substance use disorders, and intellectual/developmental disabilities.

As some might recall, back in June, petitioners for the Coral Street Firehouse development came before the Village Board to discuss potential delays in having the building ready for occupancy due to some unforeseen circumstances involving building materials.

As previously reported, on Oct. 23, 33-year-old Anderson was traveling southbound on Route 47, just south of Plank Road in Hampshire Township, when his unmarked Dodge Durango squad car was struck head-on by a Dually Dodge 5500 landscaping pickup truck with an attached loaded trailer.

Mosser alleges that during the evening of Oct. 25, Alan was driving his vehicle while Jimmy rode in the passenger seat.

According to Carpentersville Police Chief Todd Shaver, once officers arrived at the scene, they located a 17-year-old male victim lying in the roadway with a gunshot wound to the head. The male juvenile was transported to a local hospital where he was subsequently pronounced deceased.

Two additional victims were also discovered with non-life-threatening gunshot injuries. Both of those victims were transported to area hospitals and treated for their injuries.

The two firms, HYA (Hazard, Young, Attea Associates) and IASB (Illinois Association of School Boards)—were revealed by BOE President Andy Bittman in an Oct. 16 message to D158 families and staff. Both firms have a solid track record of educational leadership recruitment, with HYA being the firm used by Arlington Heights-based Northwest High School District 214 to hire former D158 Superintendent Dr.

The sheriff’s deputy, later identified as 33-year-old Brian Anderson, was traveling southbound on Route 47 when his Dodge Durango squad car was struck head-on by a Dually Dodge 5500 pickup truck with an attached loaded trailer.

According to the initial investigation, the Dually Dodge was heading northbound on Route 47 when it attempted to stop in traffic.

The information was obtained back in June from the Internet Crimes Against Children database, where after a four-month investigation, the Huntley Police Department’s Investigations Division was able to identify the offender as 29-year-old Allen Q. Nguyen.

The conceptual plans, which were reviewed by the Village Board on April 27, also included the addition of a Which Wich sandwich restaurant and a standalone car wash. Overall, trustees had a positive outlook for the new project and only requested a few changes to the original plans.

According to East Dundee village staff, Kruger retired as the chief of police for the Oak Brook Police Department back in December 2021 after serving for that department for 10 years. He was hired in his current role for the village back in February 2022.

He initially started his policing career at the Carpentersville Police Department back in 1984, where he rose through the ranks eventually becoming a commander.

The community features 96 units with spacious one- and two-bedroom, pet-friendly options available to its residents. Melody Living also features elements such as a private dining room, party spaces available for reservation, an onsite restaurant and a bistro/bar with three meals included daily, valet services, a patio and courtyard with outdoor walking paths, a fire pit outdoor fireplace, and a life-size outdoor chess board.

The facility with a tower is proposed to be constructed on property located at 11245 Huntley-Dundee Road, which is currently being occupied by the trucking and excavating company Rico Inc.

According to village staff, Vertical Bridge states that the new facility with tower structure will assist in providing uninterrupted wireless telephone service, voice paging, messaging, wireless internet, and broadband data transmission to Huntley residents and visitors to the village and the surrounding area.

According to the Village Board meeting agenda packet, in 2022, East Dundee village staff were presented with options for the addition of parking to serve downtown East Dundee. One of those recommendations involved the construction of a “contextually appropriate” two-story parking garage with a historic façade at the corner of Jackson and River Street.

True North came forward with conceptual renderings for the redevelopment of the building, which will see it be converted to accommodate it for restaurant use.

A deadline date of Jan. 27 was set for the invitation of alternative bids and proposals for the former Village Hall building, but no other propositions from developers were submitted.

“She will be moving to the sunny state of Florida with her husband,” said BOE President Andy Bittman. “We will let the regional office of education know that this opening is available which is something we need to do and then we will be looking for folks who would like to be on the board, and similar to the past openings, we’ll do a round of interviews.”

In a July 2022 Village Board meeting, Hamra Enterprises, a nationwide, family-owned, restaurant operator headquartered in Springfield, Missouri, came before trustees to present new final Planned Unit Development (PUD) plans for the construction of a 3,500 square-foot Panera Bread restaurant to be located on 1.87 acres of Outlot 5 of the Huntley Grove Commercial Subdivision.

As of Sept. 21, there have been at least six confirmed cases of STEC, all of which involve students, according to MCDH and D158.

McHenry County State’s Attorney Patrick Kenneally released a statement calling the first day of operations under the SAFE-T Act “absurd and incoherent.”

“As has been said many times, the most glaring problem with the SAFE-T Act is that pretrial release decisions are being made based on the type of charge a defendant faces, not a defendant’s dangerousness or likelihood of complying with court orders,” said Kenneally.