Despite a history of ugly clashes with government watchdog groups, Jack Franks, chairman of the McHenry County board, recently received an award from a local bar association for working with others to find common ground in a “respectful and civil manner.”
The U.S. Supreme Court's ruling this weak overturning a decades-old decision allowing unions to charge non-members for lobbying seems to belong a world away, ideologically, from the one in 1977 that said such fees were constitutional.
On June 29, 2018, John C. and Colleen A. Gardner sold their three bedroom, two bathroom home at 494 Cumberland Lane, Crystal Lake to Nancy J. Gannon for $390,000.
The home at 1802 Channel Beach Drive, Johnsburg was sold on June 29, 2018 by US Bank National Association for $186,000. The buyers were Eric and Lana Hungerford.