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12 Jul McHenry County Circuit Court Quashed Subpoena, Ordered Algonquin Township to provide an Index of Records –

Posted at 08:41h in Algonquin Township, Algonquin Township, feature, McHenry County, Racheal Lawrence by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 1 Comment

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Algonquin Township (ECWd) - Yesterday in McHenry County Circuit Court, our Motion to Reconsider a previous Order denying (and then Staying production) a Motion to Quash a subpoena from Algonquin township for our DropBox files, including names of anyone who ever had access to them was...

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11 Jul AG: Algonquin Township violated FOIA, refused to cooperate –

Posted at 23:29h in Algonquin Township, Algonquin Township, feature, James Kelly, McHenry County, Racheal Lawrence by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 4 Comments

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ALGONQUIN TOWNSHIP (ECWd) - The Illinois Attorney General's Public Access Counselor ("PAC") issued a determination letter stating that Algonquin Township violated the Freedom of Information Act ("FOIA") when they denied my March 21, 2019, FOIA request for certain records of the township. James Kelly, Algonquin Township Attorney,...

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08 Jul Video: DUI Charged after hitting Deputy’s Vehicle, .23 BrAC, Jury Trial demanded

Posted at 20:37h in Edgar County, Edgar County Sheriff Department, Edgar County State's Attorney, feature, Illinois State Police by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 2 Comments

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PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - We finally received our FOIA responses from the Illinois State Police in reference to the collision with an Edgar County Sheriff Deputy and DUI charge against Stacey Adams on April 17, 2019. We would also like to note that these are merely police...

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08 Jul Did Edgar County stiff the former Ambulance provider of over $300K ?

Posted at 17:27h in Edgar County Board, Edgar County State's Attorney, feature by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 0 Comments

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Edgar Co. (ECWd) - During this morning's Edgar County Board study session, Eric Shaughnessy, former contracted ambulance provider for the Edgar County Special Services Area, provided documentation pertaining to funds he claims is still owed to his company for services rendered and not paid under his...

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05 Jul Plainfield Township – Accounting Report confirms our findings

Posted at 14:34h in feature, Plainfield Township, Will County by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 3 Comments

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Will Co. (ECWd) - After exposing a vast array of self-dealing by the former Plainfield Township Administrator Andi French, she took the path of resigning prior to being terminated for her actions.  We covered it in this article.  The self-dealing ranged from the storage of private...

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03 Jul St. Clair County Judge sues city, county, state for malicious prosecution

Posted at 20:23h in feature, St Clair County by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 1 Comment

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St. Clair CO., IL. (ECWd) - Madison County Judge Ronald R. Duebbert has filed a complaint in Federal Court naming the following as Defendants: St. Clair County Office of the State's Attorney Appellate Prosecutors of the State of Illinois State of Illinois City of Belleville Brendan...

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03 Jul Algonquin Township – Supervisor Charles Lutzow opened bank accounts signing as Secretary (Clerk)-

Posted at 13:22h in Algonquin Township, Chuck Lutzow, feature, Karen Lukasik, McHenry County, Racheal Lawrence by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 1 Comment

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McHenry Co. (ECWd) - Algonquin Township Supervisor Chuck Lutzow has been entangled in an alleged breach of fiduciary duty and constructive fraud case as the treasure for the Township Road District funds. We covered the initial filing of that court case in this article. The lawsuit was...

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30 Jun Algonquin Township – Victor & Lawrence’s claim in Sheriff complaint proven false

Posted at 22:05h in Algonquin Township, feature, McHenry County, Racheal Lawrence by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 2 Comments

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McHenry Co. (ECWd) - We reported on the criminal complaint of intimidation and extortion filed by former Trustee Melissa Victor and current Trustee Rachael Lawrence in this article on May 23, 2019.  In that article, we listed a series of questions that the public officials and...

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30 Jun Benton Zoning Officer locked City Commissioner out of City Hall –

Posted at 08:10h in City of Benton, feature, Franklin County by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 0 Comments

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BENTON, IL. (ECWd) - According to our source in Benton, last Friday, the Zoning Officer for the City of Benton, Illinois, Dave Garavalia, decided to lock (or otherwise prevented entry) City Commissioner Donald Storey out of city hall after a verbal dispute in reference to an...

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28 Jun AG: DuPage Election Commission violated Open Meetings Act

Posted at 20:50h in DuPage County, feature by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 1 Comment

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Naperville, IL. (ECWd) - I attended the DuPage County Election Commission for their December 12, 2018 meeting - this was prior to the Election Commission dissolving, and approximately one month prior to the (new) County Clerk taking responsibility for the elections. During the meeting, I noticed that...

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