McHenry Co. (ECWd) - As we said in our last article, there will be a long list of articles to come out of the 52-page report on Bob Miller's behavior in public office. In the closing remarks, State's Attorney Kenneally provided a statement that we agree with...
CHARLESTON, IL. (ECWd) - During today's scheduled Hearing, Barry Wolfe, the former AAU Girls Basketball Coach from Martinsville, Il. appeared in custody and filed several Motions, one of them to Change Venue (move the trial to different court), a Motion to Suppress Statements, and a Motion...
SPRING VALLEY, IL. (ECWd) - More information has been made available in the arrest of Frank Mautino's wife, Lena Alfano, for battery on the night of May 19, 2018. She was charged with Class C Misdemeanor of battery, bodily harm. Case number 2018CM132 in Bureau County. Apparently, there...
McHenry Co. (ECWd) - The former Algonquin Township Road District Commissioner plead the fifth amendment against self-incrimination in the criminal investigation into his actions during his term of public office according to the McHenry County State's Attorney Patrick Kenneally. "Further complicating this task is the Fifth Amendment right against...
McHenry Co. (ECWd) - I think we are beginning to understand why the current Algonquin Township Board wants no part of a forensic audit of the Road District finances. Doing so would expose so much more than we are able to get our hands on, and we...
OLIVER, IL. (ECWd) - In a stunning move during their May 2018 meeting, the majority of the Clark-Edgar Rural Water District Board of Trustees voted to increase their compensation by 50% - effective in June of 2018 (next month). The lone-wolf voting "no" was Lisa Thomas, from...
McHenry Co. (ECWd) - I have tried to figure this one out and just can't come up with any other explanation other than redistribution of wealth, as in Algonquin Township Road District tax dollar resources being given away to Cuba Township. We have been told there were...
McHenry Co. (ECWd) - One thing for sure has become abundantly clear, Bob Miller and his family pretty much did as they wished while working for the Algonquin Township Road District. As promised in our last article on Anna May Miller's time card confusion, we now focus...
NEWTON, IL. (ECWd) - Jasper County Community Unit School District #1 board member Jerry Earnest filed an amended complaint in Federal Court on May 25, 2018. Count 1 consists of a "Claim for Deprivation of a Liberty Interest" in that the district prohibited his access to the...
McHenry Co. (ECWd) - During our last article, we mentioned that we knew there were time cards but that the Township has refused to produce them and only provided an electronic payroll record. Presto, a sampling of time cards has been produced and one, in particular, has...
