The Board of Trustees of the Des Plaines History Center is pleased to announce the hiring of Kurt Begalka as our new Executive Director. Begalka comes to the History Center after leading the McHenry C.
Sure, Bill Murray and Andie MacDowell were the stars. But around these parts, everyone knows it was Punxsutawney s picturesque stand-in that stole the show.And, as townspeople here prepare once again to relive their early February appointment with a weather-predicting marmot, organizers of Woodstock Groundhog Days are pulling out all of the stops.
Developing McHenry County s economy could both reduce property taxes and help pay for services, said one candidate for a county board seat representing an area from Lakewood south to the Kane County border. Her opponents in District 3, meanwhile, called taxes and the county s fiscal health their top priorities and vowed not to vote for any tax increase, particularly as inflation looms and gives residents a tougher time with finances.