A DeKalb County judge this week tossed a bid by DeKalb mayoral candidate Linh Nguyen in her ongoing election legal dispute with the city, though the ruling isn’t likely to affect Nguyen’s chances to be on the April 1 ballot. Nguyen still is running in Tuesday's primary election.

Mike Shorten just won another term on the McHenry County Board. But he's running in Tuesday's GOP primary for Nunda Township supervisor against incumbent Leda Drain, and intends to do both jobs if he wins.

Matthew Kennedy: The top three issues facing JTHS right now are student discipline, maintaining and updating the physical buildings, and fostering the ongoing development and maintenance of community partnerships