Mike “Shorty” Shorten

State's Attorney-elect Randi Freese is scheduled to become the first woman to serve in that role Monday. Several new county board members are set to begin their terms Monday as well.

There will be more contested out races in November election than in the March primary, but some Republicans running in countywide races face no opposition.

McHenry County board member Mike Shorten, county board chair Mike Buehler and State Rep. Steve Reick hosted a town hall Saturday in Crystal Lake

Most of the McHenry County Board's debate about the quarter-percent sales tax referendum was whether it should appear in March or November.

The list of candidates for next year’s elections began to take shape this week. On the ballot next year are countywide offices, two county-level judicial vacancies and seats on the McHenry County Board and in the Illinois House and Congress.