MARENGO – Marengo Main Street will host the sixth annual Putt-Putt Challenge from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. June 9.

WOODSTOCK – It’s now up to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development whether granting funding to a senior housing project led by McHenry County Board Chairman Ken Koehler’s son constitutes a conflict of interest.

WOODSTOCK – A McHenry man was sentenced Tuesday to eight years in prison for robbing a liquor store in December.

The widow of state Rep. Mark Beaubien on Monday made official her intentions to run as an independent in November for the 52nd District against GOP primary winner David McSweeney.

BARRINGTON HILLS – The wife of late Republican state Rep. Mark Beaubien plans to run as an Independent against Republican David McSweeney for the Illinois House in this fall’s election.

WOODSTOCK – A McHenry County Board committee agreed Friday that Leslie Schermerhorn was worth the wait to fill the long-vacant regional school superintendent seat.

WOODSTOCK – Twenty-one late absentee and provisional votes counted by the McHenry County Clerk’s Office did not affect the outcomes of any County Board races in the March 20 Republican primary.

DIXON – U.S. Rep. Don Manzullo, who lost his bid for re-election Tuesday, won in just three of the 14 counties of the redrawn 16th Congressional District. All were close to home.

The most high-profile local casualty of the Republican primary wasn’t even on the ballot in McHenry County because of redistricting.

CRYSTAL LAKE – Not even the prospect of lower electrical bills could entice voters in some towns to unplug from ComEd and turn the responsibility for shopping for cheaper power over to local governments.

Two McHenry County Board incumbents narrowly lost their re-election bids in the Republican primary Tuesday.

Kane County Board Chairman Karen McConnaughay will be the GOP nominee for the new 33rd State Senate District, handily beating opponent Cliff Surges, according to unofficial primary results Tuesday.

Running a low-key “un-campaign” apparently didn’t hurt former St. Charles Mayor Sue Klinkhamer in the race for the Kane County Board chairman Democratic nomination.

Calling it a victory for “grass-roots reform,” state Sen. Chris Lauzen cruised to an easy win in the race for the Republican nomination to be Kane County’s next chief executive.

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Leslie Coolidge of Barrington Hills easily bested two opponents to win the 6th Congressional District Democratic primary Tuesday.

Election day finally is here with a little more sizzle than usual. That’s especially true for voters who pull Republican ballots because the GOP presidential primary remains undecided, as evidenced by the campaigns that have been running across Illinois for the past week.

Two Democratic challengers are running in the new 14th Congressional District that will encompass most of McHenry County.

CRYSTAL LAKE – Republican presidential candidates are crisscrossing the state ahead of Tuesday’s primary, underscoring the importance of each delegate in what promises to be a long haul to the convention.

If you rise with the sun Tuesday, the polls in McHenry County will have already been open for an hour. Whether you want to keep the political status quo or do some political spring cleaning, Tuesday is the day to start, if you haven’t already voted early.

Gridlock in the U.S. House of Representatives, strong even by Washington, D.C., standards, prompted three Democratic challengers to run for the 6th Congressional District.

Voters in 17 municipalities and unincorporated McHenry County on Tuesday will choose whether they want their governments to shop for cheaper electricity for them.

Republican voters in a swath of McHenry County’s heavily populated southeast corner will choose a new state senator.

The slate of Republican primary candidates for McHenry County Board District 6 could field a starting lineup for an American League baseball team.

McHenry County Board District 5 is the only district in which all four incumbents – three Republicans and a Democrat – are running for re-election.

Three incumbents and three challengers are squaring off in the Republican primary for McHenry County Board District 4.

Republican voters in McHenry County Board District 3 must choose four candidates, and turn away four others.

A deeply partisan divide over the future of our nation, coupled with a state in deep fiscal crisis, could make the 2012 election a political watershed.

The McHenry County Board’s decision in November to raise the tax levy divides the five Republican candidates running for District 2.

HUNTLEY – A Marengo man was killed Wednesday after his car crashed into a tree on Route 20 in an unincorporated area near Huntley.

HUNTLEY – The Huntley Village Board on Thursday night approved a resolution to enter an agreement establishing an electric consortium.

Procrastinators who missed the Tuesday deadline to register to vote in the March 20 primary have another chance to cast a ballot.

WOODSTOCK – The McHenry County Board has approved an agreement to merge the electric customers of 13 governments seeking lower rates.

FOX RIVER GROVE – To help answer questions about the upcoming sales tax referendum, village officials have scheduled an informational forum on

CARY – Cary will host a public education meeting Feb. 28 on the upcoming electrical aggregation referendum.

WOODSTOCK – Tuesday is the last day to register to vote in the March 20 primary.

CRYSTAL LAKE – If there’s one thing the trio of Republican candidates for the 52nd House District can agree on, it’s pension reform.

EAST DUNDEE – U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam, R-Wheaton, believes that Kane County Board Chairman Karen McConnaughay is the right person to help steer Illinois out of rough financial waters.

WOODSTOCK – The McHenry County Board will vote this month on an intergovernmental agreement to unite 13 local governments seeking to get lower electric rates for constituents.

The sole remaining candidate for the long-vacant office of McHenry County regional school superintendent has withdrawn after County Board scrutiny after his arrest record became public.

State Rep. Jack Franks offered a compromise to McHenry County Board Chairman Ken Koehler’s opposition to a bill making the chairmanship popularly elected: Put the idea to the voters.

McHenry County’s long and complicated search for a new regional school superintendent could take another twist with the background of the candidate they found to fill the seat.

CRYSTAL LAKE – Beginning this week, voters have a chance to learn more about the local candidates running in the March 20 primary.

The Illinois State Board of Elections dismissed objections to the nominating petitions of a Republican incumbent in the 52nd District.

A candidate for one of the region’s newest state legislative districts has admitted he paid property taxes on his house later than is required by law for the past nine years.

WOODSTOCK – The McHenry County Board approved a firm to aggregate rural electric customers to get cheaper rates, provided voters approve the idea in March.

Illinois voters might not have much of a say in who the Republican Party picks to run against President Barack Obama on Nov. 6, but there are plenty of other primary races to decide.

WOODSTOCK – A number of the McHenry County governments putting electric aggregation on the ballot may pool their customers to get an even better rate.

Three congressional candidates running in the new 8th and 14th congressional districts face objections to their petitions.

School law, election law – and Murphy’s law – have dealt McHenry County its latest setback in filling the long-vacant regional superintendent of schools elected office.

UNION – McHenry County Board member Randy Donley has withdrawn from the ballot and will not be seeking another term.

David McSweeney is dropping one of his objections to the petitions of his two fellow candidates for the 52nd Illinois House District.

LE MARS, Iowa – Mitt Romney is the clear Republican front-runner in Iowa in the final days before the first voting in the 2012 presidential election. But that's where the clarity ends in this unpredictable nomination race.

DES MOINES, Iowa – In the race for Iowa, Republican presidential candidates are largely shifting from persuading people to support them to mobilizing them to actually come out and vote for them in Tuesday's caucuses.

The vindication of McHenry County State’s Attorney Lou Bianchi against 24 corruption charges tops the list of the Northwest Herald’s top stories of 2011.

Democratic voters will be the only ones in McHenry County who will have contested congressional races in the March 20 primary, provided candidates survive petition challenges.

DES MOINES, Iowa – It's been a different presidential race in Iowa this year – quieter.

A McHenry candidate who sought to run as a Democrat in the 14th Congressional District against U.S. Rep. Joe Walsh is bowing out.

WOODSTOCK – The McHenry County Board became the latest local government to put the electric aggregation question on the March primary ballot.

A bill inspired by U.S. Rep. Joe Walsh’s child support issues would forbid people owing more than $10,000 in back child support from running for office in Illinois.

WOODSTOCK – The McHenry County Board tonight likely will join a long list of governments that will ask voters in March whether they want them to seek lower electrical rates on their behalf.

WASHINGTON – A majority of adults say President Barack Obama does not deserve a second term but are evenly divided on whether he will win re-election next year, says a new Associated Press-GfK poll that highlights some of the campaign obstacles he faces.

GREENVILLE, S.C. – Challenging Newt Gingrich's claim to South Carolina, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney charged into the state Friday with a key endorsement from the tea party-aligned governor, a packed campaign schedule and plans to start airing TV ads in the early primary state.

A panel of federal judges Thursday upheld the Democratic remap of Illinois congressional districts against a Republican challenge that it was illegal.

WOODSTOCK – An old red plastic cup and numbered balls dictated where 19 candidates for the McHenry County Board will appear on their respective Republican primary ballots.

Candidates in both of McHenry County’s contested GOP primaries for the General Assembly are facing objections to their petitions.

Tea party firebrand Joe Walsh will announce Thursday which district he will pursue in his re-election campaign.

Tea party firebrand Joe Walsh will announce Thursday which district he will pursue in his re-election campaign.

A Cook County Sheriff’s correctional officer running for the McHenry County Board has spent the past year on administrative duty pending an internal investigation into a dropped misdemeanor battery charge.

The weeklong primary filing period that ended Monday set up numerous races for the McHenry County Board, a handful for local General Assembly districts, and none for countywide offices.

WASHINGTON – Sen. John McCain said Sunday that the potentially powerful Hispanic vote in the upcoming presidential election remains "up for grabs" because neither President Barack Obama nor Republicans have convinced these voters that they are on their side.

WASHINGTON – Republican Mitt Romney accuses President Barack Obama of considering America "just another nation." To other GOP politicians running for the White House, Obama has apologized for the United States and is presiding over the nation's decline.

MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — With the implosion of Herman Cain's campaign amid accusations of adultery and sexual harassment, the once-crowded 2012 Republican presidential field appears to be narrowing to a two-man race between Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich.

ST. CHARLES – U.S. Rep. Joe Walsh said he would decide by Monday whether he would run in the 8th Congressional District or in the 14th, where he would continue to face off against incumbent U.S. Rep. Randy Hultgren, R-Winfield.

WOODSTOCK – A lottery to determine ballot order for McHenry County Board candidates in the March 2012 primary will take place a week after the filing period ends.

WASHINGTON – Suddenly Mitt Romney is fighting a two-front political war.

WASHINGTON – The House on Thursday passed a bill to end the public financing of presidential campaigns. It would dismantle a system set up after the Watergate scandal of the 1970s that has been overshadowed in recent years by the huge sums of private money pouring into elections.

Petition filings for the March 2012 primary started with a bang before the usual mid-period whimper.

Rep. Joe Walsh’s campaign isn’t talking about reports that he might change his mind and run in his relocated 8th Congressional District, rather than the newly drawn 14th District in which he lives.

This Christmas also will be the season for Illinois congressional candidates to file their petitions.

Love it or hate it, election time is here once again, this time with much more to love or hate.

The McHenry County Board will proceed with a referendum asking rural voters whether they want the county to seek lower electrical rates on their behalf.

DES MOINES, Iowa – They are barely blips in presidential polls and their campaign cash is scarce. Some are running on empty, fueled mainly by the exposure that comes with the blizzard of televised debates in this election cycle and interviews they eagerly grant to skeptical reporters.

WASHINGTON – A year from Election Day, Democrats are crafting a campaign strategy for Vice President Joe Biden that targets the big three political battlegrounds: Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Florida, states where Biden might be more of an asset to President Barack Obama's re-election campaign than the president himself.

McHenry County leaders have been talking with state officials to see whether some of the numerous requirements for regional school superintendents can be overlooked in hopes of filling the long-vacant office.

WOODSTOCK – The McHenry County Board narrowly rejected a last-minute attempt to voluntarily collect less in property taxes next year by turning down its inflationary increase under the tax cap.

NEW YORK – Rick Perry had barely gotten through his gaffe in Wednesday's Republican primary debate when a rolling commentary on the TV screen declared his campaign on life support.

Either Randy Hultgren or Joe Walsh will be McHenry County’s GOP nominee to represent it in Congress should a Democratic-drawn remap survive a federal court challenge.

The cash dash is on for Republican congressmen who will square off in primary challenges from fellow representatives under Democratic redistricting maps.

WOODSTOCK – Rural McHenry County residents came a step closer Thursday toward a referendum asking them whether they want the county to seek lower electrical rates on their behalf.

Two candidates have announced their intentions to run in the Republican primary against the man appointed to fill out the remainder of the late Mark Beaubien’s term.

Two candidates have announced their intentions to run in the Republican primary against the man appointed to fill out the remainder of the late Mark Beaubien's term.

Both U.S. Reps. Joe Walsh and Randy Hultgren said the potential of having to run against each other in a Republican primary is an unfortunate situation created by Springfield Democrats.

WOODSTOCK – McHenry County Undersheriff Andrew Zinke said Tuesday that he will run for the department’s top spot in 2014.

U.S. Rep. Joe Walsh announced his plans to run for the 14th Congressional District, setting up a post-redistricting primary between two Republican incumbents.

McHENRY – First-term Republican Congressman Joe Walsh has announced that he will run in the newly drawn 14th District, now the seat of U.S. Rep. Randy Hultgren, R-Winfield.

State Rep. Jack Franks, D-Marengo, put to rest any rumors of a congressional run Wednesday by announcing his intent to run for re-election to the 63rd District.

WOODSTOCK – The McHenry County Board may put a referendum on the ballot asking unincorporated residents whether they want the county to seek lower electrical rates on their behalf.

The first day to circulate petitions for the March 2012 primary also marked the official entry of the first Democratic challenger for the new 14th Congressional District.

Tuesday marks the first day that candidates can circulate petitions for the March 2012 primary, despite lawsuits filed over the redrawing of General Assembly and congressional districts.

WOODSTOCK – President Barack Obama got both a snub and a sorry Thursday from Republican U.S. Rep. Joe Walsh.

Only one of the 11 candidates who responded to McHenry County’s tough sell of filling the unpaid regional superintendent of schools office meets all the legal requirements.

Republican congressmen who sued to block the Democratic remap of congressional districts unveiled their idea of a fair map in a Thursday court filing.

U.S. Rep. Joe Walsh has been a regular fixture on the cable news circuit as the unofficial congressional voice of the tea party over the national debt.

Illinois’ Republican congressmen filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday to challenge the Democratic remap of congressional districts in 2012, alleging that it discriminates against Republican and Latino voters.

Eighth Congressional District U.S. Rep. Joe Walsh says accusations that he owes more than $100,000 in back child support "are false" though he acknowleges he's been trying to resolve a lawsuit filed against him by his ex-wife.

State Sen. Dan Duffy announced his intent to run for a second term representing the 26th Senate District.

A McHenry school board member who unsuccessfully ran for the Illinois House last year is running for the McHenry County Board.

McHenry County Board member Barbara Wheeler said she has all too often had to tell constituents that their frustrations over everything from property tax to cell phone towers are because of state law rather than county ordinance.

Gov. Pat Quinn’s amendatory budget veto also amended the McHenry County Board’s help wanted ad for a new regional superintendent of schools.

McHenry County’s two U.S. representatives and their Republican brethren blasted the congressional remap approved Friday and predicted that it would not survive a legal challenge.

WOODSTOCK – The McHenry County Board decided to stick with the redistricting map developed in open meetings rather than the one developed behind closed doors.

The official redistricting proposal going before the McHenry County Board for a vote Tuesday is painless compared to past decades.

CRYSTAL LAKE – State Rep. Mike Tryon will run for another term in the House in the new district his home will be in because of the new state legislative map.

WOODSTOCK – An alternate map to redraw McHenry County Board districts is a product of a private meeting that several board members allege violated the Illinois Open Meetings Act.

Those responsible for electing state Rep. Mark Beaubien’s successor are trying to strike a balance between honoring his memory and picking a viable replacement within 30 days.

McHenry County’s two Republican representatives in the U.S. House are running for re-election in 2012.

A proposed remapping of Illinois General Assembly districts is headed for Gov. Pat Quinn’s desk.

McHenry County will lose its veteran Republican representative in Congress and its freshman will be drawn into a district with another under proposed new boundaries.

A proposed redrawing of Illinois House districts would split McHenry County among five representatives instead of three, according to a map unveiled Friday by House Democrats.

Retiring Regional School Superintendent Gene Goeglein did what many might do when the state told him that his last month on the job would be unpaid.

WOODSTOCK – A tentative map redrawing the McHenry County Board’s six districts is ready for the public eye.

WOODSTOCK – The McHenry County Board rejected a last-ditch effort to shrink its size.

WOODSTOCK – The committee in charge of redrawing McHenry County Board districts tentatively laid down guidelines Thursday for the process.

ISLAND LAKE – With a flip of a coin that landed tails up on a table, Charles Cermak won the final seat for the Island Lake Village Board.

After the final vote tallies came in, who will be the third new trustee to join the Island Lake Village Board remains up in the air.

With new census figures comes state and county governments’ once-in-a-decade responsibility to redraw their legislative districts.

WOODSTOCK – A majority of the McHenry County Board committee in charge of redistricting wants to keep a 24-member, six-district body.

LAKEMOOR – Lakemoor residents who went to the polls Tuesday voted in favor of a referendum to implement term limits on the village president and trustees.

Two elections with close calls remained unresolved Wednesday as the county clerks still were counting absentee ballots and provisional ballots.

Despite the rancor that developed between village officials and challengers in the days leading up to the Cary Village Board election, all parties say it is now time to work together.

McHENRY – After another failed referendum, McHenry District 156 officials now have to start figuring how to close a projected $3.2 million budget deficit.

Voters in Fox River Grove and Harvard on Tuesday approved a referendum that will allow their respective municipal governments to seek lower electric rates on their behalf.

WOODSTOCK – Voter turnout in McHenry County might have hit an all-time low.

McHENRY – Alderman Robert Peterson kept his 6th Ward seat on the City Council as he won re-election against challenger Roberta Pantaleo.

LAKEWOOD – A challenger beat out a veteran of the Lakewood Village Board to win a two-year unexpired term.

WOODSTOCK – McHenry County ballot box watchers had plenty of extra “I Voted” stickers Tuesday night.

LAKE IN THE HILLS – Russ Ruzanski said his experience on a committee and a commission would help as he filled one of three open spots on the Lake in the Hills Village Board.

WOODSTOCK – In his first time seeking election, Mark Saladin took home the most votes Tuesday in the race for three open seats on the Woodstock City Council.

CRYSTAL LAKE – Voters added a new member to the Crystal Lake District 47 school board.

CRYSTAL LAKE – Voters elected two newcomers to the McHenry County College Board of Trustees on Tuesday.

McHENRY – Voters in District 156 on Tuesday said “no,” to another proposed tax increase to help the financially beleaguered school district.

CARY – Voters Tuesday chose to re-seat three current members of the District 26 School Board. Scott Coffey, Kevin Carrick and Jason Larry will fill three, four-year terms.

RICHMOND – One incumbent held on to his seat Tuesday as two new members were elected to the Richmond-Burton Community High School District 157 board.

HEBRON – It came down to a mere four votes to name the final winner in the Alden-Hebron District 19 school board race, according to unofficial results without absentee or early votes counted. There were three open seats on the board.

FOX RIVER GROVE – Two incumbents have been elected to fill spots on the Fox River Grove Village Board, along with two newcomers.

BULL VALLEY – Ron Parrish had a narrow lead against Brian Miller to become the Bull Valley village president, according to unofficial results late Tuesday.

BARRINGTON HILLS – Voters Tuesday chose three candidates from the Save 5 Acres slate to fill three four-year Village Board seats.

ALGONQUIN – The face of the Village Board is unchanged after Tuesday’s election. Incumbents Deborah Sosine, John Spella and Jim Steigert easily won their races to reclaim three four-year seats on the Village Board.

CARY – The votes to unseat incumbent Al Pilli came down to two in Cary on Tuesday night when the rest of the challengers swept the incumbents out of office.

PORT BARRINGTON – Incumbent Shannon Yeaton has won re-election to the Port Barrington Village Board, along with newcomers Anthony Guidici and Keith Vogeler, according to unofficial vote results.

CARPENTERSVILLE – One incumbent, a planning and zoning commissioner, and a newcomer have been elected to three open spots on the Carpentersville Village Board, according to unofficial results.

CARPENTERSVILLE – Steve Fiorentino, Joe Stevens, Chris Stanton and Susie Kopacz will round out the new school board for Community Unit School District 300.

ISLAND LAKE – Two members of a slate endorsed by a political opponent of the mayor have won seats on the Island Lake Village Board.

RICHMOND – Voters Tuesday chose three newcomers to fill out the Nippersink District 2 Board of Education.

WONDER LAKE – The Village Board will have one new face, as the two incumbents running in Tuesday’s election kept their seats.

MARENGO – The selected winners in Riley School District 18 came down to absentee ballots late Tuesday night.

HUNTLEY – Two incumbents and one newcomer were elected to serve four-year terms on the Huntley Village Board.

LAKEMOOR – The Village Board in Lakemoor will see two new faces this spring. Voters on Tuesday chose newcomers Matthew Dabrowski and Jeff Nykaza to fill two four-year trustee seats. Incumbent Kathy Lennon was re-elected.

WEST DUNDEE – The three incumbents seeking re-election will retain their seats on the West Dundee Village Board.

JOHNSBURG – There will be two new faces on the Village Board, according to unofficial results from Tuesday’s election that do not include absentee or early votes. Board member Mary Lou Hutchinson won re-election and will be joined by Janice Sisk and Richard Janusz.

JOHNSBURG – Michelle Martin won in a landslide Tuesday night for a two-year term on the Johnsburg School District 12 school board.

MARENGO – Voters turned out Tuesday to elect Leslie Pace, Karen Boxleitner and Pat VanVoorhees to the Marengo-Union Elementary School District 165 board.

HAMPSHIRE – The race for the three open seats on the village’s board of trustees drew narrow margins Tuesday.

Challengers ruled the day in races for McHenry High School District 156 school board and Cary Village Board.

BULL VALLEY – Conservation issues and the village budget are the main concerns of the four candidates running for the Bull Valley Board of Trustees.

About 15 percent of McHenry County’s 202,494 registered voters are expected to cast ballots for Tuesday’s election.

MARENGO – Three Marengo residents are in the running for two open spots on the Marengo-Union Public Library District’s Board of Trustees.

PORT BARRINGTON – Five candidates are seeking three open seats on the Port Barrington Village Board.

Six candidates are running for three four-year terms on the District 2 School Board.

It’s an even, two-on-two match-up of incumbents versus newcomers in the race for two spots on the District 157 board.

WOODSTOCK – Six candidates are vying for three open seats on the Woodstock City Council.

JOHNSBURG – District 12 is moving forward with a tax anticipation warrant to offset late payments by the state to fund categoricals such as transportation and special education.

MARENGO – Five women are in the running for three open seats on the Marengo-Union Elementary School District 165 board, which serves about 1,100 students in preschool through eighth grade.

HUNTLEY – Seven candidates are vying for the two open seats on the Huntley Fire Protection District’s Board of Trustees on Tuesday.

FOX RIVER GROVE – The Village Board could see a major personnel shift next month. Four trustee seats are up for election April 5.

LAKE IN THE HILLS – Three men are on the April 5 ballot for two spots on the Algonquin-Lake in the Hills Fire Protection District board.

Six candidates are in the race for four seats on the school board for Community Unit School District 300, which oversees 27 schools in the Carpentersville area.

WONDER LAKE – Four people are running for three seats on the Wonder Lake Village Board. The terms are for four years.

LAKEMOOR – Voters in Lakemoor will be able to choose from five candidates who are vying for three open seats, each with a four-year term, on the Village Board.

LAKE IN THE HILLS – Voters will choose from five candidates Tuesday who will lead the village in policy and development for the next four years.

HUNTLEY – Amid recent years of steady growth, Huntley is poised to continue taking on more development and transportation issues.

BULL VALLEY – A former village president is challenging the incumbent to be the top village leader for the next four years.

CRYSTAL LAKE – Four candidates are seeking three open spots on the Crystal Lake District 47 school board.

ALGONQUIN – Five candidates are running for three seats on the Algonquin Village Board this April.

CARY – Four Village Board candidates who share campaign signage have drawn criticism recently from an incumbent seeking re-election.

CARY – Short-sale negotiator Joseph Alfe is looking to unseat one of three incumbents running for re-election to the District 26 school board in April. His challengers – Jason Larry, Kevin Carrick and Scott Coffey – are a rare set, in that each was appointed to the embattled school board in the past two years, stepping up to fill seats of members who resigned.

CARY – Nine candidates are vying for four seats on the Cary Village Board this spring.

CARY – Voters will decide between two men April 5 to fill a seat on the Cary Park District Board of Commissioners. Newcomer Tom Emma is challenging longtime Commissioner Phil Stanko for one six-year term.

Voters have one week left to vote early or apply for an absentee ballot for the April 5 election.

WOOODSTOCK – Two of the six candidates for Woodstock City Council have said they would attend a candidates forum March 31.

BULL VALLEY – The Bull Valley Association is hosting a candidates’ night from 7 to 9 p.m. March 31 at Loyola University Retreat and Ecology Center, 2710 S. Country Club Road.

ISLAND LAKE – Six people running on two slates are vying for three seats on the Village Board.

CRYSTAL LAKE – McHenry County College’s next Board of Trustees could have an important role in shaping the future of the community college.

McHENRY – All voters in the city will decide how the city treasurer is selected.

McHENRY – Candidates seeking to represent the 6th Ward see public safety and helping businesses as the key issues facing the city.

McHENRY – The District 156 financial situation was the main topic for seven school board hopefuls Wednesday at a candidate forum.

Six candidates are running for three open seats on the Huntley Village Board.

McHENRY – The school board Tuesday approved cutting 9.4 teaching positions for next school year.

In Cary, where officials are striving to keep the budget balanced and attract new business development, there are seven candidates for three four-year terms on the Village Board. Two others are vying for a two-year term.