Marengo NewsLocal news for Marengo, IL continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.D-165 agrees on rate hike- May 29, 2008 MARENGO - District 165 officials determined how much of a tax-rate increase to request at this week's board meeting. Now they need to figure out when to ask for it. The district will seek a 48-cent property-tax rate increase to help pay down its debt, officials said Wednesday. But the ballot question might appear next spring instead of in November, depending on the recommendation of the district's Referendum Committee.http://www.topix.net/city/marengo-il/2008/05/d-165-agrees-on-rate-hike?fromrss=1 Marengo chain saw artist helps sculpt successful 2008 Mountain Festival- May 28, 2008 The carvers participating in the 2008 Cole Chevrolet Mountain Festival Carving Invitational were busy applying the final touches to their three-day masterpiece sculptures, but the crew of the Greater Bluefield ...http://www.topix.net/city/marengo-il/2008/05/marengo-chain-saw-artist-helps-sculpt-success... Tumbling to the top- May 16, 2008 MARENGO - Maurice "Mo" Dunker started doing flips over his dad at 18 months and could do a roundoff when he was 2. Now, as a 14-year-old, Dunker already is a world champion tumbler. He was recognized in April by the Marengo City Council for his accomplishments with a sign posted at the entrance to the community, City Administrator Scott Hartman said. At last month's U.S. Elite Challenge in Mobile, Ala., Dunker won first place for junior men's tumbling. He will participate next week in another...http://www.topix.net/city/marengo-il/2008/05/tumbling-to-the-top?fromrss=1 Marengo mess meets match- May 14, 2008 MARENGO - Jack Feldkamp has complained for nearly two years to anyone who would listen about a mess on Route 20. The problem is, he said, no one would listen. "It's been two years," said Feldkamp, who wrote letters starting in August 2006 to county officials about what he called an eyesore at 7524 S. Grant Highway. "What have they done for two years They've ignored it." But now the McHenry County Department of Planning and Development has agreed that the property is a problem. County officials.http://www.topix.net/city/marengo-il/2008/05/marengo-mess-meets-match?fromrss=1 Student to be honored- May 9, 2008 MARENGO - Mally Millikan was a sweet, funny Marengo High School student who fought hard to survive her cystic fibrosis, her school nurse recalled this week. "She needed a little pat on the back every once in a while, but who doesn't" said Sarah Shanks, a school nurse and teacher who cared for Millikan. "When she got her new lungs, we were thinking that her life expectancy just doubled."Millikan was 18 years old when she died from complications from the lung transplant in November 2005. Now a...http://www.topix.net/city/marengo-il/2008/05/student-to-be-honored?fromrss=1 Marengo to Receive FEMA Aid- May 1, 2008 The snow that blanketed McHenry County long has melted, but public works departments, road maintenance teams and grounds managers still are trying to dig out from the costs. About $371,025.97 in federal dollars set aside for at least 20 governments here should help ease the burden, though. The Federal Emergency Management Agency announced Wednesday that $3.3 million in aid would be making its way to seven northern Illinois counties walloped in February by a brutal midwinter snowstorm.http://www.topix.net/city/marengo-il/2008/05/marengo-to-receive-fema-aid?fromrss=1 |