Lou Ness

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.

The $247 million McHenry County budget was approved along with a levy that will raise property taxes slightly for homeowners and businesses.

McHenry County will recognize all of June as Pride Month, after the County Board approved a proclamation at its meeting on Tuesday.

The policy, which will go up for a vote at the County Board meeting on Tuesday, would create a process for groups to fly their flags on the county’s flagpoles, but includes a provision requiring two-thirds of the County Board to approve any non-governmental flags.

McHenry County Board members almost unanimously denied a request to turn a single-family home into a care facility for older adults.