Keeping Our Options Open

Last Thursday's meeting of the Stephenson County Board took on some major issues head on, but the underlying message anybody who has followed the board over the years walked away with was ... this board is far more professional than many we've seen in the past.

The biggest issue centered around Walnut Acres, the Stephenson County Nursing Home. Chairman, Scott Helms, brought up the elephant in the room – the resolution passed last year in which it had been agreed that if the Nursing Home could not pay back its' debt on time to Millrace Crossing, or needed additional funds to pay its' bills, the...