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Homicide suspect appears in court Accused man has wound on his head, multiple cuts on arms By CHELSEA McDOUGALL cmcdougall@shawmedia.com WOODSTOCK – The man accused of killing an Island Lake woman was wheeled into rights court Friday morning, appearing to still be recovering from injuries. Howard E. Dibbern is being held on $2 million bond on two first-de-
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gree murder charges. Authorities believe he killed 48-year-old Karen M. Scavelli earlier this week. An autopsy revealed Scavelli died from blunt force injuries to the neck and head. McHenry County Coroner Dr. Anne Majewski on Friday said the woman had a broken neck. The criminal complaint accuses Dibbern of striking and stabbing her, but the
coroner said Scavelli’s stab wounds did not contribute to her death. Dibbern, 49, appeared before a McHenry County judge with a large wound on the right side of his head and multiple vertical cuts on both of his arms. Judge Robert Wilbrant explained to Dibbern his rights and set his next court date for Tuesday. He was ap-
pointed a public defender, but told the judge he may be able to hire private counsel. According to a financial affidavit, Dibbern is unemployed and had been living with his uncle and cousin in Chicago. Police have said he is from McHenry. He told the judge
See SUSPECT, page A7
Howard E. Dibbern, 49, of McHenry, is charged with first-degree murder in the death of Karen M. Scavelli of Island Lake.
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By SOPHIA TAREEN The Associated Press CHICAGO – First it was allegations of nursing home resident neglect. Then an admitted serial fraudster on a retirement funds board. Now it’s companies outsourcing jobs overseas. Locked into one of the nation’s closest gubernatorial races, Gov. Pat Quinn is focusing on a key theme as he tries to keep venture capitalist Bruce Rauner from becoming the first Republican in more than a decade to Gov. Pat run Illinois: pickQuinn ing apart Rauner’s private equity firm investments and how he made hundreds of millions of dollars. The tactic, used to portray RaunBruce er as a heartless Rauner multimillionaire, mimics President Barack Obama campaign’s portrayal of another businessman – Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney in 2012. But political analysts said the strategy has risks, including that it’s tough to tie Rauner directly to company decisions and that the move could anger the business community. “It’s an indirect way of arguing that this candidate is out of touch with the voters,” said Nathan Daschle, the Democratic Governors Association’s former executive director. “But you do have to be careful that you’re not sending
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Marine Unit Deputy Dave Shafer (right) performs a safety check on Patrick Herring (center) of Prairie Grove, with his father Len Herring, while on patrol Thursday along the Fox River. According to Shafer, McHenry County is lucky to have fewer issues with intoxication and recklessness compared to neighboring counties. Boat safety, life vests, lights and intoxication on weekends are most common among issues faced while on patrol.
Local agencies have resources ready if a call for help comes
By KEVIN P. CRAVER kcraver@shawmedia.com With warm weather comes residents’ return to the open water, and the hopes of McHenry County’s water rescue professionals that they never will need to be called. But when the call for help comes, they have the training, gear and shared resources to save lives if need be. If residents run into trouble in the water, be it on the Chain O’
Lakes or a rural swimming hole, their fire and rescue departments have a network of resources from which to draw to get as much help on the scene as soon as possible. Unfortunately, it’s been a bad start to the year for water safety. Fire departments in early April extricated a 56-year-old Algonquin
man from his car after he drove it into a retention pond at Algonquin Commons, and he died several days later. Two weeks after that incident, a 15-year-old Crystal Lake boy drowned in a pond at a party outside of town. In any given year, the Algonquin-Lake in the Hills Fire Protec-
tion District’s Swift Water Rescue Team may not receive any calls for a rescue in its jurisdiction, or it could receive five or more, Chief Patrick Mullen said. Ten of the district’s firefighters are trained in water rescue should the call be received. “We know we have certain risks in the community,” Mullen said. “We have lakes in Lake in the Hills. We have a river that runs through our jurisdiction.
See RESCUES, page A7
See RAUNER, page A7
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FACADE UPGRADE PROGRAM IN WORKS A new program meant to push downtown businesses in Huntley to spruce up their exteriors could help jolt a downtown overhaul that village officials recently have begun unfolding. Village Board members tentatively supported the idea during a committee meeting Thursday. A final vote on the program is scheduled for next week. For more, see page B1.
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