William Oshields News Today

Trinity High School senior William OShields is this weeks MDU Resources Teen of the Week.

William O’Shields was a star in football, basketball, and track in 1917-1918 at Rochester High School, but he has never received the acclaim locally that often accompanies athletic prowess.

A former employee of the Cook County Board of Review was sentenced to three months in prison and at least one year of probation Tuesday for taking bribes to fix tax appeals on more than two dozen properties.

The latest tax bill was several months late and, for many, came with the sticker shock of a large increase, in part because of new assessments.

Assessment reforms shifted the tax burden to commercial real estate -- but the Board of Review undid that, Kaegi contends.

The defendant accepted about $43,000 in bribes from an FBI informant, authorities said.

Four Cook County employees committed “financial fraud directed at the federal government” by wrongly collecting roughly $120,000 in payroll protection plan loans intended to help businesses survive the pandemic, according to a report from the county’s inspector general.

Four employees committed “financial fraud directed at the federal government” by wrongly collecting roughly $120,000 in payroll protection plan loans intended to help businesses survive the pandemic, according to a

Riley Safer Holmes & Cancila LLP agreed to draft a "PowerPoint presentation and a comprehensive written report outlining the findings of the investigation."

Assessment delays portend problems for local governments that rely on timely tax payments. Board of Review member Larry Rogers Jr. blames Assessor Fritz Kaegi.