McLean County Clerk

The chair of the McLean County Board said she is not yet satisfied with the solution of a loan to the village of Hudson to make up for an error in tax collection.

Property owners in rural areas of Hudson Township were incorrectly charged a Hudson Village tax on their most recent tax bills. The error affects about 600 taxpayers who were initially overcharged by about 2%.

Parcels within Hudson Township, but outside the Village of Hudson, including the area surrounding Lake Bloomington, were inadvertently charged a village tax. A review of several tax bills indicates it may have also affected how village residents were taxed.

In a press conference Friday morning, McLean County Clerk Kathy Michael said scrutiny about her office's spending in 2025 was a politically-motivated attempt to slander her in an election year.

The chair of the McLean County Board said the recent awarding of $1.7 million in mental health and human service funding shows the potential of an intergovernmental agreement using shared tax money to improve the community.

Crockett said it's time for a fresh face in the office and he wants to do innovative things other county clerks do, such as employ universal polling places.

The skirmishing between Democratic McLean County Board members and Republican McLean County Clerk Kathy Michael continued as Michael did not appear before the board Executive Committee Monday afternoon.

Bradley W. Beyer was granted pretrial supervision last week after being arrested on 34 counts of possessing and viewing child pornography. A McLean County judge reversed that ruling, sending Beyer to jail to await trial.

Bradley Beyer was the co-director of McLean County elections until September 2025. He's been granted conditional release while awaiting trial.

Turnout in McLean County (including Bloomington voters) reached only 21.2% in this midterm, nonpresidential year primary election. That’s the third straight decline in turnout in elections of this type.