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May 2012

Softball season winds down in Woodstock

The Blue Streaks and Thunder softball teams fall at regionals.

Hurricanes: Last team standing

The Hurricanes outlast their Woodstock competition in the IHSA Class 3A regional baseball tournament.

Get down with Buckwheat Zydeco

Grammy-winning musical act Buckwheat Zydeco heads up Woodstock's first Pickle Palooza.

Shooting range plan withdrawn

Plans for an outdoor shooting range and sporting complex have been nixed after officials and residents posed concerns about the proposed business along Route 120.

Woodstock could tackle courthouse issue soon

The courthouse building on the Woodstock Square was a centerpiece of Mayor Brian Sager's State of the City address.

Gavers donation promotes sun safety

A Gavers Community Cancer Foundation donation brings sun safety education to Woodstock School District 200 students.

Kline Dean Irwin

Nancy B. Fallaw

Stephen Hrncar

Gerald Scharnau

Mary Margaret Vohs

Beattie takes sixth at state finals

A time of 5 minutes, 14.48 was enough to earn Woodstock High School runner Maura Beattie a sixth-place finish in Charleston.

Big day for boys track in Woodstock

Woodstock and Woodstock North combine to qualify for 12 state events in boys track and field.

Elephant Gun firing up the Midwest

As area band Elephant Gun finds a larger following, some Woodstock natives and band members talk of their experience playing with the "hippie-punk, metal-influenced folk-pop, rootsy, Americana, punk country-esque and gypsy-rock" group.

Observers weather the elements for collaborative

The Community Collaborative Rain, Hail & Snow Network boasts 15,000 members nationwide and 26 weather observation stations in McHenry County alone.

Judith Karen (Ziller) Kaiser

Jeanne E. Maxwell

Marion Mikkelsen Lewis

Francis J. Dougherty

Irma Kunath