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Staff Report news@thewoodstockindependent.com Bond is set at $300,000 for a Woodstock man arrested this week on 12 counts related to sex crimes dating back to 2019. Jason L. Reinhard, 37, […] Subscribe or Login to continue reading this quality article by The Woodstock Independant …
City government will get a newly designed website, but the process is being complicated by Woodstock’s departmental structure. Approval of a contract for the redesign was postponed last week by […] Subscribe or Login to continue reading this quality article by The Woodstock Independant …
Here’s this month’s challenge for all of our dedicated Photo Detectives. On a walk through his neighborhood in 1941, Robert Vieregg, an assistant in the Woodstock City Light Department, noted [&hellip…
By Paul Lockwood He didn’t have an “extreme burning passion” to get into law enforcement. He’s been with the Woodstock Police Department only since September 2019. He’s the second youngest […] …
Moody's Investors Service, one of the "big three" credit rating agencies, on Tuesday announced an upgrade to Illinois' creditworthiness. Tuesday's move represents the eighth such upgrade under Gov. J.B. Pritzker after years of downgrades, including seven during the state's two-year budget impasse under GOP Gov. Bruce Rauner. (Chart by Hannah Meisel and Andrew Adams, Capitol News Illinois)
By PETER HANCOCKCapitol News Illinoisphancock@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD – Moody’s Investors Service announced Tuesday that it had upgraded Illinois’ bond rating to A3, up from Baa1, marking the eighth credit upgrade the state has […] Subscribe or Login to continue reading this quality article by The Woodstock Independant…

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Fresh fruit and clean restrooms are the announced plan for a new 6,000-square-foot convenience store at Route 47 and County Club Road, where a new BP gas and diesel fuel station is proposed. (Independent file photo)
“Woodstock needs a hotel.” City Plan Commission member Steve Gavers repeated those oft-spoken words last week after a developer laid out very preliminary plans that could bring a hotel to […] …
The Old Courthouse will house Woodstock's incubator space. (Independent file photo)
Staff Report news@thewoodstockindependent.com Applications are sought through March 31 for the inaugural group in the city of Woodstock’s retail incubation program, The 101.  Under the program, a phys…

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