Former Northwood Middle School Principal Jerome R. “Jake” Wakitsch pleaded guilty March 31 to forgery charges and stealing more than $26,000 from the school’s PTO fund and Fox Valley Junior High School Conference. Wakitsch, 42, of the 800 block of Robert Drive, Woodstock, appeared in McHenry County Court before Judge Sharon Prather where he entered his […]
By R.M. Brands news@thewoodstockindependent.com 14-year-old Jackson Brimberry, a freshman at Marian Central Catholic High School, worked with publishi…
October 16, 2026


