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City Council, old courthouse

At 161 years old, the former McHenry County Courthouse has some aging problems. “It really needs a lot of work,” Woodstock City Planner Nancy Baker said as she began an […]

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City Council, old courthouse

Larry Lough

Larry Lough is editor of The Independent and reports local news. He has worked for community newspapers in Indiana, Illinois, and Iowa for the past five decades, and was a college journalism instructor for 17 years.

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