INDEPENDENT FILE PHOTO | Blacksmith hobbyist Chuck Howenstine of McHenry helps Emmit Graham make a mini sword during the 2018 HarvestFest on the Square. Blacksmith demonstrations are among the activities this week to celebrate Woodstock’s agricultural heritage.
Sunday will see a Mexican Independence Day celebration like Woodstock has never seen before. For starters, it won’t be in a parking lot behind Flores Banquets on Throop Street. This […]
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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.
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.
Amy Varys has taught fifth grade during her entire 34 years of teaching, all of them in Woodstock School District 200. After graduating from Crystal L…
Two recent Woodstock North High School grads have been chosen as 2023 Golden Apple Scholars, securing up to $23,000 in scholarship funds along with tr…
By Morgen Neuhauser news@thewoodstockindependent.com Hundreds of runners and dozens of families came out May 27 for the Melissa O’Leary Memorial Splas…
