INDEPENDENT PHOTO BY LARRY LOUGH |
Mike Hill, chief of the Woodstock Fire/Rescue District, poses with the district’s ladder truck at Station 1 on East Judd Street. The truck’s “105-foot stick” can be used on any building in Woodstock, he said.
How would the Woodstock Fire/Rescue District deal with fire in a new five-story apartment building? What about dozens of homes built only 6 feet apart in a new housing addition? […]
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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.
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