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City Council, COVID-19, state of emergency, Woodstock Economic Development

Twenty-six Woodstock businesses have received a maximum $5,000 check from the city’s small-business loan program, and 74 loans are still available to help local merchants deal with fallout from the […]

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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.

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