The Woodstock Police officer at the center of a drug arrest that spurred a federal lawsuit has quit the force. Officer Eric Schmidtke, an 18-year veteran of the Woodstock Police Department, handed in his resignation Nov. 17, Police Chief John Lieb confirmed. Schmidtke is one of two officers named in a lawsuit […]
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


