by Katelyn Stanek | Aug 22, 2017 6:03 am
As Centegra Health System moves forward with a plan to suspend inpatient care at its hospital in Woodstock, Mayor Brian Sager said the city is hopeful a full-service hospital will return to Woodstock someday. Inpatient services at Centegra Hospital-Woodstock, 3701...
by Katelyn Stanek | Aug 21, 2017 9:04 pm
The housing market in Woodstock appears to be strengthening, according to property sales data and local real estate agents. Through the first six months of 2017, 208 single-family homes in 60098 sold at an average price of about $230,000, figures from the Multiple...
by Katelyn Stanek | Aug 21, 2017 4:07 pm
Mark J. Adamany follows a maxim, adapted slightly from a fellow artist and cleaned up for print: “It’s only a bleeping mural.” The Rockford artist can’t take himself, or his work, too seriously. Not when he spends months and months painting in the scorching sun, or...
by Katelyn Stanek | Aug 19, 2017 9:07 am
CL hospital: ‘Rules that are not followed are no rules at all’ Mercyhealth executives have accused Centegra Health System of “abandoning” Woodstock and striving to eliminate competition in the area. In an interview with five Mercy vice presidents, the executives took...
by Katelyn Stanek | Aug 18, 2017 10:28 am
Final costs for project total $61,000 A city-funded outdoor dining project ended up costing Woodstock over 20 percent more than estimated. Final expenses for the Benton Street Boardwalk totaled $61,115.52, according to Paul Christensen, Woodstock’s finance director....
by Katelyn Stanek | Aug 16, 2017 10:01 pm
A local distillery plans to add outdoor service and tastings to its offerings. Wondertucky Distillery & Bottling Co., 315 E. South St., will be allowed to host outdoor seating and on-site consumption of its products after the City Council modified the distillery’s...
by Katelyn Stanek | Aug 15, 2017 1:29 pm
Following a public hearing on the matter, city officials differ on whether or not to implement a home-rule sales tax in Woodstock — and if so, how much the city should charge. The City Council is considering increasing Woodstock’s sales tax on general merchandise....
by Katelyn Stanek | Aug 10, 2017 8:56 pm
The condition of Woodstock’s infrastructure, taxes and business climate dominated discussion at a public hearing on a possible increase to the city’s sales tax. Opinion was divided during the Aug. 1 hearing before the City Council, which stretched for about an hour...
by Katelyn Stanek | Aug 9, 2017 12:03 pm
In Oakland Cemetery, there is a plot, peaceful and undisturbed, wide open and unmarked. A hundred years ago, wooden crosses may have marked the spot, which sits behind the mausoleum, adjacent to rows of timeworn headstones. But today, there is nothing. It’s the...
by Katelyn Stanek | Aug 8, 2017 4:18 pm
Woodstock could gain acreage and Bull Valley could gain access to city water and sewer services under the terms of a deal approved by both municipalities last month. A 20-year boundary agreement between the city of Woodstock and the village of Bull Valley would allow...
