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Swiss Maid Bakery’s Woodstock location, 122 N. Benton St., will close as of this Saturday, Feb. 16. Paul Stricker, owner of the Harvard location that includes the baking facility, said he sold the Woodstock business to Kevin Olesen a little over a year ago. Stricker reported he provided Olesen the financing for the sale. On […]








Larry Lough is editor of The Independent and reports local news.
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