
26% more homes sold in 3Q
Numbers mixed by differing price ranges




Two Woodstock businesses have been named 2018 Business Champions by the McHenry County Economic Development Corp. Flocon Inc. and Dougherty Enterprises were honored during the MCEDC’s annual dinner Oct. 23 […]


BTM Industries Inc., of Woodstock, hosted the eighth-graders from St. Mary School for National Manufacturing Day Oct. 5. MFG Day started in 2012 by the National Association of Manufacturers. Its […]

With its last and biggest sale winding down, Bohn’s Ace Hardware on Route 47 is set to end an almost century-long legacy in Woodstock and close its doors by the […]

Bohn’s Ace Hardware, at 150 S Eastwood Drive, has a closing sale underway that marks the end of a Woodstock institution for close to 90 years. The third-generation owner of […]

Visit Woodstock Square Mall Sept. 21 A talent for sewing, handed down through several generations, led Woodstock resident Lynda Remmers and her sister, Annie Moody, to start HoopSisters, a sewing […]

Woodstock will be a little cooler this fall, thanks to the addition of Chilly Willie’s yogurt shop. Chrissy Huelsman owns the new business at 124 Cass St., Unit 1. YoFresh […]
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