A Woodstock Police officer arrested in February for allegedly driving drunk while off duty has quit the force. Michael E. Niedzwiecki, who was a WPD patrol officer at the time […]
Every household in Woodstock soon will receive a fabric shopping bag as part of a city-led initiative that eventually could expand to include a charge for plastic bags at Woodstock […]
The reconstruction of Route 47 through Woodstock is moving forward, according to the Illinois Department of Transportation. The second part of the three-phase project to widen the highway has been […]
The McHenry County Fair Association recently purchased 11.36 acres of land on Sharon Drive, contiguous to the fairgrounds. The purchase price was $142,075. According to McHenry County Fair Association Board […]
Two traffic accidents in the same spot sent five people to the hospital over the course of several days. The intersection of Hartland Road and Highway 14 in rural Woodstock […]
Incumbent Brian Sager was re-elected to his fourth term as Woodstock mayor, handily beating challengers Michael Rein and Gregg Hanson in the consolidated election April 4. Sager garnered 58.97 percent […]
A Woodstock resident said she was unable to vote for mayor or City Council today because the McHenry County Clerk’s Office mistakenly believes her house is not in the city. […]
Candidates for Woodstock mayor and City Council disagree on whether the city should raise its sales tax rate. The proposal to add a home-rule sales tax in Woodstock was a […]
The city of Woodstock will have slightly lower budgeted expenditures and slightly higher revenues in the next fiscal year if the City Council approves the budget presented to them March […]
Construction is slated to begin soon on a roundabout at Raffel and Charles roads, the first of its kind in the Woodstock area. The intersection just north of Woodstock North […]
Larry Lough is editor of The Independent and reports local news.
Janet Dovidio has been a freelance correspondent for The Independent for eight years.
Susan W. Murray wrote for The Independent, covering various beats, from 2005 to 2008.
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