When the March 31 application deadline arrived for businesses to occupy the two new incubator spaces inside the renovated Old Courthouse, the city of Woodstock had received three applications. All […]
Counting of late ballots didn’t change the results of the April 4 consolidated election in Woodstock area races, but it seemed to indicate a trend toward voting by mail. As […]
What kind of artwork should Woodstock display in the center of the city’s first traffic roundabout? City officials have formally asked for ideas by issuing a 32-page RFP – Request […]
Circle July 15 on your calendar. That’s the date city officials expect the $22 million restoration and remodeling of the Old Courthouse Center to finally be finished. Mayor Mike Turner […]
More than $115,000 in tourism-related grants have been made to 14 organizations for 2023-24 from Woodstock’s hotel-motel tax revenue. The City Council last week approved Tier 1 grants to three […]
A special use permit to allow Woodstock’s first cannabis-dispensing business to operate a 1411 S. Eastwood Drive, the site of the former Golf & Games, won a recommendation last week […]
Development of the former Die Cast factory site in Woodstock has hit a snag. Citing concerns about traffic, parking, safety, and open spaces, the city Plan Commission voted 4-1 to […]
Staff Report news@thewoodstockindependent.com Woodstock is in line to get $5 million in the fiscal year 2024 federal budget toward the moving of Metra’s rail yard to the west side of […]
Senior housing in Woodstock at the former Die Cast factory site in Woodstock would get a boost from an Advance McHenry County grant of $1.9 million. Plans for development of […]
Investigations at crime and accident scenes would get a new tool with the purchase of two drones for the Woodstock Police Department. That purchase is among the new spending items […]
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