By Eileen Millard news@thewoodstockindependent.com What steps can people take to help themselves or others in a medical emergency? Firefighter-paramedics at the Woodstock Fire/Rescue District are experts in that area. And […]
Members of a local Girl Scout troop, all seniors in high school, are in their final year together as Girl Scouts. Girl Scout Troop 510 is an Ambassador Troop, the […]
Open house offers details of Bull Valley development Woodstock Country Club of Bull Valley, 10310 Country Club Road, will host an open house this week for a village initiative called […]
Here’s this month’s challenge for all of our dedicated Photo Detectives. On a walk through his neighborhood in 1941, Robert Vieregg, an assistant in the Woodstock City Light Department, noted […]
By Paul Lockwood He didn’t have an “extreme burning passion” to get into law enforcement. He’s been with the Woodstock Police Department only since September 2019. He’s the second youngest […]
McHenry County 4-H groups gathered en masse this month for the first International Night since the pandemic. “We are so proud of the time and effort the youth dedicate to […]
Staff Report news@thewoodstockindependent.com Stories from local Latino/Latine people about the agricultural history in McHenry County are welcome in a new project that will debut this month in Woodstock. “Raices Latinas: […]
Police chief issues warning about St. Patrick’s partying St. Patrick’s Day falls on a Friday this year, “which means more parties throughout the weekend,” according to Woodstock Police Chief John […]
By Destiny Seaton According to the Environmental Protection Agency, 14.5 million tons of plastic containers and packaging was generated in 2018. Additionally, a new study was recently published in the […]
Staff Report news@thewoodstockindependent.com UNION – The roads that we now take for granted were not always so. In fact, it often took a Herculean effort on the part of many […]
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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