“We learned just how much our community supports one another,” MacKenzie Shutt, mother of 5-year-old Hollis Shutt, said. “As hard as it was to be vulnerable and accept help, the […]
“She embodies that no dream is too big. It doesn’t matter where you come from, the circumstances – you can do anything if you believe in yourself, you love what […]
Local recycling events set for Sept. 17, Oct. 15 Recyclable electronics, paper documents, clean polystyrene (Styrofoam), textiles, bulbs, and batteries will be collected during two residential recycling events in Woodstock. […]
The word “still” inspired both hope and sorrow at the sixth annual International Overdose Awareness Event, held from noon to 3 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 28, on the Woodstock Square. Mike […]
Staff Report news@thewoodstockindepent.com McHenry County Mental Health Board, in collaboration with the McHenry County Suicide Prevention Task Force, will host the sixth annual Suicide Prevention & Mental Health Recovery Conference […]
Staff Report news@thewoodstockindependent.com Woodstock again will be the finishing line for the 20th annual Thunder Run to call attention to POW/MIA issues and raise funds for veterans’ needs. Many of […]
“I don’t believe in coincidence,” St. Mary Catholic Church building and grounds committee volunteer Jim Liebetrau explained. “God wanted this baptismal font to be here.” St. Mary parish unveiled a […]
Members of St. Ann’s Episcopal Church have resumed all of the ministries that preceded the pandemic and added several more. ”St. Ann’s has come through the most difficult years of […]
Mary Bjork and Anabel Ordonez have been named Women of Inspiration at St. Mary Catholic Church. The annual recognition takes place in all parishes in the Rockford Diocese to honor […]
Staff members of the Woodstock Public Library coordinated very successful summer reading programs for all ages with the theme “Oceans of Possibilities.” Programs were organized by Kate Tripp, head of […]
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