Downtown rail crossing will be closed two weeks Union Pacific Railroad will close the crossing at Jefferson and Judd streets for two weeks beginning this coming Monday morning to make […]
By Heather Vosburgh news@thewoodstockindependent.com Preserving and restoring Bull Valley’s historic Stickney House will move forward with a report from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. The Bull Valley […]
Staff Report news@thewoodstockindependent.com The city of Woodstock has won a $22,950 grant to create an intergenerational environmental education nature trail in Emricson Park in partnership with The Land Conservancy of […]
Donors make Woodstock July 4 fireworks possible Woodstock’s Fourth of July Fireworks will light up the skies at dusk Monday, July 4, at Emricson Park. To park inside the park, […]
By Nancy Shevel About 4,400 different species of worms are grouped into five families. Of those thousands of species, 2,700 are considered earthworms. American gardens are called home by at […]
Woodstock Free Methodist Church has a new pastor. The congregation welcomed the Rev. Jim Aniol and his wife, Christy, during his installation on April 17. “In addition to being blessed […]
By Julia Eastham news@thewoodstockindepenDEnt.com Flowers, hugs, and cheers greeted Terry Willcockson as she approached the podium to receive her award as 2022 Woman of the Year. “Wow! I mean just […]
McHenry County College student Maggie Griffin is 2022 Miss Woodstock. Jordan Cheng won the title of Little Miss Woodstock during the 73rd annual Miss Woodstock scholarship pageant June 23 at […]
Field Day is ham radio’s open house. For 24 hours every fourth full weekend in June, more than 40,000 hams throughout North America set up temporary transmitting stations in public […]
Staff Report news@the woodstockindependent.com All 1.7 acres of Food Shed Co-op’s site for a new grocery are expected to be rezoned from manufacturing to retail business use. The Woodstock Plan […]
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.
Tricia Carzoli is a freelance writer and photographer that on community news.
