Except for some disagreement about the modern design of a new back entrance to the 1857 Old Courthouse, members of two city commissions last week gave favorable reviews to the […]
By BEN ORNERCapitol News Illinoisborner@capitolnewsillinois.comSPRINGFIELD – As the entire state remains on pace to enter the next phase of reopening in just nine days, Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced a major […]
Woodstock has granted $265,000 in small-business loans from the program created by City Council eight weeks ago. Garrett Anderson, the city’s director of Economic Development, said 59 applications had been […]
Woodstock has joined two dozen other McHenry County municipalities to ask Gov. J.B. Pritzker to realign the county in his Restore Illinois plan to allow more business and social activity. […]
By REBECCA ANZELCapitol News Illinoisranzel@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD – Illinois hit its lowest daily percentage of positive COVID-19 test results in more than month Wednesday, but also reported the largest daily high […]
Even the routine decisions are not easy anymore. Although the Woodstock City Council voted 7-0 to buy three new police vehicles, the decision came after a lengthy discussion about the […]
“Between a rock and a hard place” is how Board of Education member Bruce Farris described the bond debt situation of Woodstock School District 200. With $161 million in debt […]
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