Woodstock School District 200 students will be out of class for two weeks beginning Monday because of concerns about the risk of the coronavirus. Superintendent Mike Moan sent out a […]
McHenry County is under a state of emergency in response to the county’s first presumptive case of coronavirus. The declaration today by McHenry County Board Chairman Jack Franks activates the […]
Will it be a Democrat or a Republican who wins the Illinois House District 63 seat this year? Democrat Jack Franks of Marengo won his first term in the Illinois […]
A McHenry County resident has tested positive at the Illinois Department of Health laboratory for coronavirus disease – COVID-19. The case is a teen without a history of travel to […]
McHenry County is moving a Hartland Township polling place next week from Valley Hi Nursing Home as a precaution to protect its residents from coronavirus, officials announced Tuesday. While county […]
Parents of students in Woodstock School District 200 have been notified of the cancellation of international school-sponsored trips over spring break over concerns about the Coronavirus. Among those trips was […]
Bids will be opened this week for $10 million in contracts to improve more than 200 street segments throughout Woodstock this year. If you happen to live on a “failed” […]
With construction still about two years away, the city is preparing for its role in the improvement of 2 miles of Route 47 through Woodstock. The project last year received […]
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