
Council OKs jobs measures
Seniors housing complex, car dealer win approval from city



Two familiar faces will be missing when school resumes next fall at Woodstock North High School. The Woodstock School District 200 Board of Education last week approved the resignation of […]


Plans for new uses of the Old Courthouse and Sheriff’s House could be ready for City Council review next month. Even though occupancy by new tenants is probably still two […]

By Brittany Keeperman Illinois Department of Transportation has begun surveying properties along Route 47 for acquisition as it moves forward with its project to widen and improve the highway through […]

It is six more weeks of winter … according to Woodstock Willie. In front of a larger than ever crowd Sunday morning, a feistier-than-usual Willie was pulled out of his […]

By Capitol News Illinois SPRINGFIELD – Former state Sen. Martin Sandoval entered a plea deal Tuesday, Jan. 28, in which he admitted to receiving more than $250,000 in bribes over […]


Downtown property that had been Woodstock Station and might have been Founder’s Crossing is again looking for a developer, but this time with a new owner of the site – […]
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