Council moves to help business
April 1, 2020
Woodstock’s package to ease the financial effects of the coronavirus will not include a delay in the city’s new motor fuel tax of 3 cents a gallon, which goes into […]
Woodstock officials are supporting Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s latest order that people in Illinois continue to stay home through April 30 and that schools continue to be closed for on-site instruction […]
More than two dozen confirmed cases of the coronavirus in McHenry County has led to the death of a Crystal Lake man. According to a news release from the McHenry […]
Maybe it was not surprising that Catalina Lauf of Woodstock won McHenry County last week in a seven-candidate race for the Republican nomination for the 14th District congressional seat – […]
Woodstock officials, who had closed some city facilities earlier, announced further restrictions on city facilities and personnel in response to Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s announcement Friday ordering all Illinois residents to […]
Local small businesses in Woodstock would benefit from a $500,000 emergency loan program the City Council will consider in a special meeting Wednesday afternoon. The council ‘s emergency session at […]
Establishing a small-business loan program and suspending the city’s new single-use bag fee are on the agenda for an emergency meeting of the Woodstock City Council at 2 p.m. Wednesday. […]
In response to Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s announcement Friday ordering all Illinois residents to “stay at home,” and the closure of all “non-essential” businesses, Woodstock officials announced further restrictions on city […]
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