
Business braces for Route 47 work
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 […]

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 – […]


Four proposals to make use of the Old Courthouse and Sheriff’s House brought a generally enthusiastic response during the first public airing of the plans. Members of the Old Courthouse […]

Fortified with hot coffee and handwarmers, about 200 people rallied inbelow-freezing wind chills under an overcast sky Saturday on the snow-covered Woodstock Square as part of the third annual National Women’s March. […]

Members of the Board of Education for Woodstock School District 200 were generally positive about their new “intergovernmental agreement” with the city, but there was little enthusiasm for the deal. […]

Four proposals to make use of the Old Courthouse and Sheriff’s House brought a generally enthusiastic response this week during the first public airing of the plans. Members of the […]
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