
Virus hits too close to home
Schools cancel international travel over spring break


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 […]



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 […]
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