
‘Compromise’ gets D-200’s vote
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. […]

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 […]

Staff Report news@thewoodstockindependant.com Woodstock will host one of hundreds of marches nationwide this weekend to commemorate the 2017 Women’s March on Washington. A similar march last year drew more than […]


With Woodstock’s “new” tax increment financing district approaching its first anniversary, the city and Woodstock School District 200 finally have an agreement on compensating schools for extra costs caused by […]

We can assume that use of the Old Courthouse and Sheriff’s House will make a lot of news again in 2020. It could be the first big story of the […]




On the day local Congresswoman Lauren Underwood announced her support for impeachment of the president, about 175 people rallied in 28-degree cold on the Woodstock Square in support of the […]
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Janet Dovidio has been a freelance correspondent for The Independent for eight years.
Susan W. Murray wrote for The Independent, covering various beats, from 2005 to 2008.
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