
No growth (or loss) in D-200
School district enrollment down, but only by 0.03 percent


No need for you to attend the Woodstock City Council meeting tonight if you were expecting discussion and action on the proposed Founder’s Crossing housing development. The item has been […]

A Wonder Lake man was among three people arrested in Woodstock during a human trafficking sting on a charge of solicitation of a sex act, according to a news release […]

A 43-year-old Harvard man was killed in a motorcycle crash near Wonder Lake Wednesday evening, the McHenry County Sheriff’s Office reported this morning. Investigators said the victim, identified as Jesse […]

Plans have changed for that retail/residential building proposed for the northwest corner of Madison and Church streets. In fact, the project evolved into a residential/storage building with no commercial element. […]

Woodstock has a new objective limit on noise for police to enforce, and come January the city will have a 10-cents-a-bag tax on single-use bags to get local retail customers […]


When he ran for a fourth term as mayor of Woodstock, Brian Sager announced it would be his last. Now he has announced what’s next. Sager told The Independenthe would campaign […]


Larry Lough is editor of The Independent and reports local news.
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.
Tricia Carzoli is a freelance writer and photographer that on community news.