In its 71st year, McHenry County Fair boasted the theme “Growing for You,” but the motto still was, “Where farm and families meet.” While attractions at the six-day fair continue […]
Resurfacing projects on Lincoln Avenue and Wheeler Street have been bumped from Woodstock’s 2019 streets program because bids came in higher than expected. Work could begin as soon as this […]
By Capitol News Illinois staff SPRINGFIELD – Illinois high school students will soon have to complete some form of college financial aid application as a condition of graduation. Gov. J.B. […]
Whether the Woodstock Chamber of Commerce and Industry takes a position on the proposed Founder’s Crossing housing development might depend on what its board members hear in an Aug. 7 […]
Real Woodstock’s Board of Directors has been expanded to the maximum nine members with appointments by the board and Mayor Brian Sager. New community at-large appointees by the board are […]
A typically low-key summer meeting of the Woodstock School District 200 Board of Education received a jolt last week when two teachers questioned why co-curricular items that had been in […]
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.
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