Council approves bike-share program
May 15, 2019
The U.S. veterans, active-duty military, staff, and volunteers of Operation Wild Horse brought a much-needed message to a big stage during the recent Midwest Horse Fair. The OWH Mounted Color […]
The Independent ran its awards total to 24 in the annual Excellence in New Contest of the Illinois Press Association. Results announced last month included four first-place awards for The […]
Reorganization didn’t change much on the Woodstock School District 200 Board of Education in the wake of the April 2 election. Gone from the “new” board is Russell Goerlitz, who […]
By the numbers, Woodstock City Council got 43 percent new members and a 100 percent increase in females. The three new members were sworn in to four-year terms during last […]
Freezing rain and snow didn’t keep the city’s Environmental Commission members from building a handful of garden boxes and spreading soil in preparation for the Woodstock Community GREENS ribbon-cutting at […]
Plans for a housing development north of Woodstock’s Metra station have been revised to address criticisms, but the approval process has stalled over a problem with public notice of proceedings. […]
A 30-year-old homeless man is being held on $2,500 bond after being charged with unlawful presence of a child sex offender within a school zone. Woodstock Police Chief John Lieb […]
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