A traffic dispute between two Wonder Lake men escalated into an attack with a nail gun, Woodstock police said. Police officers responded to reports of a physical altercation near the intersection of Route 47 and Country Club Road at about 3 p.m. Sept. 13, according to a statement from the Woodstock Police Department. When officers […]
A passion for politics sparked by two internships led to a 5-year path to the White House for Laura Miller, a 2007 graduate of Woodstock High School. Currently the Director of Online Engagement in the Office of Digital Strategy, she started out working for Jack Franks while she was a senior in high school. A […]
Members of the Bull Valley community recently helped spruce up the barn on the historic Stickney House property. The village held a barn painting event, led and conducted by volunteers, to add a fresh coat of white paint to the more than 60-year-old barn that stands on the Stickney House property at 1904 Cherry […]
Land once slated for a minor league baseball stadium will become property of the city of Woodstock if it passes an environmental inspection. The Woodstock City Council unanimously approved accepting a donation Sept. 6 of about 39 acres of land near Highway 14 and Lake Shore Drive. The property was at one time expected to […]
The Woodstock Theatre will bring some of the best of international cinema to Woodstock when it again hosts the Woodstock International Film Festival this month. Classic Cinemas, the movie theater’s parent company, has announced the lineup for the 14th annual event, which showcases recently released foreign films that have earned accolades and awards from critics. […]
An Illinois-bred horse, raised and trained in Woodstock, returned from the 2016 Kentucky State Fair in Louisville in late August with a garland of flowers around his neck and a world championship title. Kiss My Cuervo, affectionately known around the barn as Tito, was named world champion five-gaited ladies champion in a unanimous decision under […]
Woodstock Police arrested a male juvenile after a pickup truck was stolen last week from a residential driveway. Police responded at about 12:30 p.m. Sept. 2, to a residence in the 600 block of Dane Street, where a man reported his grey 1999 Chevrolet truck had been stolen sometime around midnight the previous evening, […]
A special census commissioned by the city of Woodstock will begin Friday, Sept. 9, the city has announced. Employees from the U.S. Census Bureau will canvass neighborhoods in Woodstock where city officials believe residential growth has occurred since the 2010 decennial census. Those neighborhoods are Sweetwater, the Sonatas, Maples at the Sonatas and Walnut Ridge. […]
A group of frustrated taxpayers made good on a promise to return to the McHenry County Treasurer’s Office to again pay their property taxes in $1 bills. At least three McHenry County property owners packed thousands of singles into suitcases and briefcases and hauled them to the treasurer’s office in order to pay their property […]
About 85 people were in the audience for a town hall-style campaign event in Woodstock where most topics of discussion led back to property taxes. State Rep. Jack Franks (D-Marengo), the Democratic candidate for McHenry County Board chairman, hosted the town hall at Woodstock North High School Aug. 31. The event was billed as an […]
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.
