Despite a state law requiring them to do so, the Woodstock City Council for the second consecutive year refused to adopt a prevailing wage ordinance. The council voted 5-1 June […]

New Woodstock Police Chief John Lieb was sworn in at the Woodstock City Council meeting June 21. Judge Michael Caldwell administered the oath. Lieb, formerly the department’s deputy chief, started […]

The city of Woodstock and the Woodstock Fire/Rescue District are preparing to move its 911 dispatch services to the McHenry County Northeastern Regional Communications Center, NERCOM.  In an effort to […]

The Woodstock Opera House and 15 nonprofits were awarded funding from the city of Woodstock’s Hotel/Motel Tax Tourism Grant Program. Funding for the program comes from a 5 percent tax […]

Three teenage boys were arrested in connection with a recent robbery at a Shell gasoline station on Madison Street.   Woodstock police arrested the teens – ages 14, 15 and 17 […]

A Woodstock man was arrested Sunday after he allegedly fondled a woman at Redlight Boutique.   Eric D. Broederdorf, 44, of the 200 block of First Street, was charged June 26 with […]

Woodstock police are searching for three young men armed with what authorities called an “assault-style” rifle who robbed the Shell Gasoline station during the early morning hours of Friday, June 24.   […]

  When the Woodstock School District 200 Board of Education considered a contract extension and raise for Superintendent Mike Moan for the second time in one month Tuesday night, it […]

UPDATED Tuesday, June 21, 2016  The McHenry County Coroner’s Office confirmed the pedestrian struck by a Metra train Monday evening died from injuries sustained in the collision.   Raymond G. […]

A 45-year-old Woodstock man has been arrested and charged with robbery and theft stemming from robberies at a cash store and bank in Belvidere.   Shawn M. Rank, of the 100 […]