Family, friends and the Woodstock North High School community are rallying around the family of a Woodstock teenager who was tragically killed in Phoenix, Ariz. this past weekend. Faith Kies, a 16-year-old sophomore at Woodstock North, died at 6:41 p.m. Jan. 16, as the result of a gunshot wound she sustained during a double-shooting the […]
The new owners of Plum Tree National Golf Club between Harvard and Woodstock are scheduled to appear before the McHenry County Liquor and License Commission next month. Plum Tree National LLC, the name of the new owners of the former 18-hole golf course, submitted strategic redevelopment plans outlining the many new uses the company plans for […]
UPDATED 12:15 P.M. WEDNESDAY, JAN. 13, 2016 The 7-year-old girl hit by a Pace bus Tuesday at Walmart in Woodstock has been released from the hospital and the driver has been cited in the crash. Woodstock Police cited Lynne R. Keller, Huntley, for failure to use due care while operating a motor vehicle and failure […]
An elderly Woodstock woman found dead outside her home Monday morning showed signs of weather exposure, the McHenry County Coroner’s Office announced. The 70-year-old woman was found outside by a caretaker around 9 a.m. and pronounced dead at 9:23 a.m. Jan. 11, according to a statement from McHenry County Coroner Anne Majewski. An examination revealed signs […]
State and local incentives can start flowing to businesses looking to locate or expand within the Harvard-Woodstock enterprise zone after it received certification from the state of Illinois. The 7.7-square mile territory was approved for an enterprise zone in August, but the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity said at the time it could […]
A dispute that started over a traffic ticket in Bull Valley last summer has grown into a legal battle between a Lake in the Hills man and the village’s police chief. Charles Casamento filed a $2.1 million lawsuit Dec. 18 against the village of Bull Valley, Police Chief James Page and Officer Al Antonio. […]
McHenry County residents should prepare for frigid temperatures and more snow this week. Daytime temperatures are expected to plunge into the teens from Sunday, Jan. 10 to Wednesday, Jan. 13. The National Weather Service-Chicago reports wind chills between -10 to -15 degrees are possible the morning of Monday, Jan. 11, and again the morning of Wednesday, Jan. […]
Woodstock Police arrested two teenage boys Jan. 6 who they said are connected to numerous car break-ins in Woodstock since last month. At 3:40 a.m. Jan. 6, the Woodstock Police Department received a complaint that two males were attempting to enter a car parked in a driveway in the 500 block of Blakely Street, Police Chief […]
The Hooved Animal Humane Society has rescued 14 miniature horses after one of their owners and primary caretaker died. The horses were brought to the HAHS farm in Woodstock at 10804 McConnell Road last month from Central Illinois. One of the horses’ owners died suddenly, and the other had serious health problems that prevented […]
The Woodstock Police Department is warning residents about an increase in burglaries and thefts from cars throughout the city. Because of the recent spike in thefts from cars, police are reminding residents to lock their vehicles. “All of these recent burglaries and thefts have had the common factor of the driver/owner leaving their vehicles unlocked […]
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