Woodstock Police charged a registered sex offender with failing to disclose that he had a social media page. Corion V. Simpson, 20, 350 Leah Lane, unit 2C, was arrested Dec. […]
Roman Rodriguez, a Woodstock High School senior, was on Christmas dinner duty Dec. 19, busily steering boxes of food down a conveyor belt toward a line of waiting cars at […]
A 64-year-old Woodstock man was listed in serious condition Dec. 21 after being struck by a car while he was walking across Route 47. The accident occurred at about […]
One recent winter, Ken Eriksen glanced through his Bull Valley farmhouse window and noticed a car parked in his driveway for quite some time. After a while, Eriksen decided to […]
After serving as Woodstock’s top cop for more than 10 years, Chief Robert Lowen will retire in June 2016. The city announced Lowen’s upcoming retirement in a news release […]
The Woodstock School District 200 Board of Education tabled a decision on whether to seek legal action against Lakewood regarding the village’s newly-formed tax increment finance district. The school board’s […]
A former firehouse in downtown Woodstock soon will be used to serve the area’s homeless population, and organizers are looking for volunteers to staff it. The city-owned firehouse at the […]
Woodstock Fire/Rescue District might need to lay off workers or reduce some employee hours after the village of Lakewood recently declined to renew its fire/rescue contract with WFRD. The Village […]
Woodstock School District 200 Board members will decide this week whether to take legal action against Lakewood’s recently-created tax increment financing district near Route 47 and 176. The school […]
A Rockford man and woman were arrested Dec. 8 after he allegedly stole two nail guns from Menards and led Woodstock Police on a foot chase. Garry D. Bielefeldt, […]
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