The 67th Annual Miss Woodstock Scholarship Pageant drew an impressive slate of 12 talented contenders. The young ladies gathered for the annual pageant July 10, at the Woodstock Opera House, to perform and compete before a supportive hometown crowd. By night’s end, recent Woodstock High School graduate Nora Brown was crowned Miss Woodstock 2015. […]
A man and a woman were arrested Tuesday, July 7, and charged for what Woodstock Police described as an illegal narcotics exchange in the Woodstock Square park. Matthew R. Brock, 610 Lawndale Ave., Woodstock, was charged with possession of a controlled substance, a Class 4 felony, according to Woodstock Police Chief Robert Lowen. […]
In the end, it all came down to money. The Woodstock School District 200 Board of Education unanimously voted Wednesday night to reject five bids relating to the proposed installation of an artificial turf surface at Woodstock High School’s Larry Dale Field. “The difference in cost was $350,000 over what was raised,” District 200 Superintendent […]
The Woodstock School District 200 Board of Education will hold a special meeting Wednesday, July 8, to review and vote on bids for the proposed $955,170 artificial turf project at Woodstock High School. The board established July 6 as the deadline by which any interested contractors could submit bid estimates for the nearly $1 million plan […]
Woodstock Police are investigating a property damage incident at The Storage Space on or before July 1. At about 10:15 p.m. July 1, a customer found damage at the storage facility located at 945 Dieckmann St., located off Route 47 just south of Highway 14. “A 50-pound weight was used to break the glass door […]
Woodstock police officer David Dempsey just couldn’t let down his former partner. The pair, both injured in a car accident on their way to a training exercise in September 2014, had been inseparable for a year, working side by side as they sniffed out trouble on the city’s streets. The crash — the result of […]
When most people plan a cross-country bike trip, they typically don’t choose a rat for a riding companion. But Lizzy Trickey knew she and her friend, Haley Winkelman, both of McMinnville, Ore., would be on the road for nearly seven months if they accomplished their goal of cycling 10,000 miles through the 48 contiguous states […]
The Woodstock City Council approved the distribution of $87,000 in hotel/motel tax funds to area nonprofits and to the Woodstock Opera House June 16, an increase over last year’s disbursement. In total, 14 organizations and the Opera House received money from the tax program, which was implemented in 2005. The 5 percent tax on short-term […]
Step aside turkeys, there’s a new testicle festival in McHenry County. Bull Valley Golf Club is hosting the first-ever Bull Stock, a bull testicle culinary event similar to Huntley’s annual Turkey Testicle Festival. The inaugural Bull Stock – named for Bull Valley and Woodstock – is planned for 5 p.m. to midnight Friday, July 3, […]
Most of the year, the village of Wonder Lake is a typical, laid-back lake community. But when the Fourth of July rolls around, the town of about 4,000 people pulls out all the stops to provide one of the biggest Independence Day celebrations in McHenry County. The festivities, which include a water ski show […]
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.
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