Local artists and fine craftsmen will be opening their studios to the public to display and sell their works and demonstrate their talents Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 13 and 14, for the inaugural McHenry County Area Studio Art Tour. The free, self-guided tour, hosted by the Woodstock Professional & Business Women, is from 10 a.m. […]
While the Prairie State and specifically Woodstock have been home to Hartmann Signs for the past 22 years, owner Don Hartmann is looking to post his signs at a higher altitude. Hartmann is moving his Woodstock sign business to the mountains of Montana, officially closing the Woodstock shop Tuesday, Sept. 30. Hartmann and his wife, […]
Woodstock School District 200 elementary schools are filling up on lemonade and collecting change this September for Alex’s Lemonade Stand, an organization benefitting childhood cancer research. Though September is pediatric cancer awareness month, students and staff are doing more than just spreading the word. Dean Street, Greenwood, Olson, Prairiewood, Mary Endres and Westwood elementary schools […]
Centegra Health System has filed paperwork to end its inpatient services at its South Street facility and move some of them to Doty Road. The nonprofit health care provider has asked the Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board to allow it to discontinue its status as a licensed general hospital at Centegra Specialty Hospital-Woodstock, […]
Blazing a new trail for Woodstock, the McHenry County Conservation District Board of Trustees recently approved the opening of a horse trail at Brookdale Conservation Area, effective May 30, 2015. The board signed a Memorandum of Understanding between MCCD and the McHenry County Horse Club – acting on behalf of the Equestrian Coalition of McHenry […]
The Woodstock City Council helped clear the way for a medical marijuana dispensary to open at 2300-2312 S. Eastwood Drive by approving a special-use permit and zoning variance for the facility. The 4-2 vote Aug. 19 came after more than 90 minutes of discussion during which council members raised questions about how the dispensary would […]
A rental agreement between the city of Woodstock and the owner of a local restaurant failed to pass through the City Council Aug. 19, but officials say the deal isn’t dead yet. A 4-2 vote in favor of the lease, which would have seen the Woodstock Public House move into restaurant space in the city-owned […]
Responding to a call Aug. 19, a Woodstock Fire/Rescue District crew arrived on scene carrying buckets of ice water. With no fire to put out, the crew, instead, doused themselves and Star 105.5 hosts Joe Cicero and Tina Bree with the icy water, participating in the viral Ice Bucket Challenge campaign effort to ignite conversation […]
Seeing someone ride a horse down the road is not an unusual sight … unless it’s along Route 47 through Woodstock. A highway packed with traffic and sparse areas of grass, 47 is not a typical choice for most horsemen. But for Arkansas cowboy Tye Sturgeon, it was the perfect path. Sturgeon, 20, and his […]
As spring 2015 nears, one Woodstock family’s move to Africa is becoming a reality. Extending Hands ministry and International Teams are hosting a benefit from 5:30 to 10 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 6, at Suncreek Farms for the Choitz family so they can move to Chongwe, Zambia, to minister to local communities there. Extending Hands, a […]
Larry Lough is editor of The Independent and reports local news.
Janet Dovidio has been a freelance correspondent for The Independent for eight years.
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