The Woodstock City Council approved the disbursement of $74,000 in hotel/motel tax funds June 18, granting money to 13 organizations and entities that applied for funding intended to support events […]
The second Woodstock Pickle Palooza music festival will take place from 11:30 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. Saturday, June 29, at Woodstock Harley-Davidson, 2050 S. Eastwood Drive. The festival, sponsored by […]
The 2010 death of Woodstock girl Hope Fuller has spurred an annual tradition in the city, with hundreds of runners and walkers coming together to remember the 12-year-old’s legacy and […]
While cold weather was the original culprit causing low attendance at Woodstock Water Works this summer, Recreation Director Dave Zinnen said a facility compliance dilemma also is causing concern for […]
The Woodstock City Council passed a prevailing wage ordinance June 4, but not before several council members expressed outrage at the state statute that requires municipalities and other taxing bodies […]
The Woodstock City Council postponed until August a vote on an ordinance that would create a four-way stop at the intersection of Country Club and Bull Valley Road/Club Road at […]
Property owners looking to appeal their 2013 property tax assessments will need to do so earlier than in previous years. A change in statewide legislation means a change in the […]
Commercial printer D.B. Hess, which employs about 150 workers at its factory on McConnell Road, is expected to close soon, with a buyout from another printing company no guarantee that […]
To those who have dedicated countless hours working to restore the corner-free Stickney House in Bull Valley, it can seem as though they are going around in circles. Yet they […]
After 12 years of business that included rebuilding from the destruction of a fire, stretching funds through a recession and losing a loving wife and mother, the Walters family, owners […]
Larry Lough is editor of The Independent and reports local news.
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