The Woodstock City Council approved a 2 percent increase to water/sewer rates at its April 17 meeting. The adjustment will increase a resident’s average quarterly bill from $104.28 to […]
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service completed an environmental assessment evaluating the proposal to establish Hackmatack National Wildlife Refuge in parts of northwestern Illinois and southwestern Wisconsin. While the […]
Hundreds of Woodstock School District 200 third- and fourth-graders took part in the McHenry County Farm Bureau’s Ag Expo last week. One of the largest events for the farm […]
The city of Woodstock is expected to have a balanced budget for fiscal year 2012-13 and has plans to abate a portion of residents’ property taxes. The city plans to […]
As WoodstockSchool District 200 develops its budget for the 2012-13 school year, it faces the same challenges it has faced the past four years — declining revenue. Current projections […]
The McHenry County Division of Transportation has significantly reduced plans for right-of-way acquisition for its proposed Alden Road construction project. On April 10, MCDOT held a public hearing proposing […]
For the past 13 years, the Sarah Grace Lydia McCullagh Memorial Dance Clinic has been held to honor the memory of Sarah McCullagh, a Woodstock High School student who […]
A construction timeline for the new Woodstock Panera Bread location has not been confirmed, but there is an indication construction could be completed before fall. Eve Metheny, director of brand […]
About 400 acres of land that once were expected to be part of Apple Creek Estates subdivision are being turned back into farmland. The Apple Creek Estates site was […]
Katherine Sheetz-Tatak has been looking for a special place for some time. Three years ago, she closed her store, Katherine’s Bead Boutique, which she had operated on the Woodstock Square […]
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