By PETER HANCOCKCapitol News Illinoisphancock@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD – Illinois voters will be asked in November to decide whether the right of workers to form unions and engage in collective bargaining should […]
U.S Maj. Gen. Richard R. Neely and Polish Maj. Gen. Cezary Wisniewski recently touched down in Woodstock via Chinook helicopter with several Illinois National Guard members as well as Polish […]
Election Day here now in early voting, vote by mail Early voting and voting by mail for the Nov. 8 general election is underway in McHenry County. The first early […]
Staff Report news@thewoodstockindepent.com Three Woodstock companies have been named finalists for a Business Champion Award from the McHenry County Economic Development Corp. Alliance Contractors and Dordan Manufacturing Co. are among […]
Old Courthouse project closes restaurant until … Public House restaurant plans to reopen in the lower level of Old Courthouse Center when renovations of the 19th century building are completed. […]
Did your reading list in school include such classics as Orwell’s “1984,” “To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee, or “The Catcher in the Rye” by J.D. Salinger? Later, you […]
Again this year, no one showed up for a public hearing on the largest local government budget in Woodstock and the biggest spender of property tax revenue. The 2022-23 budget […]
By PETER HANCOCK Capitol News Illinois phancock@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD – Attorneys for the state of Illinois joined their colleagues in Nevada and Virginia Wednesday in asking a federal appellate court to […]
By JERRY NOWICKI Capitol News Illinois jnowicki@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD – Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced a plan Tuesday to reduce a $1.8 billion Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund deficit by $450 million through […]
Farmers market hours now into fall, planning for winter Get the fresh sweet corn and just-picked tomatoes while you can. Woodstock Farmers Market has its final Tuesday market of the […]
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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