Anyone who has gone through the heartrending experience of having to give up a dog knows how important it is to find that “good home” where the cherished furry companion […]
Staff Report news@thewoodstockindependent.com Essentials of eco-friendly living will be explored during a Green Living Expo organized by McHenry County College from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 6. According […]
Members of the Woodstock City Council were not exactly sure what they did in an emergency meeting Sunday afternoon. They just knew they had to do it. “It’s a do […]
Woodstock is joining other McHenry County towns in a rush to beat a midnight Sunday deadline to enact a “penny per push” tax on video gambling machines. The City Council […]
“I’m not an angry person,” Bull Valley Police Chief Tracy Dickens said, “but it’s hard not to be angry.” Dickens was reacting after the conviction of a Gurnee man on […]
Staff Report news@thewoodstockindependent.com Jeans and jackets replaced shorts and T-shirts Saturday for the season’s final farmers market on the Square. Sunny skies greeted shoppers downtown, but the temperature was 46 […]
Woodstock shoppers will be able to “Shop, Save, and Win” again this year at locally owned independent retailers while the city tries to figure out the impact the program has […]
Four years have not cooled the passions of Woodstock landlords who see city regulation of rental properties as unnecessary government intrusion into their business. Mayor Mike Turner admitted at last […]
By JERRY NOWICKI Capitol News Illinois jnowicki@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD – An amendment to the Health Care Right of Conscience Act that allows an employer to fire a worker for noncompliance with […]
Third grade math students at Greenwood Elementary School recently learned math skills in a very unusual way. Teacher Jeanine Bradtke and her resident teacher Molly Parker asked students to become […]
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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