News Briefs
June 29, 2021
Ticket sales now underway for July 10 Garden Walk The annual Garden Walk of the University of Illinois Extension McHenry County Master Gardeners will be from 9 a.m. to 4 […]
Ticket sales now underway for July 10 Garden Walk The annual Garden Walk of the University of Illinois Extension McHenry County Master Gardeners will be from 9 a.m. to 4 […]
As apartment rents rise amid a shortage of rental units, the Woodstock Plan Commission last week gave its approval to a duplex development that proposes to add 14 units at […]
Woodstock City Council hopes to resume its “enhanced street maintenance program” in 2022 and will review a plan for the work in July. While the council will have a workshop […]
When Woodstock enacted a bag fee Jan. 1, 2020, it was a pre-emptive strike. The Illinois Legislature had appeared to be on the verge of creating a statewide fee for […]
House infrastructure bill has Woodstock rail yard Engineering costs of $4 million to move the rail yard of Metra’s northwest line from Crystal Lake to Woodstock has made the first […]
The city is in its third year of transitioning its police fleet from white sedans to silver SUVs with bold black graphics on the sides. While the vehicles are highly […]
City to reinstate single-use bag charge Aug. 1 Woodstock’s fee on disposable bags at large local retailers will be reinstated under a proposal approved Tuesday night by the City Council. […]
About six hours after being freed on bond for burglary charges, a Wonder Lake man was arrested early Monday on charges he burglarized a church. Christopher A. Kalisz, 39, was […]
With northeast Illinois suffering a severe drought, Woodstock city officials have enacted a “mandatory” restriction on outside water use, the second of four levels of restrictions. Depending one the last […]
Two people were seriously injured late Friday when an all-terrain vehicle crashed into a tree northeast of Woodstock. Medical helicopters were called to fly the victims out for treatment after […]
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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