At this time next summer, a freestanding Aldi at Lake Avenue and American Way – across from American Community Bank – should be open for business. The Food Shed Co-op […]
Kishwaukee Valley Road west of Route 23 will be closed for the next 4½ months as a culvert over a tributary of Rush Creek is being replaced with a single-span bridge. According […]
Woodstock High School’s campus grew by 3.66 acres last week, plus a nearly 2-acre parking lot across the street from the 100-year-old building at 501 W. South St. The addition […]
After dealing for more than a year with COVID-19 disruptions in Woodstock School District 200, administrators are still trying to get their bearings before the 2021-22 school year begins in […]
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 […]
Larry Lough is editor of The Independent and reports local news.
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