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As progress on restoration of the Old Courthouse and Sheriff’s House moves toward new civic and commercial uses, public support might falter if contractors start digging up the northwest corner […]

As progress on restoration of the Old Courthouse and Sheriff’s House moves toward new civic and commercial uses, public support might falter if contractors start digging up the northwest corner […]


Concerned that the COVID-19 disruption of the school year has caused “learning gaps” in some students – and social-emotional upset for many – administrators in Woodstock School District 200 have […]


About 2,500 educators and school staff from northern McHenry County were administered the COVID-19 vaccine over two days late this week. According to Nadine Grismer, a school nurse in Woodstock […]

Crews from the Woodstock Fire/Rescue District had to remove the driver of a car who reportedly suffered life-threatening injuries in a collision with a commercial trash truck on South Eastwood […]

“How long can we continue to do this?” Mayor Brian Sager asked rhetorically during a budget workshop of the Woodstock City Council. He was talking about the council’s decade-long practice […]


About 40 percent of students in Woodstock School District 200 were expected to continue remote learning from home as in-class instruction resumed this week for the first time since March. […]

Larry Lough is editor of The Independent and reports local news.
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