By SARAH MANSURCapitol News Illinoissmansur@capitolnewsillinois.com A new study from a regional superintendents group in Illinois shows public school districts in the northeast region – which contains seven counties adjacent to […]
How many students in Woodstock School District 200 are ready to return to in-person instruction? Parents of remote learning students in Woodstock School District 200 have been asked to return […]
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 […]
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