By JERRY NOWICKICapitol News Illinoisjnowicki@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD – Although nearly 3.6 million Illinoisans had already voted by Monday morning, according to the Illinois State Board of Elections, nearly 2.3 million ballots […]
Gov. J.B. Pritzker and state health officials announced Wednesday that COVID-19 mitigations will be implemented in the North Suburban Region 9, which includes Lake and McHenry counties, beginning 12:01 a.m. […]
Woodstock’s aggressive proposal to spend tens of millions of dollars over the next decade to upgrade city streets hit a speed bump last week. The City Council voted 7-0 to […]
Recent proposals for solving the $160 million bond debt of Woodstock School District 200 avoid property tax increases, which was the wish of more than 79 percent of respondents to […]
Resumption of in-school instruction for Woodstock School District 200 has been delayed again by COVID-19 metrics. Parents were advised in an email Thursday afternoon that the hoped-for Oct. 26 return […]
A five-man crew from the YouTube channel “Beyond the Backlot” popped up in Woodstock on Wednesday for two days of filming at many of the locations used in 1993’s “Groundhog […]
Woodstock will receive more than $1 million in federal COVID-19 relief funding now that the government has relaxed the eligibility rules. Under the CARES Act passed by Congress, Woodstock was […]
Expect to see activity pick up this week on about $200,000 in improvements to the Metra depot in Woodstock. A fence went up around the station several weeks ago, but […]
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