Despite appearances, Quizno’s sandwich shop in Woodstock, which last week received a $21,000 grant through the city’s Restaurant Relief Grant Program, has not gone out of business. The sign has […]
Winners will be declared early in the 2021 city election in Woodstock. That’s because the ballot will have no contests. In 2017, Woodstock had three candidates for mayor and six […]
Vote-by-mail ballots swelled the McHenry County turnout this month to record numbers, but Illinois might not want to follow a handful of other states that vote exclusively by mail, according […]
Good news for Woodstock residents who have mourned the loss of the Swiss Maid Bakery, lo, these past 21 months. Brett Nelson, the owner of By the Dozen Bakery in […]
StaffReport news@the woodstockindependent.com Twenty-seven Woodstock bars and restaurants will share in $500,000 the city has awarded this week through its Restaurant Relief Grant Program. Seven drinking, dining, and entertainment establishments […]
Vote-by-mail ballots in McHenry County heavily favored Democratic candidates in the Nov. 3 election. And they apparently helped to save first-term U.S. Rep. Lauren Underwood. When local voting results were […]
Woodstock might have a race for mayor in 2021. Deputy Mayor Mike Turner filed his candidacy for mayor Monday, along with two candidates for three seats open on the City […]
Larry Lough is editor of The Independent and reports local news.
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