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 […]
Woodstock School District 200 will wait at least another week before resuming in-class instruction. That decision was made Friday based on COVID-19 metrics reported by the McHenry County Department of […]
By JERRY NOWICKICapitol News Illinoisjnowicki@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD – More than 2,000 people with COVID-19 were hospitalized in Illinois as of Thursday night, a high not seen since June 12. At that […]
Several Woodstock city employees have tested positive for the coronavirus and are absent this week from City Hall as they work from home, City Manager Roscoe Stelford said Thursday. “We […]
City police reported they had to enter a Woodstock home early Thursday to remove a Crystal Lake man from the home of a former girlfriend. Police said Travis Howard, 34, […]
Woodstock High School’s campus on South Street could expand by nearly four acres with the donation of the former Woodstock Hospital building by Northwestern Medicine. Officials at Northwestern Medicine announced Wednesday […]
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