Students in Woodstock School District 200 will return to classrooms Oct. 19. Most of them, anyway. Probably, but not for certain. The Board of Education voted Tuesday night for a […]
Not all decisions about remodeling of the Old Courthouse and Sheriff’s House will be made in Woodstock, it appears. The National Park Service, which oversees rehabilitation of facilities on the […]
Celebration of life services for former two-term Woodstock Mayor Alan D. Cornue are planned for next summer at the Cornue family farm in rural Hebron Cornue, 82, died Tuesday at […]
Turnout was heavier than usual this morning on the first day for early voting in the Nov. 3 presidential election. While first-day voting in the clerk’s office at the Administrative […]
Educators in Woodstock School District 200 plan to let science determine when in-school instruction resumes. And parents should know next week when that will likely happen. The Board of Education […]
Will looser regulations on food trucks lead to growth of sit-down restaurants in Woodstock? That was Mayor Brian Sager’s thinking when he proposed amendments to a staff proposal for revised […]
Three people were arrested on narcotics charges Thursday after a high-speed chase through Woodstock ended in a minor traffic accident on the city’s south side. The McHenry County Sheriff’s Office […]
Parents who want their children back in school – and involved in school sports – plan to rally Tuesday ahead of the meeting of the Woodstock School District 200 Board […]
Close to 2,000 responses had been received as of Monday morning to an online survey on how Woodstock School District 200 should address its $160 million bond debt. The survey […]
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