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 […]
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 […]
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