
No to classrooms; yes to sports
Board divided over return to schools, unanimous on athletics


Health officials report that a mosquito batch collected from Wonder Lake tested positive for West Nile Virus. A robin collected near McHenry last month also tested positive for WNV, but […]

In an anti-climactic 7-0 vote, Woodstock School District 200 Board of Education voted Friday night to have a fall sports season under coronavirus-inspired guidelines of the Illinois High School Association. […]

By JERRY NOWICKICapitol News Illinoisjnowicki@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINFIELD – Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced his administration would be filing a new emergency rule Friday allowing health authorities to levy fines on establishments that […]

Students in Woodstock School District 200 found out this week they will begin the new academic from home, not in schools. They will find out Friday whether they will be […]

Only five items are on the proposed public survey that will ask the community about how Woodstock School District 200 should address its $160 million bond debt. Members of the […]



Two potential cannabis growing operations have received the go-ahead from the Woodstock City Council. And a proposal for a third is on its way. VISE Partners proposes building a 39,200-square-foot […]

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