
Taco store moving across highway
Another business is preparing to move into the former Ace Hardware building on Route 47. FasTacos plans to open in the south end of the building that already houses Holzlager […]

Another business is preparing to move into the former Ace Hardware building on Route 47. FasTacos plans to open in the south end of the building that already houses Holzlager […]


Deputy Mayor Mike Turner urged the Woodstock City Council to “be creative” in considering changes to the city’s food truck regulations to address complaints from brick-and-mortar restaurants about their mobile […]


Four people have been arrested after a burglary at Blain’s Farm & Fleet in Woodstock where two riding lawnmowers were stolen late Tuesday or early Wednesday.Woodstock police reported the arrests […]

State and local news on COVID-19 infections is encouraging, but precautions are still in place. On Friday, the number of new novel coronavirus cases reported in Illinois over the previous […]

When a traffic accident is serious, a call goes out to MCAT. “It has to be a serious injury or death,” said Sgt. Rob Pritchard of the Woodstock Police Department. […]


Traffic accidents in the Woodstock area have now claimed two young lives in less than a week.The McHenry County Sheriff’s Office reported Thursday that a 15-year-old Harvard girl had died […]

First visible sign of changes in the Old Courthouse project will be landscaping work. The grassy area at the northwest corner of Johnson and Jackson streets will be dug up […]
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