In January, Autumn Wilson stepped into a newly created position as a peer recovery support specialist with McHenry County’s Specialty Courts. Many of her 10 clients – who are enrolled […]
Staff Report news@thewoodstockindependent.com Eighteen outstanding seniors from Woodstock and Woodstock North high schools this year have received 2022 PRIDE Awards from the School District 200 Board of Education. The board […]
For five years, Army veteran Butch Borchardt of Woodstock has ensured that the sacrifices made by military members and their families are never forgotten. When fellow Vietnam veteran John Sorensen […]
The scaled-down retail space at 203 Main St. that Casting Whimsy occupied for nearly three years developed an Alice-in-Wonderland feel that went beyond the cutout Alice and White Rabbit figures […]
Staff Report news@thewoodstockindependent.com Call it a new twist on an old rivalry. Students from Woodstock and Woodstock North last week went head-to-head in a new competition: the Crosstown Cooking Challenge. […]
This coming weekend, Woodstock will again welcome more than 550 female bikers into the community for a two-day motorcycle event hosted by Woodstock Harley-Davidson. The Midwest Women Riders’ inaugural Get […]
McHenry County College In 1991, McHenry County College had just completed a massive expansion, increasing the size of its campus by nearly 40 percent in response to the significant growth […]
The ceremony was brief, lasting just 15 minutes at the end of a Thursday morning. The setting was pedestrian, Courtroom 203 in the Michael J. Sullivan Judicial Center in Woodstock. […]
Mike Von Bergen drew a larger-than-expected crowd at the McHenry County Farm Bureau office ahead of the opening weekend for the outdoor Farmers Market in Woodstock. The McHenry County Antique […]
Garden at Creekside Middle Schools aims to touch on the senses Creekside Middle School life skills teacher Jennifer Moskowitz has received a D200 Education Foundation Impact Grant this year to […]
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Within the next month, Barrington resident Doug McConnell will attempt to accomplish something that only 47 people older…
Woodstock resident Bob Will is like many of us. He worked hard all his life, raised a beautiful…
