Seventy-five years marks a milestone, so, when traveling piano teacher Don Beyer realized his birthday fell on a Saturday, he decided to have a piano recital to mark the occasion. […]
A Woodstock resident and relentless supporter of veterans, U.S. Army veteran Orville “Butch” Borchardt never has taken the easy way out of anything. Drafted into the military in 1970, he […]
Woodstock native’s picture book tells of life with ADHD Katelyn Mabry wants to help kids not to feel the way she felt as a child. Diagnosed at age 10 with […]
Woodstock High School basketball has found itself in a rare place with matching record-setting, long-range shooters on each of its varsity teams. Evan Bridges for the boys and Camryn Tafoya […]
Three standout alumni athletes have joined the Woodstock High School Athletics Hall of Fame The 2018 inductees are: Brennae Benda, Class of 2008, a volleyball standout who played at Arkansas […]
“My father always said that if we could find something to laugh at, we could get through anything,” Joy Aavang, a storyteller, author and survivor, said as she held a […]
Woodstock High School alum, state champ and former WHS teacher and coach Mike Brasile will return home from Hampshire to lead the Streaks’ football program in the fall. Brasile officially […]
Fundraiser anchored by 3-point shootout raises money for ALS research. As the Marian Central Catholic High School and Crystal Lake South High School girls basketball teams prepared to battle Jan. […]
Eli Warriner visited Nepal at the urging of a family friend, traveled to India, too Young adults often experience a sense of independence while living on a college campus halfway […]
When Dwayne Raney passed away earlier this summer, Woodstock lost one of the most important figures in local youth baseball and softball. Raney, who died June 6 at age 86, […]
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