Students’ unexpected September holiday stretched into a third day Thursday at Marian Central Catholic High School as repairs continued on the building after a lightning strike to the school’s 30-foot […]
Lightning from Monday’s storm, which cascaded sheets of water on Woodstock, hit the chimney atop Marian Central Catholic High School, causing “quite extensive” damage, according to interim superintendent Vito DeFrisco. […]
Two local women are among six McHenry County College students to receive the Education to Empowerment award, a scholarship and mentoring opportunity for women offered by the Friends of MCC […]
The Woodstock Professional & Business Women awarded four Frances Kuhn Scholarships in 2019. The awards were presented at the group’s May meeting to Hannah Konopinski, Joyce Lande, Maria Guadalupe Ortiz-Carbajal, […]
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