
Woodstock Library to Celebrate 125th Anniversary
The Woodstock Public Library is welcoming everyone in the community to join a special celebration from 6 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 23, to honor the precise date the library opened […]

The Woodstock Public Library is welcoming everyone in the community to join a special celebration from 6 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 23, to honor the precise date the library opened […]
The McHenry County College Forensics Team placed third in the overall team sweepstakes and third out of 19 colleges and universities in the individual sweepstakes at the Litrenta Triangle Tournament […]

Woodstock School District 200 Board of Education members held off voting on a request from the developer of Apple Creek subdivision to reduce the builder’s transition fees. According to District […]

I hate February. Despite living my entire life in Illinois, I am still not used to this short little month that is spelled weird, is full of gray and gloomy […]

A health/life-safety inspection of all nine Woodstock School District 200 schools has identified about $338,000 in repairs and updates that need to be completed within a year. At its Feb. […]

School teacher Lynn Petryniec wasn’t looking to be in the spotlight, but that’s precisely where she’s found herself. Petryniec, nee Aavang, grew up in Woodstock and currently works as a […]

High-interest books and a group-instruction approach have made a new reading initiative launched this fall a hit with both students and teachers. “It’s so exciting because these kids are doing […]

Morgan Ammirati and Erica Finke sang in the a cappella group Premium Blend when both were students at Woodstock High School. Ammirati was a senior and Finke was a freshman […]

Marian Central Catholic High School first presented the musical “Oklahoma!” 40 years ago. The school performed the musical again 20 years later when its new auditorium opened in 1996. To […]

It’s game over for District 200 middle-school football. The Woodstock School District 200 Board of Education voted unanimously Feb. 10 to discontinue its long-standing middle-school football program, the only of […]
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