Favorable bids will allow Woodstock to put an additional $1 million into street resurfacing. For some City Council members, it’s still not enough. Councilman Bob Seegers Jr. said poor roads […]
Just doing business occupied a good part of the Woodstock City Council meeting last week. Among the business-related items the council acted on at its June 20 regular meeting were: […]
Staff Report news@thewoodstockindependent.com Smoke from wildfires in Canada has prompted an Air Quality Alert for McHenry County in effect today and Wednesday. As of noon Tuesday, the U.S. Air Quality […]
Staff Report news@thewoodstockindependent.com A 74-year-old Woodstock man suffered life-threatening injuries and three other people were hospitalized after a two-vehicle crash west of Woodstock Friday afternoon. A 72-year-old Woodstock woman and […]
By Morgen Neuhauser news@the woodstockindependent.com Woodstock Police Officer Charles Levy, who completed his crisis intervention training three months ago, said he responds to at least one mental health situation every […]
Renovation of the Old Courthouse Center should be complete by mid-July to allow an opening in early-to mid-August for the new commercial tenants, the Woodstock Historic Preservation Commission was told. […]
Getting rejected by the Woodstock Plan Commission might have been the best thing that could have happened to the plan to redevelop the former Die Cast factory site. That was […]
By Morgen Neuhauser news@the woodstockindependent.com Woodstock, along with much of Illinois, has been classified as “abnormally dry” by the National Integrated Drought Information System. That is a classification used to […]
Staff Report news@thewoodstockindependent.com Staff members of The Woodstock Independent won 31 awards for writing and photography in the annual statewide contest sponsored by the Illinois Press Association. Seven first-place awards […]
During the Memorial Day ceremony on the Woodstock Square, a vintage World War II trainer flew overhead, circling twice and spewing show smoke from its exhaust in a poignant display […]
Larry Lough is editor of The Independent and reports local news.
Janet Dovidio has been a freelance correspondent for The Independent for eight years.
Susan W. Murray wrote for The Independent, covering various beats, from 2005 to 2008.
Tricia Carzoli is a freelance writer and photographer that on community news.
