Acclaimed musical theater historian Charles Troy will bring five shows to the Woodstock Opera House starting next week, with proceeds to benefit Woodstock musical and theater groups. Four of Troy’s […]
More than two dozen Woodstock School District 200 student athletes are working hard and experiencing the fun of preparing to compete in the Special Olympics. This is the 10th year […]
In 1931 the population of dairy cows in McHenry County totaled about 85,000 – the second largest in the country. The most recent agriculture census from 2017 showed about 3,000. […]
Good things come in small horses. Life-skills classes and second-grade students at Greenwood Elementary School got a small surprise from Mane in Heaven Miniature Therapy Horses, from Barrington. “It was […]
NEW YORK – Journeys can be measured prosaically, in terms of time, such as the 14-hour drive in a rented Dodge Caravan that Prairiewood Elementary art teacher Chuck Jones and […]
Woodstock’s Farmers Market is in its 36th year, but don’t think you won’t find anything new at the twice-a-week summer sales on the Square. The final winter market of the […]
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. […]
Body cameras have been worn by Woodstock police officers for barely a year, but they are now an essential part of local police work, Chief John Lieb said. “Body cameras […]
Ted London and Gay Stomberg, owners of the 22,000-square-foot Roscoe Antique Mall in South Beloit, Wisconsin, have more than doubled their floor space for antiques by expanding into Woodstock. On […]
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 […]
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