12/10/25 Elementary & Middle School Student of the Week – Rebekah Bilyk
December 10, 2025
Caden Thompson, Matthew Cress, Jaxson Hansen, and Tommy Jackson honored By Steve Peterson news@thewoodstockindependent.com A group of four Woodstock Blue Streaks football team standouts won All-Kishwaukee River Conference honors for […]
Marian Central Catholic High School junior Conor Brandt has averaged 14 points per game and 5 rebounds this week. Conor has been the leader in deflections on defense while causing […]
In the spirit of the season of leftovers . . .By Susan W. Murray news@thewoodstockindependent.com Always, when The Woodstock Independent runs a Business Buzz, a few stray items straggle into […]
By Kevin Lyons District 200 Reading and math scores of students in Woodstock School District 200 continue to soar, with the highest growth in McHenry County. Superintendent Mike Moan shared […]
By Steve Peterson news@thewoodstockindependent.com Gabby Schefke, the senior leader for Woodstock North’s volleyball team, was honored by the Kishwaukee River Conference as its Player of the Year award winner. The […]
By Steve Peterson news@thewoodstockindependent.com A nine-point comeback had turned a Wauconda lead to a Woodstock lead at the Woodstock-Woodstock North Hoops for Healing final game. But there was one more […]
Abby Ward, a junior at Woodstock North High School, scored a school-record 38 points against Rockford Jefferson in the Thanksgiving Holiday Invitational. She averaged 21 points, 8 rebounds, and 4 […]
Gabriel Patterson, a junior at Woodstock North High School, is the son of Eric and Julie Patterson. His teacher said, “Throughout his junior year he has challenged himself academically by […]
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