D-200 Board honors winners of spring 2025 Art Show Staff Report news@thewoodstockindependent.com The artwork of a Dean Street Elementary School fifth-grader won the Superintendent’s Award in the spring 2025 Art […]
Teaching is all-in-the-family way of life for two D-200 familiesBy Caryl Dierksen NEWS@THEWOODSTOCKINDEPENDENT.COM When District 200 teachers gathered Aug. 18 for back-to-school meetings, the room was filled with warm greetings, […]
By Sandy Kucharski sandy@thewoodstockindependent.com Independent photos by Andrew Rousey Woodstock Invitational renamed for former golf coach, JC Wise The boys golf program in District 200 has been a co-op sport […]
by Alex Vucha On Tuesday, September 2, 2025, at 5:02 p.m., the Woodstock Fire/Rescue District responded to the 200 block of Sparrow Drive in Woodstock for a residential fire alarm. […]
By Eileen Millard news@thewoodstockindependent.com Pre-Civil War Greek revival home part of county’s history Tucked away along U.S. 14 between Woodstock and Harvard, all but obscured by greenery in the summertime, […]
By Caryl Dierksen Last week I received an email from a politician asking for a contribution. There’s nothing unusual about that. But the subject line caught my attention: “A handwritten […]
By Janet Dovidio news@thewoodstockindependent.com Ana Otero of Woodstock is one of 10 recipients of the McHenry County College 2025 Education to Empowerment scholarships. E2E scholarships began in 2013 with 100 […]
Childhood friends meet yearly to play, reconnect, remember with softball news@thewoodstockindependent.com By Sandy Kucharski It was the 1970s, before iPhones and internet, video games and virtual reality. When school was […]
Manufacturer moving corporate HQ quickly to Woodstock facility By Larry LoughNEWS@thewoodstockindependent.com Action Packaging, a 45-year-old company with more than 5,000 products, plans to invest $7 million to consolidate its corporate […]
Local sisters roll to victory in inline speed skating competition By Lydia LaGue Lopez news@thewoodstockindependent.com Baseball, tennis, soccer … all common sports for kids to play in the summer. But […]
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.
