By Juel Mecklenburg news@thewoodstockindependent.com Woodstock North varsity volleyball cleaned house again in the crosstown matchup against Woodstock High School. North won in two sets: 25-18, and 25-20. Thunder senior Devynn […]
By Sandy KucharskiSandy@thewoodstockindependent.com With the fall sports season winding down, athletes of all ages turn their focus to winter sports. WNHS Junior Thunder Basketball Feeder League offers fifth- to eighth-grade […]
By Juel Mecklenburg news@thewoodstockindependent.com Woodstock North Thunder took home the brick in the annual crosstown matchup Oct. 25, winning 8-7. It was a gritty game under the Friday night lights […]
Historic one-room schools – Part 2 of 3 By Caryl Dierksennews@thewoodstockindependent.com Teaching in a one-room school was a demanding job, with long hours, multiple responsibilities, and poor pay. Some of […]
Woodstock North took on the Freeport Pretzels in an IHSA 51 football matchup Saturday night.
MobCraft says Nov. 30 is last day of serving Woodstock customers, holds out possibility of new ownership By Susan W. Murray The Woodstock Independent In what can only be viewed […]
Karen Strano signs an easement with The Land Conservancy of McHenry County By Ruth Raubertas news@thewoodstockindependent.com On October 18, a beautiful fall morning in McHenry County, over 20 people gathered […]
Arnold Magnetic Technologies to move operations, 100 jobs to Woodstock By Susan W. Murray news@thewoodstockindependent.com The city of Woodstock recently learned that Arnold Magnetic Technologies is moving its operations from […]
Maybe you can’t fight City Hall, but you might be able to negotiate. Some Woodstock citizens had success with the latter approach recently when they had concerns about the city’s […]
Lawsuit filed against city and Visu-Sewer in last year’s gas explosion By Susan W. Murraynews@the woodstockindependent.com On Oct. 9, one year after a natural gas explosion shook the neighborhood near […]
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.
