If being an elected public official were easy, we would know it. Ballots in local elections would be full of candidates in contested races vying for the right to represent […]
Six candidates will vie for three City Council seats; school board filing starts next week By Larry Loughnews@the woodstockindependent.com Woodstock Mayor Mike Turner will win a second term next year […]
By Tricia Carzolinews@the woodstockindependent.com A Veterans Day ceremony will be held at the McHenry County Administrative Building, 667 Ware Road, at 11 a.m. Nov. 11. Woodstock VFW Post 5040, Woodstock […]
By Larry LoughLarry@the woodstockindependent.com Four days after a head-on collision killed three people on Davis Road, west of Dean Street on the south edge of Woodstock, a makeshift roadside memorial […]
MobCraft says Nov. 30 is last day of serving in Woodstock, new owners possible By Susan W. Murraynews@the woodstockindependent.com In what can only be viewed as a setback for the […]
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.
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.
