Police says driver missed stop sign, caused wreck A 74-year-old Woodstock man suffered life-threatening injuries and three other people were hospitalized after a two-vehicle crash west of Woodstock. A 72-year-old […]
Staff Report news@thewoodstockindependent.com Because of poor air quality, Wednesday night’s City Band Concert will be held inside on the stage of the Woodstock Opera House. The city announced the move from the […]
Favorable bids will allow Woodstock to put an additional $1 million into street resurfacing. For some City Council members, it’s still not enough. Councilman Bob Seegers Jr. said poor roads […]
Just doing business occupied a good part of the Woodstock City Council meeting last week. Among the business-related items the council acted on at its June 20 regular meeting were: […]
Staff Report news@thewoodstockindependent.com Smoke from wildfires in Canada has prompted an Air Quality Alert for McHenry County in effect today and Wednesday. As of noon Tuesday, the U.S. Air Quality […]
Staff Report news@thewoodstockindependent.com A 74-year-old Woodstock man suffered life-threatening injuries and three other people were hospitalized after a two-vehicle crash west of Woodstock Friday afternoon. A 72-year-old Woodstock woman and […]
By Morgen Neuhauser news@the woodstockindependent.com Woodstock Police Officer Charles Levy, who completed his crisis intervention training three months ago, said he responds to at least one mental health situation every […]
Renovation of the Old Courthouse Center should be complete by mid-July to allow an opening in early-to mid-August for the new commercial tenants, the Woodstock Historic Preservation Commission was told. […]
Getting rejected by the Woodstock Plan Commission might have been the best thing that could have happened to the plan to redevelop the former Die Cast factory site. That was […]
By Morgen Neuhauser news@the woodstockindependent.com Woodstock, along with much of Illinois, has been classified as “abnormally dry” by the National Integrated Drought Information System. That is a classification used to […]
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