Blue Streak Thespians honored to be a traveling troupe this weekend By Janet Dovidio news@thewoodstockindependent.com Woodstock High School’s Blue Streak Theatre group has qualified to perform at the annual Illinois High School Theatre Fest 2025 at the University of Illinois in Champaign from Jan. 9-11. Twenty-five Blue Streak Thespians will attend the Fest this year, […]
Hasn’t it been great having the Opera House back for the holidays? Whatever would we do without it? Although some fall shows had to be rescheduled to ensure appropriate sound and lighting are ready, programming resumed in mid-October as finishing touches were being made on the $4.5 million renovation of the 1889 landmark. Work on […]
Alice I. Meyer passed away peacefully at Valley Hi Nursing and Rehab on Dec. 8, 2024. She was born on May 4, 1933, to Gustav and Avilda (Edson) Lundgren in Capron, Ill. She married Robert Meyer on April 9, 1955. Alice went to work at the drugstore in Hebron, Ill., when she was 15 and […]
Seven athletes will represent Woodstock in sectionals this week By Sandy KucharskiSandy@thewoodstockindependent.com The Woodstock co-op girls swim team placed fifth in the Fox Valley Conference swim meet Nov. 9 at Woodstock North High School. Swimming competes in the FVC since Woodstock is the only school in the Kishwaukee River Conference to have swimming. “The team […]
Woodstock family raises money for St. Jude’s with holiday décor By Tricia Carzoli news@thewoodstockindependent.com “It’s really exciting to be a part of Skeletons for St. Jude again this year,” Woodstock homeowner Dion Franke said. “St. Jude has been important to me since I was a child.” Franke and her family have taken part in Skeletons […]
Woodstock and Woodstock North met for the Crosstown Classic Friday night, and it was defense that stole the show.
Being present in the harvest season By Tricia CarzoliHome & Harvest “My focus is on being present this harvest season,” Mary Pat Sass, an agricultural influencer who lives in Marengo with her crop-farming husband, Josh. “Part of that is being in the fields, making meals, doing what is needed – wherever it is needed.” Sass […]
Woodstock North Girls volleyball won the crosstown match, and final regular season game, Wednesday night against the Woodstock Blue Streaks 2 – 0
The Hurricanes started the game 20 – 0, before Aurora scored twice before the half to get to 20-14, and started the second half with scoring twice more to go […]
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.
