Staff Report news@thewoodstockindependent.com U.S. Rep. Bill Foster will conduct an hour-long town hall meeting beginning at 6 p.m. Thursday in the Woodstock Opera House Community Room. Foster, whose 11th District now […]
Staff Report news@thewoodstockindependent.com Woodstock is in line to get $5 million in the fiscal year 2024 federal budget toward the moving of Metra’s rail yard to the west side of […]
Who knew the 15 ballots needed to choose a U.S. House speaker would have an effect on Woodstock? Well, not all of Woodstock, Just the editor of the local newspaper. I had […]
If you’re confused about who represents you in Congress, your confusion is understandable. In just a little over four years, Woodstock has had three different representatives in the U.S. House […]
U.S. Rep. Bill Foster was in his Washington, D.C., office last Friday morning preparing to make the five-minute walk to the House chamber, where the Republican majority would be in […]
Aunt Martha’s clinic at Northwestern Medicine Woodstock Hospital will share in the final 2023 federal government funding package. In her final days representing Woodstock in the 14th Congressional District, Rep. […]
“I was shocked!” That was how Democrat Louisett “Lou” Ness described her reaction to winning a seat on the McHenry County Board in the Nov. 8 election. The Woodstock resident […]
Woodstock will have a new representative in the U.S. Congress next year, and the candidates on next week’s Election Day ballot represent a stark contrast. Incumbent Bill Foster, 67, from […]
Only once in a generation will you have the chance to make the kinds of decisions you will be asked to make in 2022. This is a special year that […]
Two-term U.S. Rep. Lauren Underwood is still in the 14th Congressional District. But Woodstock is not. Although the district of the Democrat who has represented Woodstock for three years was […]
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.
