Holiday traffic enforcement campaign gets underway McHenry County Sheriff’s Office this week has launched a July 4th traffic enforcement campaign with a focus on impaired and unbuckled drivers. The safety campaign will run through July 5 to encompass three summer weekends leading up to and after Independence Day. Sheriff’s deputies will join the Illinois State […]
Amended calendar ends school year on May 24 May 24 will be the last day of school in Woodstock School District 200 in an amended academic year calendar approved by the Board of Education. None of the five “emergency days” built into the calendar had to be used, so removing them from the schedule moves […]
Electronics recycling event this weekend on Davis Road Electronics may be recycled this weekend at an event sponsored by the Rotary Club of Woodstock. Some items will involve handling and processing fees (cash only) at the event from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at 12320 Davis Road, across from the Dorr Township road district […]
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