Food Shed Co-op receives $200,000 federal grant Food Shed Co-op was among 134 recipients of grants totaling $22.6 million through the 2021 round of the Targeted Small Grants Program of the America’s Healthy Food Financing Initiative. According to a news release, Food Shed Co-op will receive $200,000 to supplement nearly $1.75 million raised in late […]
“I’m not an angry person,” Bull Valley Police Chief Tracy Dickens said, “but it’s hard not to be angry.” Dickens was reacting after the conviction of a Gurnee man on charges of aggravated reckless driving causing bodily harm and resisting a peace officer from a traffic stop two years ago that has left the chief […]
Traffic was limited Tuesday on Route 120 between Ridge and Thompson roads while firefighters fought a fire in a garbage truck that took about 30 minutes to extinguish. No one was injured in the fire reported to the Woodstock Fire/Rescue District shortly after 11 a.m. Tuesday in the 8300 block of Route 120. According to […]
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