Week two of football found all teams playing away, at venues other than the host-team schools. The unusual spring season has prompted some teams to seek alternatives to allow proper […]
WHS students work with food collection, conservancy district
Challenger Center making plans for fall in-person ‘flights’
State takes small step to deal with big issue of pension liability
Students at Northwood Middle School coordinated two events for the benefit of the Woodstock Food Pantry, raising $1,250 and more than 1,100 food items. The Physical Education Department, under the […]
Top stories of past year yet to write their final chapter
by Carl W. Gilmore For 21 years, Woodstock’s taxing bodies have operated under the weight of the downtown tax increment finance (TIF) district. Now, city fathers are proposing a new, overarching […]
Voters had to choose from among 10 candidates in 2017 for four seats on the Board of Education for Woodstock School District 200. The choices will be easier in 2019. […]
Water was turned on last week at Greenwood Elementary School after a second consecutive test showed arsenic levels had dropped to acceptable levels. The school began using bottled water for […]
Fundraiser would send D-200 fourth-graders to Rockford museum
Larry Lough is editor of The Independent and reports local news.
Janet Dovidio has been a freelance correspondent for The Independent for eight years.
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Within the next month, Barrington resident Doug McConnell will attempt to accomplish something that only 47 people older…
Woodstock resident Bob Will is like many of us. He worked hard all his life, raised a beautiful…
