by Whitney Rupp | May 10, 2017 8:52 pm
The Woodstock School District 200 Board of Education said goodbye to a few longtime members and installed new ones at a recent meeting. Jacob Homuth, Bruce Farris and John Parisi joined incumbent Carl Gilmore in a brief swearing-in ceremony May 2. The newcomers...
by Katelyn Stanek | May 10, 2017 8:42 pm
Two new members of the Woodstock City Council were sworn in and two incumbent city officials were re-installed during a brief ceremony May 2. Jim Prindiville and Gordie Tebo took the oath of office before beginning their terms as members of the council. They...
by Whitney Rupp and Katelyn Stanek | Apr 19, 2017 8:57 am
Closing Dean Street Elementary School is among the recommendations that will be presented to the Woodstock School District 200 Board of Education next month. Superintendent Mike Moan presented the final proposals from the district’s Facilities Review Committee at a...
by Katelyn Stanek | Apr 11, 2017 9:23 pm
Challenger John Fuller will be Dorr Township’s new highway commissioner after winning one of only a handful of contested township races in the Woodstock area. Fuller just edged incumbent Tom Thurman by 1,142 votes to 1,100 votes in the April 4 election,...
by Katelyn Stanek | Apr 5, 2017 12:07 am
Incumbent Brian Sager was re-elected to his fourth term as Woodstock mayor, handily beating challengers Michael Rein and Gregg Hanson in the consolidated election April 4. Sager garnered 58.97 percent of the vote in the three-man race, or 1,834 votes, according to an...
by Katelyn Stanek | Apr 4, 2017 11:35 pm
The 10-person race for school board ended with one incumbent being re-elected, another being voted off and three newcomers joining the Woodstock School District 200 Board of Education. John Parisi, Carl Gilmore, Bruce Farris and Jacob Homuth won the four seats up for...
by Katelyn Stanek | Apr 4, 2017 5:45 pm
A Woodstock resident said she was unable to vote for mayor or City Council today because the McHenry County Clerk’s Office mistakenly believes her house is not in the city. Carrie Wienke of Woodstock’s Savanna Grove neighborhood said she expected to vote in the...
by Katelyn Stanek | Mar 29, 2017 9:35 am
Candidates for Woodstock mayor and City Council disagree on whether the city should raise its sales tax rate. The proposal to add a home-rule sales tax in Woodstock was a key issue at a candidate forum March 23 at the Woodstock Public Library. Three people are running...
by Katelyn Stanek | Mar 22, 2017 12:01 am
Voters in Woodstock School District 200 might find the ballot for the April 4 election to be something of a puzzle. It’s true — it’s possible for a person in the four-seat race to be elected to the board even if he or she doesn’t finish in the top four. The Board of...
by Katelyn Stanek | Mar 14, 2017 10:33 pm
Consolidation and finances were big issues at a forum for Woodstock School District 200 Board of Education candidates held March 8 at Woodstock High School. A district committee has discussed consolidating some schools as a way to save money and use extra space, but...
