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By Patricia C. Kraft After your death, your assets will be owned by others. The transfers of your assets will occur in various ways, depending on how each asset was […]
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By Patricia C. Kraft After your death, your assets will be owned by others. The transfers of your assets will occur in various ways, depending on how each asset was […]
By Darrell Moore Woodstock city planner When I reached out to the Illinois State Historic Preservation Office earlier this year to get its perspective on the Old Courthouse Center rehabilitation […]
“I was born at the age of 12 on an MGM lot.” – Judy Garland Judy was obviously exaggerating, and I’m a lot older than 12, but this column isn’t. […]
By Maxwell Parrish After an informal survey of 152 people, my friend Kevin Eismueller and I estimate that over half of all students at Woodstock North High School struggle with […]
By Daniel Grant Farm Week The expanding drought and crop condition ratings continue to trend in opposite directions as many farmers nervously await what should be the pivotal corn pollination […]
By State Rep. Steve Reick “The first lesson of economics is scarcity: There is never enough of anything to satisfy all those who want it. The first lesson of politics […]
“I will not be right back after this message.” – Merv Griffin’s epitaph This etching on Merv’s tombstone has always struck me as the kind of “last laugh” I would […]
By Richard Guebert Jr. Illinois farmers have wrapped up planting the No. 1 and No. 2 crops Illinois is known for, soybean and corn. While farmers markets and u-pick operations […]
By McKenna Sweet Guest Columnist Conservation does not solely mean never using your car or plastic ever again. Making slight changes in your weekly summer routines – at the bird […]
Thirty-four years ago something completely unexpected occurred. I met the love of my life. First we were friends. Then, without looking for it, love showed up. Not the tepid take-each-other-for […]
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.