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Courthouse ‘fatigue, frustration’: Remodeling change orders top $1.5 million; project nears $20 million

City Council members are pushing back on the escalating costs of remodeling the Old Courthouse and Sheriff’s House. But despite their questions and concerns at last week’s council meeting, members voted unanimously for the consent agenda that included an additional $262,000 in the contractor’s change orders for the project. That brings the added costs over […]

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Courthouse tenants like city’s low-interest loans

MobCraft Beer of Milwaukee wants to borrow from Woodstock’s revolving loan fund to set up its new micro-brewery and taproom on the lower level of the Sheriff’s House. Makity Make of Algonquin “will be exploring” some of that 3 percent money to expand its do-it-yourself craft business that is moving into the first floor of […]

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Public or private? City Council weighs two proposals for arts center in Old Courthouse

How the space designated for an arts center will be developed in the Old Courthouse is scheduled to be decided by the City Council at its Dec. 6 meeting. But that decision was expected to be guided by a council discussion planned for this week’s meeting Tuesday night. Two proposals have been made for the […]

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