By Kevin Lyons District 200 Three nurses in Woodstock School District 200, as well as the district itself, were recently recognized by the McHenry County Department of Health for their efforts during the COVID-19 pandemic. Lisa Tate, D-200 director of nursing; Northwood Middle School nurse Nadine Grismer; and Woodstock High School nurse Connie Happ were […]
Metra’s service in Woodstock will return to normal this month – even better than before COVID-19. Whereas three weekday trains now leave the local depot for Chicago before 8 a.m., five will head inbound before 8 effective with the new schedule Monday, April 25. That’s one better than the four early inbound trains that Metra […]
As students return to in-person learning (or not), parents and educators are rightly worried about what has been lost during the age of eLearning and the pandemic. It won’t be too difficult to measure learning gaps in subjects like math and reading. It will be harder to assess the toll of social and emotional losses […]
As the sports editor of The Woodstock Independent, I am sometimes overwhelmed by the volume of sports that requires our attention and coverage. We have three high schools with multiple sports seasons, a roster of talented athletes who are competing at the college level, and an athletically inclined community that is always up to something […]
Some Woodstock businesses have been “horribly affected” by COVID-19, City Councilman Jim Prindiville said. Some are getting “absolutely crushed,” Deputy Mayor Mike Turner agreed. That financial hardship suffered by local businesses during the ongoing pandemic has led the council to consider forgiving $5,000 coronavirus-relief loans the city made last spring to more than 50 restaurants, […]
Healthcare workers and long-term care facilities will be the first to receive the COVID-19 vaccine when in arrives in McHenry County, the Department of Health announced Friday. The priority follows guidelines of the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Next in line will be “essential frontline workers” – such as workers in education, food […]
StaffReport news@the woodstockindependent.com Twenty-seven Woodstock bars and restaurants will share in $500,000 the city has awarded this week through its Restaurant Relief Grant Program. Seven drinking, dining, and entertainment establishments each received the maximum $35,000 grant. Awards ranged from a low of about $2,200. Each grant was based on the percentage of documented losses from […]
Correction: In the Nov. 11 print edition of The Independent, an incorrect date was reported as the deadline for application for the Restaurant Relief Grant Program. The correct date is Nov. 18, as this corrected story indicates. We regret the error. Woodstock officials are under no illusion that the city’s new $500,000 Restaurant Relief Grant […]
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