“COVID Free” was the goal of long-term care facilities in Woodstock after dealing with a rash of infections to their residents and staff along with more than two dozen deaths […]
Two weeks after starting the school year with five full days of in-class instruction, Marian Central Catholic High School this week resorted to remote learning after two students tested positive […]
Maribeth Dhom, a secretary in Woodstock School District 200, made two routine screening appointments for spring break at the end of March this year. But when Gov. J. B. Pritzker’s […]
Woodstock resident Vic Chudoba was in Japan on a business trip when the U.S. State Department sent a bulletin on March 18 urging all Americans to stay in place or […]
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