By Eileen Millard news@the woodstockindependent.com Voters will decide next week how mental health services in McHenry County will be funded. A referendum question on the March 19 primary election ballot will allow voters to decide whether funding should continue to come solely by property taxes, or whether it should change to a new one-quarter percent […]
Open house offers details of Bull Valley development Woodstock Country Club of Bull Valley, 10310 Country Club Road, will host an open house this week for a village initiative called Living With The Land. The display will be open for public viewing at the club from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. and 5 to 8:30 […]
Voters in the April 4 consolidated election will decide whether the village of Bull Valley becomes a Home Rule community. What is Home Rule? Illinois Home Rule is the constitutional grant of authority to local governments to self-govern, provided the General Assembly does not explicitly limit that authority or maintain the exclusive exercise of that […]
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