Twenty-six Woodstock businesses have received a maximum $5,000 check from the city’s small-business loan program, and 74 loans are still available to help local merchants deal with fallout from the […]
Woodstock’s City Council this week will consider an ordinance to grant the mayor additional spending powers in a state of emergency. The city attorney’s office drafted an ordinance to allow […]
Woodstock has declared a local state of emergency in response to risks posed by the coronavirus pandemic. In a news release today, the city said – effective 2 p.m. Tuesday […]
McHenry County is under a state of emergency in response to the county’s first presumptive case of coronavirus. The declaration today by McHenry County Board Chairman Jack Franks activates the […]
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