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 coronavirus. Eight of the 26 that were sent a check last week are bars, restaurants, or otherwise primarily in the food business. And another restaurant, […]
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 the mayor to approve purchases and payment of bills when a declaration of emergency has been declared by either the governor of Illinois or the […]
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 – it was “taking further steps to protect the public and ensure the least possible transmission of COVID-19 infections takes place throughout the Woodstock community. […]
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 emergency operations plans of the McHenry County Department of Health and the McHenry County Emergency Management Agency, and asks for state and federal funding and […]
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