Barndance 2022 declared ‘very successful’ fundraiser Organizers of the 22nd annual Gavers Barndance say the July 16 event was “very successful.” An email last week to volunteers reported the evening in Emricson Park raised $420,000 for Gavers Community Foundation. The total got a boost this year when the live auction returned for the first time […]
D-200 board to consider back-to-school protocols ”Progress of the … plan to return to school on Aug. 16” was scheduled for discussion Tuesday night by the Woodstock School District 200 Board of Education. According to the meeting agenda, Supt. Mike Moan was to update the board on administrative plans. A vote by the board was […]
While a “severe” drought in the Woodstock area has been hard on farms, lawns, and gardens, it has had an upside – no mosquitoes. “We have not received any complaints [about mosquitoes],” said Christina Betz, the city’s director of Public Works. About 4 inches of rain in late June improved northern Illinois drought conditions from […]
Health officials report that a mosquito batch collected from Wonder Lake tested positive for West Nile Virus. A robin collected near McHenry last month also tested positive for WNV, but the Wonder Lake discovery was the first positive batch of mosquitoes in McHenry County for the 2020 season. According to a news release, there have […]
A mosquito batch collected last week from a mosquito trap in Harvard tested positive for West Nile virus, the McHenry County Department of Health reported today. According to a news release, the finding Aug. 13 was the first positive mosquito test for the virus collected by the health department in 2019. No human cases have […]
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