After the sudden retirement last month of the chief of the Woodstock Fire/Rescue District, the command structure has had a cascade of new appointments. Chief Mike Hill retired at a meeting of the district’s Board of Trustees on Dec. 5, the night the board met in executive session to consider renewal of his contract. He […]
Contest for D-200 Board of Education, not for WFRD trustees For the first time since 2017, Woodstock School District 200 will have a contested race for the Board of Trustees. Gina Willard filed by the Dec. 19 deadline for one of three board seats on the ballot in the April 4 consolidated election. Incumbents who […]
With Election Day 2022 just about four weeks away, candidates for the 2023 consolidated election already are getting out petitions to qualify to run for City Council, Board of Education, and several other offices that will be on the April 4 ballot. The Woodstock City Council and District 200 Board of Education will each have […]
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