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Food Shed Co-op receives $200,000 federal grant Food Shed Co-op was among 134 recipients of grants totaling $22.6 million through the 2021 round of the Targeted Small Grants Program of […]
Holiday traffic enforcement underway Motorists are warned that a “Click It or Ticket” traffic enforcement campaign around the Memorial Day holiday has begun with the goal of urging seat belt […]
Last year’s retirement of a deputy chief with 22 years of experience has led to what Chief John Lieb calls an “evolution” of the Woodstock Police Department. When Jeffrey Parsons […]
Woodstock will spend $28,500 this year – and $22,500 every year thereafter – for what police say is an important tool needed to combat a trend of out-of-towners driving here […]
Woodstock Police have hit a technical roadblock in their search for a second person responsible for recent threats of violence in School District 200. Police arrested a student on a […]
New school resource officers are now patrolling the hallways of Woodstock and Woodstock North high schools. Officers Lucas Schmidt and Spenser Svehla began their new assignments in January, replacing Detective […]
Woodstock’s most popular forum for discussion of local issues – The Independent’s Facebook page – reflects the interests of the thousands of people who interact with the digital platform. Guessing […]
One student has been arrested and police are hot on the trail of a second person they say was involved in recent threats of school violence in Woodstock. Checking available […]
Woodstock Police said parents should not be concerned about the safety of their children in District 200 schools despite a rash of threats that were investigated last week. D-200 officials […]
Asked last summer about adding a social worker to the Woodstock Police Department to support the work of his officers, Chief John Lieb expressed support for the concept but was […]
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Within the next month, Barrington resident Doug McConnell will attempt to accomplish something that only 47 people older…
Woodstock resident Bob Will is like many of us. He worked hard all his life, raised a beautiful…