Staff [email protected] The McHenry County Historical Society and Museum has announced a new interactive ...

Jim Weith’s first day as a mail carrier for the U.S. Post Office in Woodstock was Jan. 5, 1987. At that time, Denise Graff ...

Start  seeing  motorcycles”  is  a  seasonal  reminder  to  motorists  in  Illinois  of  the  increased  good-weather ...

ByDanChamness news@thewoodstockindependent Ryan Jones, a Marengo resident and Marian Central Catholic graduate, was a steady ...

News Brief courtesy Alex Vucha, WFRD Public Information Officer On Saturday, July 5, 2025, at 5:53 p.m., the Woodstock ...

Readers of The Independent have seen some good news and bad news lately about the Die Cast factory site along Clay Street.

By Susan W. [email protected] Two recent proposals to build slaughterhouses in the county have pointed out that for all of the appeal of living in a bucolic setting, neighbors in ...

By Larry [email protected] City government will take a “cautious approach” as its Revolving Loan Fund ...

By Susan W. [email protected] When Tom Annarella interviewed for his current position of nursing home ...

Writing this on the train from London to Edinburgh, Scotland, I feel I finally have a moment to catch my breath. During June, ...

By Eileen Millardnews@the woodstockindependent.com The D-200 Board of Education approved a contract with Usource Energy at the June 17 meeting to request proposals for a community solar subscription.

The Woodstock Independent has been publishing articles about local educators who are retiring. We ran our first one in 1990, when reporter Lisa Kelly profiled […] ...