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

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 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, ...

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 […] ...

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.