State Farm, American Family Insurance among plaintiffs in complaints against Nicor Gas, NPL Construction, Visu-SewerBy Susan ...

Metra officials were in Woodstock this March just as they were in March 2024, with their maps and charts, explaining plans ...

National Poetry Month, is here again, a time to celebrate verse and its importance in our culture. Introduced in 1996, the ...

By Larry Loughnews@the woodstockindependent.comAlthough the city has filed eminent domain proceedings to take a vacant downtown lot from a private owner, a settlement out of court is still the city’s ...

Everything you need to know about toter delivery, pickupBy Eileen Millardnews@the woodstockindependent.comWhen the city’s new trash and recycling program starts on July 1, all residents should have ...

No Illinois cases reported to date, but national numbers have increased in 2025By Eileen Millardnews@the woodstockindependent ...

You should have everything you need to cast an informed vote in next week’s election of a voting majority of the seven-member ...

It happened a couple of weeks ago at a four-way stop in town. The other driver and I arrived at the intersection within a few ...

On Saturday, March 29, 2025, at 12:25 a.m., the Woodstock Fire/Rescue District responded to the area of Washburn Street and ...

Larry Lough is editor of The Independent and reports local news. He has worked for community newspapers in Indiana, Illinois, and Iowa for the past five decades, and was a college journalism ...

PRESS RELEASEAs the Public Information Officer for the Marengo Fire & Rescue Districts, Woodstock Fire/Rescue District, and Harvard Fire Protection District, I wanted to provide a joint news release ...

You can grow fresh, healthy foods year round using hydroponic methods, which need no soil. With a hydroponic system, you actually use less water than growing in soil because you […] You should have ...