Staff Reportnews@thewoodstockindependent.comU.S. Rep. Bill Foster will conduct an hour-long town hall meeting beginning at 6 p.m. Thursday in the Woodstock Opera House Community Room.Foster, whose 11th District now includes Woodstock, will […]
Staff Reportnews@thewoodstockindependent.comWoodstock is in line to get $5 million in the fiscal year 2024 federal budget toward the moving of Metra’s rail yard to the west side of the city.U.S. […]
Who knew the 15 ballots needed to choose a U.S. House speaker would have an effect on Woodstock?Well, not all of Woodstock,Just the editor of the local newspaper.I had interviewed our now-former […]
If you’re confused about who represents you in Congress, your confusion is understandable.In just a little over four years, Woodstock has had three different representatives in the U.S. House from […]
U.S. Rep. Bill Foster was in his Washington, D.C., office last Friday morning preparing to make the five-minute walk to the House chamber, where the Republican majority would be in […]
Aunt Martha’s clinic at Northwestern Medicine Woodstock Hospital will share in the final 2023 federal government funding package.In her final days representing Woodstock in the 14th Congressional District, Rep. Lauren […]
“I was shocked!”That was how Democrat Louisett “Lou” Ness described her reaction to winning a seat on the McHenry County Board in the Nov. 8 election.The Woodstock resident had not […]
Woodstock will have a new representative in the U.S. Congress next year, and the candidates on next week’s Election Day ballot represent a stark contrast.Incumbent Bill Foster, 67, from Naperville, […]
Only once in a generation will you have the chance to make the kinds of decisions you will be asked to make in 2022.This is a special year that will, […]
Two-term U.S. Rep. Lauren Underwood is still in the 14th Congressional District.But Woodstock is not.Although the district of the Democrat who has represented Woodstock for three years was still largely […]
Larry Lough is editor of The Independent and reports local news.
Janet Dovidio has been a freelance correspondent for The Independent for eight years.
Susan W. Murray wrote for The Independent, covering various beats, from 2005 to 2008.
Tricia Carzoli is a freelance writer and photographer that on community news.
