County reports significant increase in opioid deathsA significant increase in suspected fatal overdoses that occurred over a four weeks between May 12 and June 9, the McHenry County Department of […]
Vaudeville show to feature children performers 5-11Dickinson’s Little Vaudeville, a comedy musical show performed by kids 5 to 11 years old, will be performed from 3 to 4 p.m. Saturday, […]
Christie mystery on stage after three-year delayThree years later … Theatre 121’s “Murder on the Orient Express” is scheduled for seven performances this month at the Woodstock Opera House.Shows are […]
Staff Reportnews@thewoodstockindependent.comStories from local Latino/Latine people about the agricultural history in McHenry County are welcome in a new project that will debut this month in Woodstock.“Raices Latinas: Agriculture in McHenry […]
Staff Reportnews@thewoodstockindependent.comUNION – The roads that we now take for granted were not always so. In fact, it often took a Herculean effort on the part of many different property […]
Environmental Defenders names new exec directorThe Environmental Defenders of McHenry County have named Carolyn Bendel as the Woodstock-based agency’s new executive director.Bendel most recently was an art consultant/project manager for […]
Staff Reportnews@thewoodstockindependent.comA vintage Christmas display from worldwide collectors Dave Harms and Lynne Eltrevoog have returned to the McHenry County Historical Museum in Union after a two-year hiatus.Visitors are welcome from […]
Quilts dating from the 1870s to the 1940s will be on display Jan. 5 to 31 in the Community Room of the Woodstock Opera House.The quilts, from the collection of […]
Dinner auction celebrates Marian Catholic’s 60 yearsMarian Central Catholic High School’s 60th Diamond Anniversary event will be held Saturday, April 9, at Starline Factory in Harvard.According to a news release, […]
Staff Reportnews@thewoodstockindependent.comThe deadline has been extended and the fee reduced for the 2021-22 art contest sponsored by the McHenry County Historical Society & Museum in Union.Entries for “This Place Matters: […]
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