Property tax payments may be made many waysMcHenry County property owners have their second installment of property taxes for 2023 due by Tuesday, Sept. 12.In a news release, county Treasurer […]
VFW seeking entries for Memorial Day ParadeVFW Post 5040 is accepting entries for Woodstock’s Memorial Day parade Monday, May 29. The parade will immediately follow the observance that will begin […]
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 […]
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 […]
TLC’s Art of the Land art show this weekendThe 14th annual Art of the Land art show and fundraiser of The Land Conservancy of McHenry County will be from 6:30 […]
DAR will commemorate gravesite of revolutionaryKishwaukee Trail Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution will place a bronze marker next to a historic headstone at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, Aug. […]
Staff Reportnews@thewoodstockindependent.comThe city of Woodstock has won a $22,950 grant to create an intergenerational environmental education nature trail in Emricson Park in partnership with The Land Conservancy of McHenry County.According […]
Spring Wildflower Walk set for May 7 in Bull ValleyThe Land Conservancy of McHenry County will host a Spring Wildflower Walk from 1 to 2:30 p.m. Saturday, May 7, at […]
By Lisa HaderleinThe Land Conservancy of McHenry CountyFor thousands of years, wildfires roared across the prairies that covered most of Illinois. Plant species that thrived in such a dynamic system […]
Scenic, rolling terrain northeast of Woodstock will be maintained as an open space forever – and the village of Bull Valley will develop a new public park – on nearly […]
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