By Morgen Neuhausernews@the woodstockindependent.com Woodstock, along with much of Illinois, has been classified as “abnormally dry” by the National Integrated Drought Information System. That is a classification used to describe areas […]
While a “severe” drought in the Woodstock area has been hard on farms, lawns, and gardens, it has had an upside – no mosquitoes.“We have not received any complaints [about […]
“Rain makes grain.”Farmer Jay Hansen quotes the adage while surveying the corn growing in his family’s field along Route 47, across from Allendale Road.He gestures to the spot among the […]
With northeast Illinois suffering a severe drought, Woodstock city officials have enacted a “mandatory” restriction on outside water use, the second of four levels of restrictions.Depending one the last digit […]
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