Firefighters use a UTV to reach a brush fire in a farm field east of Woodstock last Tuesday afternoon. (Woodstock Fire/Rescue District photo)
Weekend rain was welcome after heightened fire danger in northern Illinois last week kept local firefighters busy late last week. One brush fire Thursday afternoon led a crew from the […]
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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 instructor for 17 years.
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 instructor for 17 years.
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