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 […]
“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 […]
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 […]
Larry Lough is editor of The Independent and reports local news.
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