By Morgen Neuhauser news@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 coming into or out of a drought, experiencing water defects, and/or experiencing non-flourishing pastures or crops. According to the National Weather Service, throughout […]
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 mosquitoes],” said Christina Betz, the city’s director of Public Works. About 4 inches of rain in late June improved northern Illinois drought conditions from […]
“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 rows where the height of the stalks starts to dip, where the stalks on Hansen’s right are a foot shorter than those on […]
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 in a building address, a homeowner or business may water only on odd- or even-numbered calendar days, and only between 6 p.m. and 9 […]
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