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Fred Huddlestun, a farmer in Yale, Illinois, said he still had his entire 2023 corn harvest in storage last month: about 39,000 bushels at an elevator and 25,000 bushels at home.
DeWitt County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. As of the 2020 census, the population was 15,516. [1] Its county seat is Clinton. [2] The county was formed on March 1, 1839, from Macon and McLean counties. The county was named in honor of the seventh Governor of New York State, DeWitt Clinton. [3]
The 2024 total gross state product for Illinois was $1.132 trillion, placing it fifth in the nation. The 2021 median household income was $72,205, one of the nation's highest. [ 10 ] In 2016, the nine counties of the Chicago metropolitan area accounted for 77.3% of the state's total wages, with the remaining 93 counties at 22.7%. [ 11 ]
When the new county of Dewitt was established in 1839, Waynesville found itself at the far northwest corner, and thus out of the running for county seat. As well, influential politicians in Bloomington and Clinton managed to have the Illinois Central Railroad routed through those cities and bypassing Waynesville. Finally, when the system of ...
October 23, 2024 at 8:53 AM CHICAGO — Farmers are harvesting what are among the largest corn and soybean crops in history at the fastest pace in years, straining their physical capabilities and ...
Knox would later become a county in Indiana and is unrelated to the current Knox County in Illinois, while St. Clair would become the oldest county in Illinois. 15 counties had been created by the time Illinois achieved statehood in 1818. The last county, Ford County, was created in 1859.
In Illinois, Evanston passed a referendum in 2022 to implement ranked-choice voting in local elections, but the Cook County Clerk's office said that such an implementation in 2025 would be illegal ...
Wapella is a village in DeWitt County, Illinois, United States. The population was 513 at the 2020 census. [3] ... This page was last edited on 21 December 2024, ...