Congerville NewsLocal news for Congerville, IL continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.A big hand for farmer Henry Brockman- January 29, 2008 Back in June, back when organic farmer Henry Brockman of Congerville was deep in the growing season, rumbling up the highway every Saturday to the Evanston Farmers Market to haul out bushel baskets full of mesclun and asparagus and Asian flat-leaf chives, we here in Perspective extolled the bounty of his farmer hands.Well, seems we weren't the only ones who noticed.Brockman, who is spending the snowy months ordering his nearly 600 varieties of seeds and translating texts from Japanese to...http://www.topix.net/city/congerville-il/2008/01/a-big-hand-for-farmer-henry-brockman?from... Unseasonable Weather Brings Floods to Central Illinois- January 9, 2008 A series of storms moved northeast along a slow-moving cold front Monday night and Tuesday morning producing very heavy rainfall across Central Illinois. via Illinois Farm Bureauhttp://www.topix.net/city/congerville-il/2008/01/unseasonable-weather-brings-floods-to-cen... A little child from Congerville, just born, first to greet 2008- January 2, 2008 "It feels kind of neat to have the first baby of the New Year" As Tina Walder cradled her newborn baby daughter in her arms, the infant let out what Walder said was a "contented squeak." Walder looked down at her daughter and smiled. via The Pantagraphhttp://www.topix.net/city/congerville-il/2008/01/a-little-child-from-congerville-just-born... |