In the first four days of July, Homewood and Flossmoor have already received more than 5 inches of rain, almost as much as in the month of April and more than twice as much as in the month of May. For the year, the total so far is 50% above the same point in[Read More…]
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D161 board, residents question village detention basin proposal
A plan to dig a detention basin behind Heather Hill School met concern and some stormy opposition at a District 161 Special Board of Education meeting on Feb. 19. The Monday board meeting began with comments from the audience. Some community members spoke in favor of the plan, while others[Read More…]
Excess water: The drainage dilemma
Water is a friend that can very easily become a foe. Homewood and Flossmoor have no large bodies of water to cause the kind of dramatic flooding that makes the evening news. Instead, the area has chronic problems with stormwater drainage that nevertheless are a serious matter for local property[Read More…]
New reservoir creates odor problem in Homewood on Thursday
The east side of Homewood was beset by the smell of sewage Thursday, a result of an unfavorable wind blowing past the new storm water reservoir in Thornton quarry, according to Homewood officials. The odor was strongest on the far northeast part of town nearest the quarry. It gradually faded[Read More…]
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