SPEEDWAY, Ind. (AP) — NASCAR fans visiting the Indianapolis Motor Speedway for this weekend’s Brickyard 400 should leave their charcoal and firewood at home. Speedway officials have imposed a ban on outdoor burning that mirrors one ordered by the town of Speedway on June 28. The ban prohibits … Read More
Lieutenant Governor Becky Skillman says 50 counties have been declared primary disaster areas, and more declarations will likely come later this week. Kosciusko County is included in the list. Despite the conditions, she doesn’t expect Governor Mitch Daniels to enact statewide water usage restrictions. Skillman, who also serves … Read More
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — Lieutenant Governor Becky Skillman has planned a news conference for today at the Indiana Farm Bureau Building in Indianapolis to discuss drought conditions. Skillman, who serves as the state’s secretary of agriculture, will discuss how farmers have been dealing with the drought and the latest … Read More
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — With heavy rainfall throughout much of Kosciusko County yesterday, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Climate Prediction Center has declared drought relief could be on the horizon. The Center has moved the state out of the below-normal rainfall category for the next two … Read More
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal weather forecasters predict the unusually hot dry weather that has gripped much of the nation will linger into fall, especially for the parched heartland. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s outlook for August through October shows that nearly every state likely will have hotter … Read More
Bob Carlson has pretty much seen it all in his nearly four decades at the Maxwelton Golf Club in Syracuse. He would love to see an August that is cooler and wetter. Carlson is definitely not alone there, especially among those who make their livings operating golf courses … Read More
Farmers across the United States hoped for rain in July 2012 as a drought of historic proportions parched key commodity crops, including corn, soybeans, and wheat. On July 11, the United States Department of Agriculture announced that more than 1,000 counties in 26 states qualified as natural disaster areas—the … Read More
USDA Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services Undersecretary Michael Scuse is touring drought-stricken farms tomorrow and Thursday to survey the damage. Farmers in Indiana experienced a dry and mild spring which led to early planting in many parts of the state. Lack of rainfall and the extreme heat complicated … Read More
(AP) — The drought gripping the United States is the widest since 1956, according to new data released Monday by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Fifty-five percent of the continental U.S. was in a moderate to extreme drought by the end of June, NOAA’s National Climactic Data … Read More
South Bend, Ind. — For the first time this year, all 92 Indiana Counties are in a level of draught, according to a recent U.S. Drought Moniter update. Counties in the northeast, southwest and south-central portions of the state are in extreme drought, the second highest level. Parts … Read More
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Purdue agricultural experts say the drought that’s hitting much of the Midwest this summer will hit consumers in the pocketbook by next year. Economist Chris Hurt says food prices tend to go up whenever production decreases in a major farm state like Indiana, which he … Read More
Recently the weather has been anything but a mundane, routine conversation piece. It has taken on an extremely serious tone, particularly for anyone dependent upon rainfall. Local area drought conditions are being compared to 1988, another benchmark year. Last week, the U.S. Drought Monitor placed Kosciusko County and … Read More
Nearly quarter of Indiana labeled extreme drought INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A federal report now lists nearly a quarter of Indiana as being in extreme drought as much of the state faces the driest June on record. The new U.S. Drought Monitor map released Thursday shows counties in the … Read More
BIRDSEYE, Ind. (AP) — The state Department of Natural Resources has closed the beach at Patoka Lake Reservoir in southern Indiana because of low water levels, the fourth beach closure by the agency caused by the drought. The state earlier closed beaches at Salamonie Lake, 30 miles southwest … Read More
