217 Today: Monday, Nov. 1, 2021

217 Today: Monday, Nov. 1, 2021

Monday, Nov. 1, 2021 https://will.illinois.edu/nfs/217_Today_11-01-2021.mp3 Today’s headlines:  Illinois’ legislature is the only one in the country to ever back off a Parental Notice of Abortion law. The Centers for Disease Control is evaluating “test-to-stay” as a way to keep students in class, even if they come in contact with someone who tests positive. Pumpkin farmers…

No pumpkin shortage this year, but climate change could squash Halloween harvests to come

No pumpkin shortage this year, but climate change could squash Halloween harvests to come

MORTON — The great pumpkin shortage of 2021 is turning out to be as real as Linus’ Great Pumpkin. Neither ever showed. Instead, despite some national headlines about a pumpkin shortage this year, Midwestern farmers say there’s nothing to worry about. “God granted us quite a bounty this year,” says John Ackerman, who grows pumpkins…