DOUGLAS COUNTY — Prairie strips, buffer strips, vegetative strips, terraces - a strip by any other name is still doing good things for the environment.

From the Midwest prairie land to the Italian Alps, Libertyville native Mallory Marvin is blazing a trail one snowshoe at a ...

The seasonal brush cleanup event will be held Saturday, Feb. 15. Volunteers are treated to brats, potatoes, and this ...

A prairie restoration project on donated farmland in Kentucky shares a fate with millions of acres across America.

My favorite park in the city is Sherman Park, extending south and west from the corner of Racine Avenue and 52nd Street. It is a beauty, filled with willows and wildlife, tall trees and flowing ...

ILLINOIS – The movement among Illinois counties to separate from Chicago and Cook County to form a new state continues to grow. Those for separating point to things like high taxes and a ...

SAY WHAT? The Indiana General Assembly is considering legislation that would adjust that state’s borders to include Illinois counties that have voted to secede — a move that Illinois House ...

URBANA, Ill. — The University of Illinois system announced a new policy that guarantees admission for Illinois natives at other schools if they want to transfer. The policy takes effect for the ...

Prairie strips are planted with a variety of native grasses, legumes, and sedges, such as Indian grass, bush clover, coneflower, goldenrod, and native sunflower. Planting prairie strips is a ...

According to Speaker Huston, more than 30 Illinois counties have voted to secede from the Prairie State since 2020, with many expressing frustrations with high taxes. ”Instead of seceding and ...

Prairie du Rocher, Ill. – On a cold winter day in Illinois, three little pigs are resting in a three ... “You want to know that your cows ate grass, you don't want to know that your cows ate ‘question ...

Joseph “Zeke” Rupnick, chairman of the Kansas-based Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation, waits outside the Illinois House chamber while lawmakers consider a bill to give the tribe ownership of the ...