By Tammie Sloup FarmWeek U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) is proposing federal protections for the monarch butterfly. The service Thursday, Dec. 12, proposed to…
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Will County Executive Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant and the Will County Center for Economic Development have announced a partnership with The Dollywood Foundation to bring Dolly Parton’s…
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We thank the Peotone FFA for helping with the pedal pull, and our official photographer, Hanna Clousing.
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By Sandy Vasko I have been researching New Year’s traditions around the world and have found some mighty strange ones. In Denmark, for instance, they…
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I don’t know about you, but I am not much of a New Year’s resolution-type person. I grew up with a mom whose mantra was…
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Dick Tyler shares this photo of the 4th Grade class at Elwood Grade School, led by teacher Pearl Wilfong. These kids are 73 and 74…
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My favorite Christmas tree ornament made it onto the tree again this year. I took a new photo of it this year, and as you can…
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A record crowd turned out under gloomy skies December 14 to help lay wreaths at thousands of graves at the Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery in…
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I have been wanting to write about a very controversial topic for some time. Do not panic; it is not politics or the thermostat wars…
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Brothers Rodney and Ron Bettenhausen (ages 5 and 3) sitting on a hay rack as it is unloaded into the barn by their grandfather, Fred…
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