I know I have said this before, but I sure wish the state of Illinois would annex the part of Wisconsin south of Route 50.
Wow! I can hear those keyboards pounding away as
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Aug. 7, 2026 edition of Illinois Outdoor News.
In our online pole on the Illinois Outdoor News website that asks readers to cast a vote, I annually type a simple question: Is this the year somebody finally hooks a new state record largemouth
If your home was burned down, were you harmed? The answer is, of course, yes.
Left or right, red or blue, there are some things we can all agree are simply true. Yet the
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the July 24, 2026 edition of Illinois Outdoor News.
As you probably realize, I typically refuse to let numbers tell a story, because that’s why William Shakespeare and Dr. Seuss – and before them cavemen, though more likely cavewomen – invented words.
So
Most of us first encountered Lord of the Flies in high school English class. It’s a story about what happens when the rules that hold a community together disappear – and how quickly order gives
On July 1, Natalie Phelps Finnie stepped down as director of DNR. After more than four years inside the agency – first as deputy director beginning in August 2021, then as director since January 2023
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the July 10, 2026 edition of Outdoor News.
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