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The U.S. Department of Agriculture Drought Monitor, updated Thursday, shows about 92 percent of Illinois as abnormally dry, including several counties in northwest Illinois in extreme drought.

Will County’s Walsh scoffs at the notion that it’s trying take advantage of Jackson’s being out of the picture.

Eastland wishes to be an elegy and not an exclamation point, an ache rather than a terrible wound, and at this it is highly successful.

 Throughout the Great Lakes region, a swampy, unassuming grassland habitat known as a wetland plays a vital role in preserving the Great Lakes ecosystem.Wetlands act as natural filters, cleaning Great Lakes water, and mitigating flooding while providing wildlife habitat.But over the past two ce

Niagara Falls, like most Rust Belt cities, has fallen on hard times. Even its tourist attraction, which once made it America’s honeymoon capital, has not saved it from economic woes.  But there seems to be hope in Niagara Falls, thanks to a rising current of East Indian tourists.

Front and Center's report illustrated how Pure Michigan was a successful effort to rebrand the state but Eight Forty-Eight wondered about a brand for the entire Great Lakes region. Jeff Leitner and Howell J.

Richard Meeusen’s big dream for Milwaukee was inspired by the sound of a 10,000-gallon tank of water flushing at a lab used for testing new water meters.“You know, Milwaukee has a history of being built around wet industries,” said Meeusen, pointing to the city’s history of breweries, tanneries and