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Jerry Hicks took this great shot of a Will County doe and fawn.
County: TBA
Date and Season: Oct. 9, 2010; Shotgun
Notable: Final youth hunt a success
County: Tazewell
Date and Season: Oct. 10, 2009; Bow
Notable: Wife tracks down husband's buck.
County: Tazewell
Size: 65 pounds
Date: March 11, 2009
Notable: Huge fish caught by 76-year-old angler.
Cutting pines in forest preserves protestedThousands of pine trees were cut down from three Winnebago County Forest Preserves in an effort to restore the landscape to its natural prairie, drawing the ire of neighboring residents.
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Demand strong for custom boatsWhile the economy has been hard on the boat industry, AAD Custom Boats and Welding in Bartonville is busier than ever.
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A record-setting logAfter first thinking he was watching a floating log, Darin Opel of Worden wound up with a record-setting bighead carp that weighed 92.5 pounds. But he thinks there may be larger bigheads lurking in the Mississippi River.
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VIDEO: Centennial Park Prairie ‘A sea of white flowers’It looks like a dusting of snow on the Centennial Park Prairie in Springfield, Illinois. Really it's a sea of smooth Penstemon blooming in profusion as summer on the prairie gets off to a spectacular start.
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Indiana wildlife officials have boosted their presence along the Wabash River in an effort to prevent to the illegal harvesting of shovelnose sturgeon roe, which fetches a hefty price on the global caviar market.
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The goal of the plan, called Calumet Connections, is to have local projects in Indiana and Illinois ready to go when funding becomes available.
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