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Sheree Powless passed away from complications of kidney disease on April 30, 2024, surrounded by family and friends at UW Hospital. She was 80 years old.

Spurts of lakefront salmon and trout along with inland fishing heating up lead this sprawling raw-file Midwest Fishing Report.

Teri family finding a shed antler and bagging a turkey during the second weekend of youth turkey season and a record turkey harvest during Illinois' youth spring turkey seasons are among the notes from around Chicago outdoors and beyond.

Piers are being rebuilt and construction flags soon will be planted as the Wauconda Park District prepares for big improvements at its newest acquisition, as well as one of its oldest parks. “There...

The Chicagoland Fishing, Travel & Outdoor Expo, the annual banquet by the Fox River Valley chapter of Muskies, Inc., and the LVVA Ice Fishing Derby are in this Go & Show.

That, and more, are in this sprawling raw-file Midwest Fishing Report.

A big drop-tine buck at the smallest forest preserve in the Forest Preserves of Cook County, a tiny fact on sundogs and sage advice on safe ice are among the notes from around Chicago outdoors and beyond.

Eight communities in Illinois are set to receive nearly $2.4 million in grants to expand access to outdoor recreation. 

(WAND) - Eight Illinois towns will share nearly $2.4 million in grants to expand access to outside recreation.

Give ice fishing an honest effort this year in Illinois. You may just have another outdoors hobby to add to your list of pastimes.