Hunter Haven News Today

Rumors about Molly’s Rock in Sugar Camp are plentiful. But what’s the true story behind the legendary haunted boulder?

PEARL CITY, ILLINOIS – It’s good to be a dairy cow at Hunter Haven Farms. That was made abundantly clear during a virtual tour hosted midday Thursday by the Illinois Milk Producers Association and University of Illinois Dairy Extension. The emphasis of the tour, given by farmer Scott Brenner, was technology. In a moment we’ll get to the methane biodigester that puts the 2,000-acre operation on the cutting edge. But humane treatment of the herd is a key factor in the nearly 100 po...

This week for writing my column, I have traded in my office chair and cup of coffee for a bus seat and an unsweet tea, as our charter bus heads back to Illinois.