Matthiessen State Park might not attract as much attention as its “big brother” Starved Rock, but the park 4 miles south of Utica has its own charms on a winter
The Illinois House Redistricting Committee held its first hearing last week on new congressional and judicial subcircuit district maps at the Michael Bilandic Building in Chicago. Another half-dozen hearings were
Thanks to its designation as a cemetery in 1870, the 5-acre patch at Weston Cemetery Prairie remained untouched by the plow. It is a remnant prairie that retained original plant material.
WESTON â The first thing you notice when you pull into the small parking lot at Weston Cemetery Prairie is how colorful everything is.
Yellows, purples, oranges, whites and greens. And thatâs just the wildflowers. It doesnât count the birds, butterflies and dragonflies of various hues darting about under the blue sky.
The second thing you notice is how thick the vegetation is.
There are no trails here, and walking through the prairie gives you a newfound appreciation of the challenges faced by pioneers who settled this area.