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(CHICAGO) The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) reported 1,700 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday with 55 additional deaths. The state's new .
Illinois spring trout fishing season opens April 3
Journal Standard
FREEPORT The 2021 Illinois spring trout fishing season will open April 3.
An early opportunity at select trout sites, the spring catch-and-release fishing season, will open March 20. No trout may be kept during the catch and release fishing period, but anglers can keep trout after the opening of the regular season beginning April 3.
The Illinois Catchable Trout Program is funded by those who use the program through the sale of Inland Trout Stamps. The Illinois Department of Natural Resources stocks more than 80,000 rainbow trout each year in bodies of water where trout fishing is permitted during the spring season.
Cousins earn national honor for heroic river rescue
Samantha McDaniel-Ogletree, Journal-Courier
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Carnegie Heroes James W. Whitley II (second from left) and Robert J. Whitley (second from right) are recognized Wednesday during an awards ceremony. Also on hand for the presentation were Illinois Conservation Police Capt. John Williamson (from left), Illinois Conservation Police Officer Mike Blazinic and Illinois Conservation Police Sgt. Eric Myers. The Whitleys were recognized for their heroism in helping save the lives of five people who were thrown into the Mississippi River during a boating accident.Robin Henehan
HULL Two Missouri men who were instrumental in rescuing several people after a 2019 accident on the Mississippi River near Hull have received one of the highest awards for civilian heroism.
About $1 million of enhancements partly funded by a grant are coming to the Schaumburg Road entrance area of Spring Valley Nature Center and its Bison s Bluff playground in Schaumburg this spring.