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Cahokia Mounds reservations now available
March 4, 2021
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COLLINSVILLE Visitors to Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site are reminded to make advance reservations if they wish to tour the site’s Interpretive Center.
Visitors should call 618-346-5160 to schedule an appointment time for free admission to the Cahokia Mounds Interpretive Center. Appointment times are available each Thursday through Sunday beginning at 9 a.m. with the last appointment time at 4 p.m.
Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site grounds are open seven days a week from dawn until dusk.
Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site, operated by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources, is in Collinsville off Interstate 55-70 (Exit 6) and Interstate 255 (Exit 24) on Collinsville Road.
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Godfrey will continue Glazebrook Park project
Dylan Suttles, dylan.suttles@thetelegraph.com
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GODFREY After their last board meeting, village trustees agreed to advance the Glazebrook Park Expansion project and Open Space Lands Acquisition and Development (OSLAD) Grant.
Before discussion at Tuesday’s meeting, Mayor Mike McCormick expressed concern board members were “a little rough” at the last meeting with Village Parks and Recreation Director Todd Strubhart and Village Engineer Richard Beran.
“All that they have done is what this board has directed them to do,” McCormick said. “They were just doing their jobs.”
In 2019, Godfrey applied for a grant through the Illinois Department of Natural Resources for the first phase of the Glazebrook Park expansion. The application was successful and Godfrey will be awarded $400,000 for the project. Half of the money has been received and is being held until the completion of the project when a reimburse
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A North American river otter, born Jan. 20 at Brookfield Zoo, is doing well, according to the zoo. Staff made the decision to intervene and hand-rear him after it was determined his mom was not able to provide him with the proper nourishment he needed. (Jim Schulz/Chicago Zoological Society)
BROOKFIELD, IL The public will be able to meet one of Brookfield Zoo s newest additions a month-old North American river otter during a Bringing the Zoo to You Facebook Live chat at 11 a.m. Wednesday, according to a zoo news release.
Born Jan. 20, the male pup is being hand-reared by animal care staff after it was determined that his mom, Charlotte, was not able to provide him with the proper nourishment he needed, the zoo said. Staff hope to introduce him back with Charlotte and his dad, Benny, once he is weaned, which will be towards the end of March.