Outdoors stories in northern Illinois
Longtime columnist Fred Krause, whose writings about a lifetime lived exploring the outdoors have appeared in the Ottawa Daily Times/The Times for nearly a quarter of a century, died this past week.
Seth Pickett of LaSalle, and Mike Harden of LaMoille caught a "one in two million" blue crawfish on a farm creek near Arlington.
A weekly look at outdoor sports with Fred Krause for July 7, 2022.
A weekly look at outdoor sports with Fred Krause for June 30, 2022.
A weekly look at outdoor sports with Fred Krause for Monday, June 20, 2022.
A weekly look at outdoor sports with Shaw Media contributor Fred Krause
A weekly look at outdoor sports with Fred Krause
Polo's outdoor pool at Keator Park opened for the 2022 season on Friday, May 27. The sky was overcast on Day 1, but that didn't stop residents from swimming. The pool was equally busy on May 28, when the weather was much warmer.
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