Outdoors stories in northern Illinois
The Marion II cruise boat is available for viewing to commemorate the 115th anniversary of the Marion Voyage.
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 warning: It is tick season already.
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.
I well remember my youngest son, Freddy, watching a hunting show on TV. He finally looked up at me and said, “I want to go hunting, Dad.”
Now that armadillos are being found in southern Illinois, I have received questions on how to remove them
I have had 50 or so invitations to speak at Rotary clubs in the La Salle County area.
There has been a lot of rumbling on using rifles for deer hunting in Illinois
I took a walk through the woods last Thursday looking for some mushrooms.
I used to always look south on my return from work at Caterpillar down on the Illinois River valley after leaving Interstate 80