Nauvoo News

A call for volunteers to fill sandbags to help protect historic Nauvoo, Ill., and surrounding areas went out last week.

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Volunteers are filling sandbags in and around Nauvoo, Ill., to protect historic church landmarks in the event of flooding on the Mississippi River.

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There were three traffic fatalities in Hancock County in 2006; four in 2007; and now seven so far in the first five months of 2008.

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The Carthage city council voted to amend the current city code to add three new zoning designations.

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More than 30 Warsaw residents, many angry about a recent agreement the city made with an out of town business, let their feelings be known at the Warsaw City Council meeting Wednesday.

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As a Midwesterner prejudiced toward things Midwestern, I was intrigued when a friend reported recently that she'd spent a weekend touring Illinois wineries with wondrous results.

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Caleb Todd, age 7, joined his father, Blair, recently in volunteering for militia service at Lincoln Log Cabin State Historic Site.

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Over the past two decades, Mary Lou and Buonaveta Fernetti, the owners of the Art Needle Workshop, have been very busy people. via Henderson County Quill

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“Where else can you step from a $150 million museum to one of the longest-running Illinois art fairs to historic sites and a wine tasting?”

Which state was the fourth-largest U.S. wine producer in 1900? You'll probably be surprised to discover that it was Illinois, where the wine industry's roots go back to the 1770s, when French settlers started ... via Illinois Times

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August Hill's 3-acre vineyard stands atop a bluff on the south side of the Illinois River on the same property as our winery. via Beacon News

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