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Chicago is a big-time sports town with die hard fans for their Bears, Bulls, Cubs, and the World Champion Chicago White Sox. Even if you don’t like baseball, you’ll have the time of your life just like Ferris Bueller as you take in a Cubs game at Wrigley. The Windy City does a nice job blending in the new while maintaining its old world charm. Incorporated as a town in 1833, Chicago has grown to be the nation’s third-largest city (with a population of more than 3 million) ...

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A convenient online Chicago ticket broker is just the service you need when you want to find Chicago baseball tickets. You can look online anytime it suits your hectic schedule, and there you will find Chicago baseball tickets, including Chicago Cubs tickets. The Cubs' schedule will also be listed at the ticket broker's website, so you can see which games have tickets available, and compare that to when you have free time, and then decide which Chicago baseball ticket you want.

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Much like the surrounding states of Missouri, Iowa, and Indiana, Illinois offers several appealing destinations to wine travel lovers. You'll find clusters of wineries in every part of the state, including metropolitan Chicago. Grapes grow well here, and Illinois vintners display their creativity by making a tempting array of wines that are attracting national press.

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The region drained by the Kankakee River in northeastern Illinois embraces some of the most beautiful and fertile land in the country. The Kankakee, which was the home of the Potawatomi Indians and the road through which early settlers pushed into the area, rises in Indiana marshes; joins the Iroquois River below Momence Illinois hospital, and flows to the Illinois near Manteno.

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Quincy Herald-Whig | Illinois & Missouri News, SportsQuincy area tourism director optimistic about 2012 and beyond

Mississippi Valley Garden Club members Julian Orr, left, and Sandy Pieper, trim roses in August 2011 at the Villa Kathrine in Quincy. Holly Cain, executive director of the Quincy Convention and Visitors Bureau, said Quincy’s Tourist Information Center.

DNR in spotlight over sand mine near Starved Rock

OTTAWA, Ill. (AP) – Just beyond the rim of Chicago’s sprawl, table-flat farmland suddenly gives way to scenic bluffs, canyons and forests where the Illinois River wends its way past ancient sandstone formations.

Two-state organization encourages tourism, recreation on the river

With the Mississippi River dominating the Quad-City region's geographical landscape, the Rock River doesn't get much attention except when it floods.

A place 'for the birds' and those who watch

Dorothy Lockard held her 7-month-old granddaughter, Jane Elizabeth, as she peered through the floor-to-ceiling glass bay windows of the Audubon Center at Riverlands Migratory Bird Sanctuary in West Alton.

County board OKs grants for USF, Illinois Extension

JOLIET — The Will County Board recently threw its support behind two programs that will help revitalize downtown Joliet and educate county residents. The two grants totaling $75,000 are funded through a host agreement that Will County has with Waste Management and will not include any taxpayer funding.“Both of these projects are important to the education, tourism, culture and the work force in ...

Wisconsin tourism hires famous director for ad

No more slogans. No more logos. Just fun.

Illinois Small Business Center celebrates 2011 success

The Illinois Small Business Development Center celebrated its successes in 2011 and is gearing up to assist small businesses get off the ground in the new year.

Controversy grows over proposed sand mine near Starved Rock

A sand-mining operation slated for land next to Illinois’ most visited state park has sparked controversy in La Salle County. Mississippi Sand LLC of Maryland Heights, Mo., wants to mine St. Peter sandstone from a 350-acre parcel of farmland just east of Starved Rock State Park on the Illinois River near Utica.

Controversy grows over proposed sand mine

A sand-mining operation slated for land next to Illinois' most visited state park has sparked controversy in LaSalle County.

Crews film lottery commercial in area counties

PONTIAC — A television production company visited portions of Livingston and McLean counties Thursday and Friday to film footage for an upcoming commercial for the Illinois State Lottery.