Registration is open for the Tour of the Mississippi River Valley (TOMRV), back this year after a two-year hiatus. The ride ...

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker has halted a key project meant to defend the Great Lakes from invasive carp, citing federal funding ...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, will host a public meeting on the Robinson Lake habitat rehabilitation and enhancement project ...

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker has decided to delay work on a $1.2 billion project meant to prevent invasive carp from reaching ...

Illinois Governor JB Pritzker humorously proclaimed the renaming of Lake Michigan to "Lake Illinois" and the annexation of ...

Research shows that across the globe, rivers that freeze are freezing later and melting earlier, and that includes the ...

Illinois Department of Natural Resources Director Natalie Phelps Finnie on Monday wrote in a letter to the U.S. Army Corps of ...

"Lake Michigan shall be known as Lake Illinois," Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker announced Friday, mocking President Donald Trump ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WILX) - Another body of water is getting a new name - at least according to Illinois. In a social media post, Governor JB Pritzker announced the changes come after decades of ...

The governor went on to say there will be an announcement next week regarding the Mississippi River as part of the joke.