3+ hour, 57+ min ago  (335+ words) After a snow storm on Monday, followed by frigid weather on Tuesday and Wednesday, it's perfectly okay if you're looking for signs of spring coming our way here in Northern Illinois. One of the best signs that spring is getting…...

5+ day, 3+ hour ago  (377+ words) With lots of power outages, trees downed, and traffic lights knocked out, it's pretty obvious that today's (Friday, March 13th) wind is really strong, but Illinois has experienced much stronger winds in the past. While we waited for the power to…...

5+ day, 6+ hour ago  (369+ words) After living in Montana for several years, I'think I have figured out a regular weather pattern. While I have no scientific'data to prove it, many times the major winter storms that would dump snow in the upper northwest would frequently…...

1+ week, 23+ hour ago  (370+ words) Nearly everyone is delighted about and looking forward to spring weather conditions, but many of us forget for a moment that the warmer, nicer weather can also lead to some very severe weather conditions like tornadoes. Illinois just wrapped up…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (339+ words) Over the next several weeks, migrating songbirds will begin returning to Illinois after spending the winter in warmer parts of the country or in Central and South America. For many'of us across Northern Illinois, the sound of birds returning to…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (268+ words) We've been feeding and enjoying the company of hummingbirds in our back yard for longer than I can remember, yet every year I end up having to try to'figure out when the best time is to put up the hummingbird…...

1+ mon, 6+ day ago  (293+ words) That long, extended deep freeze we went through a few weeks back here in Northern Illinois seemed like it would never end, and that we'd never have warm weather again. It turns out that we may have been wrong to…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (485+ words) It was just about a year ago that'law enforcement officers had to pull a coyote out of a refrigerated case at an Aldi store in Humboldt Park. Then, within the next week, another coyote caused a problem at O'Hare Airport…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (383+ words) Here we are in the middle of winter 2026, and Illinois' songbird population is, for the most part, gone for the winter or whittled down to just the toughest and most adaptable ones left . However, the'most prominent songbird in our state…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (277+ words) Before we talk rodents and forecasts, here's a fun local twist. In case you missed the news from earlier this morning,the granddaddy of them all, the world-famousPunxsutawney Phil,saw his shadow and predicted six more weeks of winter. But,…...