Museum

Compeer Financial, through its Fund for Rural America, announced a transformative gift of $500,000 to the Children’s Discovery Museum in Normal in support of its upcoming exhibit, “From the Farm to a Healthy Me.”

Come see the workings of agricultural sites in the I&M Canal National Heritage Area while discovering the rich history of the region.

Clay Geyer is balancing working on the farm, promoting corn-husking competitions and much more this summer.

In between fungicide and insecticide applications and replacing a hot water heater at the Humane Society, Aaron Rients and other volunteers are getting ready for the 76th annual Central States Threshermen’s Reunion.

The DeKalb County History Center is one of five organizations in the United States selected to host the “Food: Gathering Around the Table” exhibit.

New items are added each year to the exhibits at the museum located in the former Penfield school on the showgrounds of the Historic Farm Days, set for July 11-14.

It was the dog, stuck atop skyscraping grain silos on Springfield’s northeast side in 2019, that forced Chris Richmond’s hand.

With one major goal achieved, the establishment of a museum, the Mound City National Cemetery Preservation Commission is moving forward.

I imagine some of you have started harvest by now. Not me, though, but that’s normal. Our double-crop beans are getting really thirsty since we’ve only had a third of an inch of rain in over six weeks.

How do we go on vacation when we can’t afford to travel anywhere? The answer may be a staycation: Spend time doing something different without leaving your home area.

The Indiana State Fair will be packed with 18 days of basketball-themed entertainment.

New items are added each year to the exhibits at the museum located in the former Penfield school on the showgrounds of the Historic Farm Days, set for July 13-16.

Thirty Lincoln Land Community College students participated in a 10-day agricultural industry tour in Ireland.

After a week with my youngest granddaughter, who is 14, as my guest during her spring break from school, I have to feel 20 years younger. I walked; she explored. She picked up small bones; I helped carry. I changed the house water filter; she cleaned bones.