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U.S. 30 bridge repairs begin June 24
Clinton Herald, Iowa via Yahoo News· 2 days agoHighway 30 bridge in Whiteside County is to begin Monday, June 24. The bridge will be closed from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. for three nights. A marked detour will direct traffic to ...
10 States Where It Costs the Most Just To Drive Through Them
GoBankingRates via AOL· 6 days agoOwning a car isn't cheap. The overall cost to own and operate a new car in 2023 was $12,182, based...
Illinois is hit with cicada chaos. This is what it's like to see, hear and feel billions of bugs
Grand Island Independent· 5 days agoCicada chaos is flourishing and flying. Trillions of once-hidden baby bugs are in the air, on the...
How the United States Laid Claim to the Mississippi River, One Mile at a Time
Smithsonian Magazine· 6 days agoOn October 27, 1815, Prospect Robbins arrived by boat at the point in the alluvial swamps where the Arkansas and Mississippi rivers meet. Both surveyors were veterans—Brown a captain, Robbins ...
Federal funds, post-pandemic trends help Illinois Quad-Cities reimagine downtowns
Quad-City Times· 4 days agoAlong one side of the Mississippi River, three cities are reimagining what downtowns could be....
Black Independence families displaced in the 1960s deserve more than stone markers | Opinion
Kansas City Star via Yahoo News· 2 days agoIt’s great that The Neck neighborhood is being commemorated with new monuments. But its former...
In California, Tribal Members Are Reclaiming the ‘Land of the Flowing Water’
New York Times· 4 days agoThe vast territory known as the Owens Valley was home for centuries to Native Americans who lived...