Data centers are coming to Illinois, and the response to this future has been mixed among residents and officials. The Illinois Clean Jobs Coalition is hosting dozens of town hall-style meetings about data centers across the state, including one in Galena this past Wednesday.

One organization in the upper Mississippi River basin is accepting proposals for habitat restoration projects that benefit the land, the water and even people.

13 WREX meteorologist John Jurgens discusses hazardous air conditions and hot weather that have blanketed the WNIJ listening area.

West Nile virus was recently detected in mosquitoes in DeKalb County. Mosquito-borne illnesses kill hundreds of thousands of people each year. Some historians believe they've killed about half of all humans who have ever lived.One Northern Illinois University professor received a $40,000 grant to study a major unknown: what bacteria mosquitoes carry.

13 WREX meteorologist John Jurgens discusses a steamy week ahead for the Stateline.

The nature center, which will soon be called Wild Roots, is using the grant to turn the golf course to prairie and oak savanna.

The Natural Resources Conservation Service is a federal agency that helps farmers protect soil and water and fight climate change. Advocates say those goals are in jeopardy.

In Missouri and many other states, regulatory efforts have been stymied. That’s prompting fierce debates in city council chambers.

This weekend, the Natural Land Institute is opening the Silver Creek Woods Preserve for what it calls a BioBlitz.

Illinois is experiencing the wettest June in years.