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  • Prairie Table
  • June 2025

Off the beaten path

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  • Finest Cooking
  • June 2025

Agua Fresca De Fresa Con Leche

A smiling corgi leads his person on a hike
  • Feature Stories
  • June 2025

SIT. STAY. EXPLORE.

Illinois is filled with dog-friendly businesses that happily welcome four-legged family members.
President Lyndon B. Johnson greets Youth Tour participants on the White House lawn in 1968. PHOTO COURTESY OF NRECA
  • Currents
  • June 2025

The trip of thousands of lifetimes

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  • Finest Cooking
  • June 2025

Margarita Punch

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  • Currents
  • June 2025

The power of political engagement

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  • Finest Cooking
  • June 2025

Almond Joy Iced Coffee

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  • First Thoughts
  • June 2025

Lessons in leadership

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  • Support Local
  • June 2025

From farm to store at The Farm Store

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  • Finest Cooking
  • June 2025

Blue Lemonade

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  • Safety Check
  • June 2025

Ben’s big idea

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  • Feature Stories
  • June 2025

The G.O.A.T. of Galena

Collin Ray Egyptian Electric Cooperative Association
  • SnapShots
  • June 2025

Lines of travel

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  • Finest Cooking
  • June 2025

Rum Slush

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  • Powered Up
  • June 2025

Power you can count on

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  • Garden Wise
  • June 2025

Plant today for a fall pumpkin display

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  • Prairie Table
  • May 2025

Mamma’s move from Main to Mill

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  • Support Local
  • May 2025

Business is buzzing at Dry Creek Beekeeping

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  • Finest Cooking
  • May 2025

Fruit Salad with Honey

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  • Finest Cooking
  • May 2025

Ruth’s Honey Chocolate Chip Cookies

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  • Safety Check
  • May 2025

Safe, not sorry

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  • Finest Cooking
  • May 2025

Yummy Honey & Oat Bars

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  • Finest Cooking
  • May 2025

Honey Bee Cookies

A man squats outside of his yellow tent, holding a portable solar array and looking towards the sun
  • Powered Up
  • May 2025

Camp smart

Cooperative leaders gather in front of the Capitol on Electric Cooperative Lobby Day.
  • Currents
  • May 2025

Advocating for rural Illinois

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  • Currents
  • May 2025

USDA takes steps to release co-op funding

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  • Feature Stories
  • May 2025

Digging up history

A silhouette of two people reclining under a purple display of northern lights
  • SnapShots
  • May 2025

Serene scenes

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  • Energy Solutions
  • May 2025

Lighten the load

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  • Currents
  • May 2025

Belt receives Public Service Award

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  • Currents
  • May 2025

Smith named CEO of Eastern Illini Electric

A colorful assortment of succulents comprise a garden
  • Garden Wise
  • May 2025

Water-storing wonders

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