The Rend Lake Conservancy District will either lease its golf course, restaurant and hotel to an outside company or cut back resort operations, officials say.

A once-popular southern Illinois destination for anglers and hunters from northern parts of the state is expected to reopen in 2027, a progress report by DNR and area lawmakers suggests. Rend Lake ...

State Representative Dave Severin (R-Benton) joined officials from the state of Illinois and the Illinois Department of Natural Resources and Illinois Capital Development Board for a tour of Rend Lake ...

WHITTINGTON— Join us for the 24th Annual Wine & Art Festival at Rend Lake, a long-standing favorite for wine lovers, art enthusiasts, and music fans. Hours will be from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and ...

INA, Ill. — The NIACC baseball team picked up a sweep of Rend Lake on Tuesday. The Trojans won 5-1 in the opener and 6-0 in the nightcap. “It was a really good day,” NIACC coach Todd Rima said. “You ...

SESSER — If you’re looking for a place in Franklin County to bring Max or Spot or Bella for an afternoon, Rend Lake may just have a solution for you. Currently, Rend Lake is undergoing work to ...

Massac County High School senior Josh Gilbert recently agreed to attend Rend Lake College and play baseball for the Warriors program. Gilbert is a 6’3”, 200-pound, left-handed pitcher/first baseman ...

University of Illinois Extension is partnering with the US Army Corps of Engineers to provide public pollinator garden stewardship opportunities at the Rend Lake Project Office Visitor Center from ...

Rend Lake is the largest lake in southern Illinois; the 18,900 acres of water and 21,000 acres of surrounding parks and protected lands provide outstanding habitat for waterfowl, waders, shorebirds, ...

(TNS) — Rend Lake College celebrated the opening of its Southern Illinois Manufacturing Academy on Thursday, a 20,000 square-foot facility that promises state-of-the-art training for the manufacturers ...

BENTON, Ill. (KFVS) - Several locations at Rend Lake will be closed during the state firearm deer hunting seasons. According to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, some recreation areas will be ...