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For about the price of a peppermint latte, you can buy a permit to cut a live tree from one Illinois forest. Here's what you need to know.

There's a new tick alert that directly affects Missouri. It's a vile disease-spreading little critter that's a threat to both humans and animals and there are specific things you need to watch out for thanks to a bulletin from the government.

Another week, another large recall. This time, it's for something that just happens to be a staple ingredient in many people's kitchens, and right about the time a lot of folks are looking to fire up their backyard grills.

The Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) confirmed on Monday that the department will work with the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to test up to 1,000 deer for the virus between now and March 2022.

I know that we hit you with food recall notices all the time, but I figure that we all eat, and if something might be wrong with the food you're about to consume, you'd want to know about it.

Last week, we told you that Italian-style meats were being linked to a Salmonella outbreak happening in Illinois, along with 16 other states. At the time, no brand name had been identified as being the source. Now, they have.

And, by "recalling," I don't mean thinking about how they ate several of them after a night of drinking only to wake up the next day hating themselves.

Chicago French Bulldog Rescue says that it will not return more than a dozen French bulldog puppies that were confiscated from a warehouse inside O'Hare Airport on August 31st.

USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service announced Saturday New Jersey company is recalling nearly 43,000 pounds of raw ground beef products because they may be contaminated with E. coli.

Last week, it was frozen beef from Canada being recalled because of an E. coli problem, this week it's pork sausage and turkey patties.