Tjaden Construction employees paint the north wall of Pop's at the corner of Sixth and Chestnut in preparation for the painting of a mural.

Judy Olson captured the return of the Monarch butterflies on this clover blossom.

Janis Megow found this badger in the backyard of her rural Minonk home.

Dave Uphoff is shown here with Jim Swan on the right at a party honoring the Minonk native on the publishing of his book "The Chicago Irish Legion, a book on the Civil War.