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Children Savannah (left), Melody and Ava Herschberger, with their mom Regina Herschberger (not pictured), admire the pottery work of father and son Jacob and Isaac Venatta at the Lincoln Log Cabin State Historic Site.

Lincoln Log Cabin welcomes fall with Harvest Frolic

Alli Hausman, Managing Editor October 1, 2024

  With a chill in the air, hints of orange and red appearing in the trees and the whispering sounds of instruments flowing through the Lincoln Log Cabin State Historic Site, fall had arrived...

Heidi Hawkins scoops oats into cups for participants in goat yoga to spread on their mats.

Goat Yoga: Instructors explain new exercise activity

Zoë Donovan, Staff Reporter August 25, 2019

Yoga enthusiasts and animal lovers flocked to the Lincoln Log Cabin to participate in Goat Yoga, one of the more recent exercise trends of the last few years, Saturday morning. Goat Yoga at the Lincoln...

Dancers at the Lincoln Log Cabin Civil War Ball mix and mingle during the Broom Dance on June 15.

FEATURE PHOTO: The ‘Broom Dance’ at the Civil War Ball

Zoë Donovan, Staff Reporter June 16, 2019

Dancers at the Lincoln Log Cabin Civil War Ball mix and mingle during the Broom Dance on June 15. The Broom Dance requires participants to find a new partner whenever the band stops playing. The...

Lincoln Log Cabin’s Civil War Ball set for Saturday

Staff Report June 13, 2019

The historic Lincoln Log Cabin is hosting a Civil War Ball on Saturday from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. The ball is free and open to the public; period dress is encouraged, but not required. Modern or other era...

Five-mile house president considers himself a ‘Bio-Historian’

Liz Dowell, Copy Editor November 2, 2015

As a child, sports never interested him. Instead, Tom Vance rather go exploring and better understand nature. That's why he became an Eagle Scout. Vance got his degrees at the University of Illinois...

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