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“Prairie Fire” nominated for four Mid-America Emmy® Awards

“Prairie Fire” nominated for four Mid-America Emmy® Awards

 WILL-TV’s “Prairie Fire” has been nominated for four National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Mid-America Emmy® awards. The popular magazine show, which first debuted in 1992 and ran until 2009, was rebooted in 2023 by Illinois Public Media. Since its reboot, “Prairie Fire” has won nine Mid-America Emmy® Awards, including Magazine Program in both 2024 and 2025 for its first and second season.
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Prairie Performances
The four members of the Joshua Redman Quartet. Three are sitting relaxed in chairs, and one is leaning against a wall wearing sunglasses.

Jazz: Live Near You!
This week on Prairie Performances, you can hear jazz from artists playing live near you in the coming month. Many great performances coming up in and around the state of…
Dialogue

From protector of a president to prison to pardon: the historic life of Abraham Bolden
IPM's David Pierce took a year to produce a mini-documentary about 91-year-old Abraham Bolden, a former Secret Service agent who served under President John F. Kennedy.
Weather Realness

How wildfire smoke travels to Illinois
How did Canada’s wildfire smoke travel hundreds of miles to Illinois and is climate change making things worse? We learn the meteorological side of wildfire smoke and what…
Weather Realness
Parts of Central Illinois recorded over 9 to 10 inches of heavy rainfall during August storms.

The science behind Illinois’ August flooding
We talk about flooding in central Illinois and why Illinois keeps getting hit with heavy rainfall. 
The 21st Show
FILE - In this Sept. 11, 2001 file photo, firefighters work beneath the destroyed mullions, the vertical struts which once faced the soaring outer walls of the World Trade Center towers, after a terrorist attack on the twin towers in New York. Families of the victims of the worst terror attack on the United States in history gathered Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2013, to mark their 12th anniversary with a moment of silence and the reading of names. The Sept. 11, 2001 attacks in New York City and Washington killed almost 3,000 people and lead to a war in Afghanistan.

25 years later, Illinoisans remember where they were on 9/11
Nearly 3,000 Americans were killed on the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City. Twenty-five years later, Illinoisans share stories of where…
Prairie Fire

“Prairie Fire” nominated for four Mid-America Emmy® Awards
Season three of WILL-TV's popular magazine show was nominated for four regional Emmy® Awards.
Mid-American Gardener

Late-Summer Garden Bounty: Dahlias, Vegetables and Beautiful Blooms
Shane and Chuck join Tinisha with an abundance of garden produce and beautiful blooms. And Kelly stops by to discuss caring for mums.
State of Change

Small gestures to make a big difference in preserving our planet
We visit a zero-waste general store, a garden bringing a community together in a Chicago food desert, a program protecting pollinators, and advice to increase sustainability…