Season two of WILL-TV's popular magazine show was nominated for best Magazine Program, as well as eight other awards. 

Illinois artist Kevin Veara has built a celebrated career as a painter of birds from his remote studio on the banks of the Sangamon River.

The tiny Scratch Brewing Company, in the forest of Ava, Illinois – just five miles from the Shawnee National Forest – forages and grows their own ingredients for the award-winning beer they brew. The grow-your-own philosophy has also made Scratch one of the best places to eat pizza in the US.

Joining us live in the WILL-TV studio, Leah Marlene performs the "Prairie Fire" theme song. 

Host Sarah Edwards decides to "Pedal the Preserves," which is a 67-mile bike ride along the Kickapoo Rail Trail, making stops at the Homer Lake Forest Preserve and Middle Fork River Forest Preserve.