When Gov. JB Pritzker in late March signed legislation that will give Shabbona Lake State Park to the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation, this wasn’t just acknowledging Native people once lived on ...

JB Pritzker signed a law on March 21 returning the 1,500-acre Shabbona Lake State Recreation Area ... The Chicago Sun-Times reports Illinois created a state park on the land after buying it ...

JB Pritzker last week transferred Shabbona Lake State Recreation Area ... The land will stay open to the public as a park, with the state providing maintenance. Rupnick for years has traveled ...