FRANKLIN COUNTY (WSIL) -- The $17.5 million renovation of the Rend Lake Resort in Franklin County will get underway in 2023. The funding will be used to renovate the conference center, restaurant, ...

WHITTINGTON — The Rend Lake Resort and Conference Center has a fresh new look with the recent completion of a multi-year renovation project. Over the past two years, every guest room on the property, ...

Rend Lake Resort, originally opened in 1990, closed in December 2016 due to issues with mold, health concerns, and lease ...

WHITTINGTON (WSIL) -- Once a popular destination drawing people from St. Louis and Chicago for weekend get aways on the water Rend Lake Resort has sat empty for almost four years. If you were to walk ...

The Illinois Department of Natural Resources is seeking a new operator for the resort at Rend Lake in Wayne Fitzgerrell State Recreation Area, located near Whittington in Franklin County. This is an ...

Barricades are seen in December 2016 behind the entrance sign for Rend Lake Resort. The state closed the resort that month and was seeking bids from vendors who could reopen the tourist destination.

BENTON -- Argue all you want about whether a baseball stadium or a church in northern Illinois deserved to be named as two of Illinois' Seven Wonders during online voting last year. The Cub's Wrigley ...

WHITTINGTON, Ill. • The state is seeking a new operator for a southern Illinois conference center and resort that was closed last year due to safety concerns. Illinois Department of Natural Resources ...