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We've all seen it happening, and maybe you're someone who does it, too. I think that most of us agree that driving with a dog in your lap is not exactly the safest way to travel, but is it something that can get you pulled over and ticketed here in Illinois? The answer is trickier than you might have thought.

A picture of the license plate was posted on Reddit and drew plenty of complaints.

A look at some of the biggest fish ever pulled out of Iowa water!

This home for sale in Havana, Illinois is so cool, it looks like something straight out of the 'Beetlejuice' movie. And if you love to look into houses as much as I do, you're going to want to see this!

It's easier to believe claims about a place's work culture from someone who has actually worked there.

Here are the schools with the lowest admission and graduation rates.

Malls are dying and the solution presented will not fix this Iowa Mall.

Iowa is one of five states that does not allow corporal punishment of students.

One of the biggest joys we get living in this part of the country is knowing that we'll get a spectacular show of colored leaves (most years) before we spend several months with snow shovels and scrapers in our frigid hands. The question always is "when is the absolute best time to get out and enjoy it?" Here's what the leaf experts think.

The catfishing ends now.

Grant Wood's first school near his family farm in Anamosa, Iowa

I was relieved to find out that there are still some good people in this world even in Illinois.