Crow "funerals" and "wakes," a take on The Petersens' version of Brad Paisley's classic, a big cat in western Illinois, and loss of ice cover on Lake Superior are in the notes from around Chicago and beyond.

Crow "funerals" and "wakes," a take on The Petersens' version of Brad Paisley's classic, a big cat in western Illinois, and loss of ice cover on Lake Superior are in the notes from around Chicago and beyond.

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