Bruce Darnell

If this sounds familiar, that’s because IDOT shut down the north and east bound lanes for similar repairs last month.

Camp Koerner — named after Gustave Koerner, a politician and close friend of Abraham Lincoln — was one of 10 different emergency volunteer camps in Illinois, and was picked due to its proximity to a railroad center.

The annual Way of Lights — a free Christmas light show setup parallel with the roads in the Shrine grounds — is one of their biggest events of the year.