BEARDSTOWN — It’s taken years of wrangling, but Beardstown appears to be on the verge of fulfilling the most basic requirement of being a “river town” — regaining permanent access to the Illinois ...
BEARDSTOWN, Ill. (AP) -- Beardstown is a city of about 6,000 on the banks of the Illinois River, but you're out of luck if you want to launch a boat from the town's marina. ``We're a river town and we ...