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, ...

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 (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 ...

FRANKLIN COUNTY, Ill. (KFVS) - Governor JB Pritzker announced millions of dollars in funding to renovate the Rend Lake Resort in southern Illinois. He said the renovation will get underway in 2023 ...

REND LAKE, Ill. (KFVS) - Potential bidders for the Rend Lake Resort are required to attend meeting on Thursday as the state of Illinois seeks a new vendor(s) to run the site. The conference for Rend ...

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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.