Rare oak savannas, century farms and a property on the National Register of Historic Places would be destroyed in a controversial lake project near the little Madison County town of Peru. Under the plan, taxpayers would be asked to shell out tens of millions to build a lake that would flood people's homes, while creating a personal lakefront retreat for Doug Gross.

By Brenda Fullick

After Mike and Kristi Schirm bought a particularly rugged piece of timber west of Peru in the 1980s, Mike soon noticed the strangest thing: There wasn't a single thistle on the place. >> more

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