Officials standing by to help; need volunteers

Emergency personnel and local officials are standing by today in the northern Fox Valley to help residents affected by yesterday's storms and recent flooding.

Officials in some areas are also looking for volunteers to help with sandbagging and clean-up efforts.

In Kane County, residents in need of sandbags can call the county's office of emergency management at (630) 208 8911.

Sand piles - without bags - are available at five locations:

The Haeger Factory Store on Van Buren Street, two blocks south of Route 72, in East Dundee;

The Dundee Township Highway garage, 1900 Sleepy Hollow Road, West Dundee;

The South Elgin Public Works facility, 735 N. Martin Drive;

Lions Park on the east side of the river a few blocks south of the bridge in South Elgin;

And the St. Charles public works facility, 1405 S. 7th Ave.

In McHenry County, sandbags are available at three locations in Algonquin:

Cornish Park, at Route 62 and Harrison Street;

Riverfront Park, 201 N. Harrison St.;

And the Algonquin public works facility, 110 Meyer Drive.

If you would like to volunteer with sandbagging efforts today and Saturday in West Dundee, contact village hall at (847)551-3800.