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Geneva firefighters conducted a river rescue mission just before noon Monday following a report of a woman jumping into the Fox River, officials said in a news release.
Three rescue boats and one dive team were dispatched to the river and began a dow...
Published: Apr 15, 2024 at 10:56 PM
Andrew Carlin of St. Charles shares how he got involved with – and now leads -- the AfterImage Film Festival in St. Charles, which opened Thursday and runs through Sunday, April 14.
Published: Apr 12, 2024 at 05:30 AM
A flood warning has been issued along the Fox River from Johnsburg to Red Gate Road in St. Charles starting Tuesday night and will continue “until further notice.”
The river is forecast to get above flood stage early Wednesday morning and continue ri...
Updated: Apr 02, 2024 at 09:11 PM
On Tuesday, April 2, the Elgin Chapter of the Izaak Walton League will host a program on the Fox River presented by Gary Swick.
Swick is the president of the Friends of the Fox River. The Elgin resident has been an environmental educator for 50 year...
Updated: Mar 28, 2024 at 06:44 PM
St. Charles’ newly formed Fox River Dam Joint Task Force will meet for the first time next week.
The meeting will be at 6 p.m. Thursday, March 28, at city hall, 2 E. Main St. It will be the first of several meetings where the task force will examine ...
Updated: Mar 22, 2024 at 08:49 PM
In a preliminary vote last week, Elgin lawmakers voted 5-4 to recommend putting a question on the November presidential election ballot asking residents if the Kimball Street dam on the Fox River should be removed as the Army Corps of Engineers recom...
Published: Mar 13, 2024 at 02:45 AM
Mayor Kevin Burns issued a statement late Monday regarding the ongoing discussion of removing the Geneva dam from the Fox River, as initiated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
Burns said the timeline for responses to the collected public comments ...
Updated: Mar 12, 2024 at 08:00 PM
Elgin Mayor David Kaptain wants the city to put an advisory question on the November ballot allowing voters to weigh in on whether the Kimball Street dam should be removed.
City council members, meanwhile, have mixed views on whether the whole exerci...
Published: Mar 11, 2024 at 06:30 AM
With the decision on removing the St. Charles Dam from the Fox River looming, city council members have appointed the first members of the newly created Dam Task Force.
Updated: Feb 25, 2024 at 06:40 PM
Like other towns with dams earmarked for removal, St. Charles knows it has to decide soon what to do about its dam. Should it stay or should it go?
Updated: Feb 23, 2024 at 07:28 AM