The Friends of the Fox River will conduct a series of canoe trips on five different sections of the Fox River from spring through late fall. These trips will explore the river and its relationship with the land that creates it, and special natural ...

The body of a man who police say ran out of an Algonquin tavern without paying his bill, then jumped into the Fox River, was found Friday night, officials say. Ernest Prentic, 29, of Carpentersville was found in the Fox River about 6:30 p.m. Friday,...

A man who police say ran out of an Algonquin tavern without paying his bill, then jumped into the Fox River, was last seen drifting in the water. Divers from the Algonquin-Lake in the Hills Fire Protection District searched late into the night Thurs...

It looks like the crumbling dam on the Fox River in Batavia is the city's responsibility, despite an attempt once to give it to the state. Research by the city administrator, including a deep dive into minutes of city council meetings, seems to indi...

Heavy weekend rain that dumped more than 4 inches on parts of northern Illinois has lake and river water levels on the rise, but the bigger focus is on the coming days to determine if the wet weather was merely an annoyance or will evolve into somet...

An upgraded ecosystem. Better water quality. Safer and improved recreational activities. Good reasons abound for removing the state's run-of-river dams, including 10 along the Fox River and the two remaining along the Des Plaines River, experts say....