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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,...
Updated: Jun 05, 2017 at 09:57 AM
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...
Updated: Jun 06, 2017 at 10:29 AM
The City of Geneva Natural Resources Committee invites the community to an open house on regional efforts to secure a national water trail designation for the Fox River.
Local water enthusiasts have been working closely with the Fox River Ecosystem...
Updated: Jun 02, 2017 at 12:51 PM
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...
Updated: May 10, 2017 at 11:28 AM
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...
Updated: May 02, 2017 at 10:35 PM
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....
Updated: May 02, 2017 at 06:58 AM
Firefighters rescued four occupants of a stalled pontoon drifting toward a low head dam near an Algonquin bridge Friday evening.
At 6:30 p.m. personnel from the Algonquin-Lake in the Hills Fire Protection District responded to a report of a boat in ...
Updated: Apr 22, 2017 at 12:43 AM
Connor Ryan threw a 1-hitter with 5 strikeouts and no walks Wednesday as Dundee-Crown defeated Cary-Grove 3-0 in Fox Valley Conference baseball action.
Jonathan Mays drove in 2 runs for the Chargers (6-7, 3-7) and Brett Buske had a double.
Ben Levic...
Updated: Apr 19, 2017 at 10:03 PM
The Fox Waterway Agency has issued a no-wake order for the lower Fox River from the Stratton Lock and Dam in McHenry south to Route 62 in Algonquin. Rain during the past week has pushed the Fox River to high water levels in those areas, officials sa...
Updated: Apr 04, 2017 at 10:45 PM
You might think of Columbus, Ohio, as just another boring seat of state government, as uninteresting and flat as its capitol without a dome.
You would be wrong.
Columbus has become a hipster hangout, young and vibrant with a sizable population of ...
Updated: Mar 19, 2017 at 10:36 AM