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The Environmental Defenders of McHenry County and Algonquin will host the eighth annual "It's Our River Day" celebration and cleanup. It will be 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 19, at Cornish Park along the shoreline of the Fox River in historic downtow...
Updated: Sep 17, 2015 at 04:37 PM
St. Charles aldermen have given preliminary approval to a plan that envisions a white water version of Naperville's Riverwalk becoming the centerpiece of St. Charles' downtown.
But the "yes" votes came with more anxiety than recent displays of supp...
Updated: Sep 17, 2015 at 10:48 PM
A man driving a waverunner wasn't hurt Saturday afternoon when the watercraft went over a dam on the Fox River in Algonquin, authorities said.
Witnesses reported seeing a waverunner go over a low-head dam under the Algonquin Road bridge about 4 p.m...
Updated: Aug 03, 2015 at 06:48 AM
The only questions St. Charles city and park district officials had by the time consultants finished showing how the Fox River could be the centerpiece of the community Thursday night were: How hard will it be to do? And, how soon can we start?
Memb...
Updated: Jul 25, 2015 at 09:20 AM
When Al Capone used a property just outside of St. Charles in the 1920s as a hideaway, neighbors probably didn't like it. But they probably didn't complain too loudly, either. That wasn't the case Tuesday when residents near the property protested t...
Updated: Jul 22, 2015 at 04:57 PM
The economic theory of making the Fox River the centerpiece of St. Charles clashed with scientific skepticism Tuesday night as details of a river walk and paddling came to light.
A crowd of about 100 people, many of whom arrived with kayaks and cano...
Updated: Jul 08, 2015 at 07:46 PM
The piers on a section of Lake Marie have been removed, but the rights to locate those boat parking places on the Chain O' Lakes or Fox River are being sold at a starting price of $1,000 each.
Beginning Monday, 41 pier rights acquired by the Lake Co...
Updated: Jun 12, 2015 at 06:44 PM
The Elgin Fire Department Tuesday remembered two of its own who died 41 years ago while rescuing two teenagers.
Retired firefighter Larry Judkins dropped a wreath from the Kimball Street bridge into the Fox River to commemorate the deaths of Station...
Updated: Jun 02, 2015 at 09:09 PM
The Fox River Ecosystem Partnership will host its bimonthly "FREP Noon Network" from noon to 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 15, in the Heritage Ballroom at The Centre of Elgin, 100 Symphony Way. The public is welcome to attend this free program and rese...
Updated: Apr 07, 2015 at 02:46 PM
North Aurora is a well-run village that should only get better. It operates in the black and has a AA+ bond rating from Standard & Poor's.
It smartly manages its money. It features a pro business climate. It welcomed 21 new businesses in 2014 and m...
Updated: Apr 06, 2015 at 08:03 PM