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Long-awaited improvements that will make Brunner Forest Preserve more accessible to the public are coming later this year, with the construction of the longest single trail ever built by the Kane County Forest Preserve District.
The 741-acre preserv...
Updated: Jul 28, 2014 at 12:53 PM
A fisherman who drifted too close to the Algonquin dam was rescued from the Fox River early Friday morning.
The unidentified man drifted too close to the Algonquin Dam when fishing at about 7:15 a.m., and was swept into the boil, said Peter Van Dor...
Updated: Jul 27, 2014 at 12:13 AM
Boaters on the Chain O' Lakes and Fox River can again open the throttle because restrictions were lifted Friday by the Fox Waterway Agency.
Ron Barker, executive director of the Fox Lake-based agency, said water levels dropped enough between the Al...
Updated: Jun 29, 2014 at 07:01 PM
Fox Waterway Agency officials said high water is flowing out of the Chain O' Lakes at a faster rate than it is flowing in, causing water levels to drop.
Ron Barker, executive director of the agency in Fox Lake, said officials will lift boating rest...
Updated: Jun 27, 2014 at 02:05 PM
Firefighters from the Algonquin-Lake in the Hills Fire Protection District rescued two people and a dog after the Grayslake couple's boat got stuck under an Algonquin bridge Wednesday afternoon, officials said.
The pontoon boat's engine died while ...
Updated: Jun 26, 2014 at 06:31 AM
The Fox Waterway Agency in Fox Lake has placed a no-wake restriction on the Chain O' Lakes because of rising water levels.
Ron Barker, the executive director of the state-funded agency, said the restrictions were put in place at noon Tuesday after ...
Updated: Jun 25, 2014 at 06:43 AM
OTTAWA - Authorities have identified a man who died in a crash of a powered paraglider that plunged into the Fox River in near Ottawa.
The LaSalle County Sheriff's Office and the county coroner's office say the victim was 50-year-old Jeffrey A. Carp...
Updated: Jun 25, 2014 at 09:44 AM
Two men jump off a boat in Pistakee Lake. One drowns after the boat drifts away.
A 3-year-old leaves the pool for a snack and takes the inflatable "floaties" off his arms. He then returns to the pool and drowns.
A kayaker goes over a low-head dam on...
Updated: Jun 18, 2014 at 02:05 AM
Eight Elgin firefighters are listed on a wall at Elgin Fire Barn No. 5 Museum that honors those who died of injuries suffered on duty. Two had heart attacks; one injured a leg and died of the resulting infection; one died of a concussion; one was cr...
Updated: May 11, 2014 at 07:11 AM
A beautiful spring day after a brutal, long winter. An enticing river, beckoning the adventurous to discover all it has to offer.
But that kind of bucolic scene all along the Fox River, through communities from McHenry to Yorkville, masks a danger f...
Updated: Apr 23, 2014 at 06:00 AM