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There's a drawing in the 2002 vision for the future use of the Fox River that's seemed more like a fantasy than a goal for the past decade.
You can see the river churning as it runs under the bridge at Main and First streets. There is no dam stretc...
Updated: Feb 25, 2014 at 04:37 PM
Relatives of a Naperville man who drowned trying to save his girlfriend's son from the Geneva dam along the Fox River have appealed their lawsuit, saying the city and the park district did have control over that area of the river and should be held ...
Updated: Jan 22, 2014 at 06:04 PM
Batavia is asking Kane County again for money to study the shoreline of the Fox River through its downtown.
This time, it is asking for federal money, as the county gets ready to dole out Community Development Block Grant funds in April.
Last year t...
Updated: Jan 09, 2014 at 06:04 PM
The Illinois Department of Natural Resources staff recently honored 121 volunteers who donated their services to Volo Bog State Natural Area, Moraine Hills State Park and McHenry Dam in 2013. Together they contributed 6,019 hours to these IDNR sites...
Updated: Jan 08, 2014 at 01:42 PM
A 78-year-old Fort Worth, Texas, woman says she doesn’t blame her dog for an accidental shooting in which her pooch knocked over her loaded shotgun, causing it to fire. She was struck in the foot but did not seek medical attention until the next day...
Updated: Sep 18, 2013 at 09:35 PM
As towns along the Fox River have heightened their efforts to revitalize their shorelines and nearby downtowns, here are the main completed projects and some still in the planning stage.
Aurora
Completed: The Music Garden at RiverEdge Park, an amphi...
Updated: Sep 05, 2013 at 09:47 AM
The Fox River may be any number of things to the communities that sprouted along its banks.
In Aurora, it's home to the new Music Garden at RiverEdge Park and the centerpiece of what some are calling a renaissance in downtown.
In North Aurora, it'...
Updated: Sep 06, 2013 at 05:54 PM
A building planned in South Elgin with 50 apartments for low-income residents and residents with disabilities has already generated interest from prospective tenants.
“We've had many interested parties,” said Tracey Manning, executive director for T...
Updated: Aug 29, 2013 at 11:17 AM
You can't talk about the Fox River in Carpentersville without mentioning Tom Roeser, president and chief executive officer of Otto Engineering, the biggest employer in town.
Roeser's move to spend millions renovating and beautifying his company hea...
Updated: Aug 22, 2013 at 12:38 PM
The Wayne Country Store has caught the eye of many observers as the idyllic community store from a past era.
Area residents were enamored with the old-fashioned store even more when movie star Jessica Lange was there to shoot a segment of her 1990 m...
Updated: Aug 10, 2013 at 06:27 PM