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The body of a man who police say apparently drowned Tuesday afternoon in the Fox River in Aurora has been identified.
Bruce J. Grissette, 38, of the 500 block of College Avenue in Aurora, was identified by authorities, police said Wednesday.
An auto...
Updated: Aug 08, 2013 at 05:22 PM
Communities celebrate National Night Out
People throughout the suburbs participated last night in National Night Out, an evening spearheaded by local law enforcement as an effort to promote participation in crime prevention efforts and allow ne...
Updated: Aug 07, 2013 at 10:57 AM
All this fuss about noticing the Fox River; repurposing buildings to take advantage of the Fox River; tourism along the Fox River.
It's been going on for decades in Geneva.
Exhibit 1: The Mill Race Inn. Former blacksmith shop turned into a restauran...
Updated: Aug 01, 2013 at 11:27 PM
A group of architecture graduate students at Judson University studied two buildings in Elgin — the Hemmens Cultural Center and the former Bowes Retirement Center — to see how they can be made more functional.
Students Heather Tricoli and Josh Patte...
Updated: Jul 28, 2013 at 12:46 AM
It's not exactly news when somebody says Batavia could make better use of the Fox River, as did a committee in a 2010 report to the city about its downtown.
“Our residents have an intuitive understanding of the many extraordinary physical assets of ...
Updated: Jul 25, 2013 at 08:43 PM
Dale Berman enjoyed Independence Day along the Fox River.
But not in North Aurora, of which he is president.
Berman spent the evening at the new RiverEdge Park in Aurora.
“It's really something,” said Berman, also chairman of the Aurora Area Convent...
Updated: Jul 19, 2013 at 12:28 PM
Judges wowed by finalists in Suburban Chicago's Got Talent competition
Southern-flavored rock 'n' roll, jazz piano and beatboxing were among the talents on display Sunday night at the Metropolis Performing Arts Centre in Arlington Heights. The ...
Updated: Jul 09, 2013 at 11:26 AM
An Elgin man was “very lucky” to come out unscathed Saturday after his inflatable vessel was swept over an 8- to 10-foot dam on the Fox River, firefighters said.
Mariano Valencia, 43, told authorities he was north of the Kimball Street bridge in El...
Updated: Jul 08, 2013 at 06:30 PM
Boating enthusiasts who love the stretch of the Fox River between the Montgomery Dam and the Stratton Dam will have to find another favorite spot for awhile. State officials have deemed that portion of the river to be too treacherous for boating fol...
Updated: Jun 30, 2013 at 02:27 AM
One day after heavy rain from an early-morning storm caused flooding in southern Lake County, officials said those areas are slowly returning to normal.
One of the hardest hit communities was Lake Zurich, but Kent McKenzie, the county’s director of...
Updated: Jun 28, 2013 at 07:11 AM