Members of the St. Charles Fox River Dam Joint Task Force say they will need answers to at least some questions before they can recommend whether the dam should remain, be removed or be modified.

About 70 people attended the second St. Charles Dam Task Force meeting on May 2, where members were appointed to subcommittees, heard presentations from city and park district staff and concerns from the public. A need for clarity on who actually own...

The Fox River Dam Joint Task Force will meet at 6 p.m. Thursday, May 2, at the St. Charles Municipal Building, 2 E. Main St. All are encouraged to attend. The joint task force is charged with gathering and analyzing all relevant information related t...

Andrew Carlin of St. Charles shares how he got involved with – and now leads -- the AfterImage Film Festival in St. Charles, which opened Thursday and runs through Sunday, April 14.

A flood warning has been issued along the Fox River from Johnsburg to Red Gate Road in St. Charles starting Tuesday night and will continue “until further notice.” The river is forecast to get above flood stage early Wednesday morning and continue ri...

On Tuesday, April 2, the Elgin Chapter of the Izaak Walton League will host a program on the Fox River presented by Gary Swick. Swick is the president of the Friends of the Fox River. The Elgin resident has been an environmental educator for 50 year...

St. Charles’ newly formed Fox River Dam Joint Task Force will meet for the first time next week. The meeting will be at 6 p.m. Thursday, March 28, at city hall, 2 E. Main St. It will be the first of several meetings where the task force will examine ...

In a preliminary vote last week, Elgin lawmakers voted 5-4 to recommend putting a question on the November presidential election ballot asking residents if the Kimball Street dam on the Fox River should be removed as the Army Corps of Engineers recom...