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Batavia swimmers will be able to take a dip in a fixed-up Quarry Beach pool Friday — a pool that should leak less and be considerably warmer.
The district began filling the basin at Harold Hall Quarry Beach about two weeks ago, said Jim Eby, Batavia...
Updated: May 29, 2012 at 03:16 PM
Theresa Rogers had her first “adventure racing” experience on what turned out to be a scorchingly hot and humid day Sunday.
Her verdict: “I’d definitely do it again.”
Rogers, a Carol Stream resident, was one of about 130 people who signed up for th...
Updated: May 29, 2012 at 06:43 AM
"Adventure Race" says it all.
Adventure, an exciting and remarkable experience involving danger and unknown risks, is what organizers say participants will find during a new athletic event coming Sunday, May 27, to downtown Aurora - the first Amped...
Updated: May 21, 2012 at 03:43 PM
The overwhelming conclusion about two teens who rafted over the Kimball Street dam in Elgin Saturday, at least from the official standpoint, is that they were extremely lucky.
And also that the young Elgin men made a very poor decision in trying th...
Updated: Apr 24, 2012 at 04:17 PM
Breaking news: Crews fight Elburn barn blaze
Elburn firefighters were called to the scene of a barn fire about 9:45 Monday morning at a property in the 6N500 block of Route 47 near Lily Lake.
No other information was available as firefighters ...
Updated: Apr 24, 2012 at 06:33 AM
Round Lake Beach woman escapes gas attack
Ricardo Rodriguez of Fox Lake was charged in a Friday night attack in Round Lake Beach. A woman managed to escape her home and call police after struggling with a masked intruder who doused her with gas...
Updated: Apr 24, 2012 at 09:12 AM
Elgin fire officials are angered but relieved after two teenagers in an inflatable raft plunged over a downtown dam where two firefighters were killed 40 years ago.
The 16-year-old boys went over the Kimball Street dam on the Fox River twice Saturda...
Updated: Apr 23, 2012 at 11:56 PM
The Stratton Lock and Dam is the lifeblood of the Chain O' Lakes.
Its gates push water south when the Chain is too full, while holding water in when rain stops falling through the hot summer months.
And, the McHenry facility is a vital means of tr...
Updated: Apr 17, 2012 at 11:29 AM
Aurora, the state’s second largest city, is celebrating its 175th anniversary this year.
The city dates its birthday to March 1837, when a post office was established and the settlement was named Aurora. The small settlement was actually 3 years old...
Updated: Mar 27, 2012 at 12:22 PM
It’s being called an “angler’s spring” by many Chicago fishermen.
Lake Michigan: Platoons of hungry shore fishermen claim they haven’t seen spring coho fishing this good in many years. Typical small “springers” are being taken on live bait, tiny spi...
Updated: Mar 14, 2012 at 09:07 PM