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A judge will decide next week whether to dismiss a wrongful-death lawsuit filed by relatives of Randy Suchy, a Naperville man who drowned in August 2011 trying to save a boy who fell in the water near the Geneva dam along the Fox River.
Suchy, 59, d...
Updated: Sep 01, 2012 at 08:50 PM
If it’s not the major drought that has kept Illinois and the rest of the Midwest reeling from a lack of rainfall, the current dilemma of wildlife mixing poorly with humans is too often capturing newspaper headlines.
On the recommendation of the Kent...
Updated: Aug 01, 2012 at 09:37 PM
There's not much to be thankful for regarding the drought we're in, but members of the Fox River Study Group have found one advantage.
The lack of rain has lowered the level of the Fox River so much that scientists finally could take low-flow measur...
Updated: Jul 24, 2012 at 07:52 AM
The same severe drought and scotching heat that has turned grass into straw and is killing your flowers is also playing havoc with bodies of water.
That’s particularly true in Lake County, which features numerous inland lakes and the Fox River and C...
Updated: Jul 14, 2012 at 05:49 PM
Submitted by McHenry County Department of Planning and Development
McHenry County is responding to the dry weather conditions by coordinating with municipalities and large water consumers and urging all residents to take voluntary water conservation...
Updated: Jul 06, 2012 at 07:15 AM
The first “Amped Up Adventure Race” on Memorial Day weekend was a big success thanks to the many sponsors, volunteers, racers, and supporters who helped make it happen, despite the 97 degree heat.
The 17 mile race that featured running, biking, kay...
Updated: Jun 19, 2012 at 06:00 AM
The Fox River has provided me a lifetime of recreation — four decades worth that started with boyhood fishing adventures and has evolved into bird-watching kayak trips today.
That beautiful river, our shared community resource, has given me and coun...
Updated: May 31, 2012 at 03:58 PM
Relatives of a Naperville man who died last August saving a child from drowning near a dam along the Fox River in Geneva has sued the city for wrongful death, arguing the city knew about the dangers posed by the lowhead dam but did not do enough to ...
Updated: May 30, 2012 at 01:05 PM
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