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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
And just like that, accompanied by blasts of high winds, we are off and running for another softwater fishing season.
Granted, not all lakes are free of their rock-hard bonds of indentured winter. But the hordes of anglers are marshaling their ener...
Updated: Mar 07, 2012 at 11:42 AM
The American Kennel Club announced this week that the Labrador retriever has retained its “Top Dog” status as America’s No. 1 registered breed for the 21st consecutive year. Following Labs in popularity among AKC-registered breeds are German shepher...
Updated: Feb 29, 2012 at 09:24 PM
The biggest news stories of the year exemplify the ups and downs many experienced in 2011. While some enjoyed new beginnings — like the eaglets from Mooseheart who were nursed back to health, to students and a community who celebrated the opening of...
Updated: Dec 31, 2011 at 09:13 AM
When you step back and remember some of the DuPage County residents who lost their lives in 2011, you can't help but marvel at how much some of them accomplished and to ache at the thought of how much others could have done, given just a little more...
Updated: Dec 30, 2011 at 10:11 AM
The Illinois Department of Natural Resources Office of Law Enforcement has filed charges in Cook and Sangamon counties against five men from Illinois and Michigan after a five-month deer poaching investigation.
Illinois DNR Conservation police said...
Updated: Nov 10, 2011 at 11:09 PM
Ruth Carlson listened intently three years ago when she heard a ruckus outside her Wheaton Bank & Trust office.
A senior vice president, the Wheaton native was helping a client when she heard an angry voice in the lobby.
A 41-year-old gunman had wal...
Updated: Nov 10, 2011 at 02:38 PM
The Fox River Ecosystem Partnership will host a bimonthly FREP Noon Network from noon to 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 19, at the LeRoy Oakes Forest Preserve, Shelter 1, 37W370 Dean St., St. Charles.
Ken Anderson, manager in the Kane County Subdivision ...
Updated: Oct 19, 2011 at 09:55 AM