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It appears that industry ramrod Keith Ogulnick will be riding range again when the National Marine Manufacturers Association kicks in to high gear as the owner of the 2012 Rosemont Sportfishing, Travel and Outdoors Show.
Jim Sugarman, former owner o...
Updated: Mar 31, 2011 at 07:15 AM
Lake and McHenry county officials are watching the Fox and Des Plaines rivers as recent heavy rain has caused the waterways to swell to the month.
If current forecast models remain true and the rain slows down and turns to snow as expected, the Fox...
Updated: Mar 22, 2011 at 05:37 PM
I never thought I would utter the words “good riddance” to the cold weather gear and the ice tent, but it has been a long and arduous spell of fighting off the cold, snow and frustration.
Of course the harsh weather we just experienced was the same...
Updated: Mar 16, 2011 at 01:21 PM
When you jump around in the water at Harold Hall Quarry Beach in Batavia, your feet don’t land on the bottom of the former quarry.
Your toes are on 1 to 2 feet of beach sand. Below that is a fabric membrane, below that there is supposed to be a 4-in...
Updated: Mar 16, 2011 at 12:38 PM
It was one of those chilly, rainy days, and I decided to invest some time tying flies.
In between concocting my own styles of streamside creatures, I moved between the fly desk and the computer. And as luck would have it, there was a rather lengthy...
Updated: Mar 02, 2011 at 08:58 PM
I was recently reminded by a reader that despite the fact we are still in the throes of winter, some of the area ice conditions are suitable for exploration.
This reader reported he caught some walleyes very close to the McHenry Dam — but he also p...
Updated: Feb 23, 2011 at 08:16 PM
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Updated: Feb 23, 2011 at 03:54 PM
A restaurant that opened during the Great Depression in 1933 and became a symbol of an idyllic life along the Fox River in Geneva succumbed to the current economy and served its final diners on Sunday.
Mill Race Inn owner Charlie Roumeliotis announc...
Updated: Jan 24, 2011 at 12:55 PM
The possibility of installing a hydroelectric power facility at Elgin's Kimball Street dam took a step forward Wednesday after the city council unanimously voted to fund a feasibility study to look at the issue.
The city will pay ORENCO Hydropower o...
Updated: Aug 03, 2018 at 03:16 PM
Elgin officials are considering installing equipment at the Kimball Street dam that supporters say would generate hydroelectric power and revenue for the city.
The city council could decide Wednesday to move forward with a feasibility study on the...
Updated: Dec 02, 2010 at 12:25 PM