For all those dedicated die-hards who would rather dill away to their heart's content on a favorite lake, hang in there because the ice fishing season is fast approaching. I know ice fishing is not for everyone. I also know there is a large continge...

To list your club's meetings, e-mail to foxvalley@dailyherald.com, or fax to (847) 608-0849. McHenry County AARP: The McHenry County Chapter of AARP will meet at 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 13, at the Fountains of Crystal Lake on Route 31, one mile nor...

RHINELANDER, Wis. - It was 40 years ago that Jerry Warner made a prediction that has stuck with me. I met Warner while on a stretch of the Wisconsin River. He said that he watched me flay the water "like a Mixmaster gone wild." Jerry offered to sho...

An Elgin woman jumped from the Kimball Street bridge into the Fox River in downtown Elgin Tuesday afternoon and was pulled to safety by firefighters. Her condition and why she jumped in was not immediately clear, although officials said she would li...

Many of you have seen his television program. Unfortunately, segments to be seen in the future will be reruns of the Tony Dean show. Dean, a 67-year-old broadcaster and columnist, died Sunday from complications following surgery to remove his append...

"No $36 million tax increase. Not now. Not there." That's the message you can print out on business cards, through a document offered on saveourquarry.com. It sums up the group's two major points about the Batavia Park District referendum to build a...

With local temperatures starting their downward spiral, I have seen more big-bodied white tail deer roaming the shoulders of area roads. In fact, I had to stop and watch several 8- and 10-point bucks stuffing their faces with leaves and grass. Ext...

Either it pranced its way over the wooded trails or some numbskull dumped the carcass. Regardless of how the body of a fairly large black bear wound up in Douglas County recently, it's still a mystery for biologists and officials in the Illinois De...

Gazing at the Fox River from a distance is a whole different deal from taking in the panorama from aboard a watercraft bouncing on the river's current. Jeff Long, a Batavia native who's navigated the Fox by both canoe and kayak, said this is somethi...

Observers note that lakes on the very south end of the state should be good for weekend angling. One note of caution, though: Even though the massive rainfall has ceased to harass us, water levels on some area rivers remain high enough to create ha...