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Fox Waterway Agency officials anticipate the Fox River from the Illinois border to the Algonquin Dam -- including the Chain O' Lakes -- will remain closed to boating until this weekend.
Agency officials, along with officials from the Illinois Depart...
Updated: Nov 04, 2021 at 01:30 PM
Rolling Meadows on risky course
In barricading entrances to an apartment complex and setting up a police checkpoint, Rolling Meadows officials say they were responding to a high number of calls for service from the area and a survey that showed resi...
Updated: Nov 04, 2021 at 01:14 PM
Not this year for public works
If officials in Carpentersville think the village can break ground on a public works facility this fall, they must know something no one else is privy to. There are no plans, no designs and no funding. If the public wo...
Updated: Nov 04, 2021 at 01:14 PM
A wild ride through the whims of northern Illinois weather has left many of us weary, without power, suffering damage to homes and property, and, once again, facing overflowing waterways.
Our struggle -- overwhelming for those who have faced floodin...
Updated: Nov 04, 2021 at 01:00 PM
The good news is the water level on the Chain O' Lakes crested overnight and has leveled out.
The bad news is, because of the amount of water flowing into the system from Wisconsin, water isn't leaving Chain and Fox River as quickly as officials wo...
Updated: Nov 04, 2021 at 12:42 PM
Officials today are continuing to monitor the Fox River and Chain O' Lakes.
The Chain and the Fox River from the Algonquin Dam north in Lake and McHenry counties remain closed due to dangerous boating conditions and floating debris, the Fox Waterway...
Updated: Nov 04, 2021 at 12:38 PM
A new island has formed on the Chain O' Lakes, and it's causing headaches for Fox Waterway Agency officials.
A pair of five-acre bogs, originally attached to the Chain O' Lakes State Park, broke free of the mainland Saturday and merged in Jackson Ba...
Updated: Nov 04, 2021 at 12:39 PM
A 76-year-old Chicago man drowned Monday morning after a boat he and two others rented to go fishing tipped over at a dam on the Fox River in unincorporated McHenry County, officials said.
The two others in the boat escaped unharmed, said Mike Majer...
Updated: Nov 04, 2021 at 12:36 PM
Emergency officials in three counties are keeping a close eye on Fox River and Chain O' Lakes as rising water inches closer to homes.
The Chain and Fox River from the Algonquin Dam north are closed due to dangerous boating conditions and floating d...
Updated: Nov 04, 2021 at 12:26 PM
Officials in Lake County continued to deliver sandbags and monitor water levels Saturday morning, as the Chain O' Lakes rose another inch overnight.
"We're delivering a few sandbags here and there, but there's nothing real new," said Ed Lescher, eme...
Updated: Nov 04, 2021 at 12:18 PM