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...

Illinois emergency officials are watching a southern Wisconsin dam that is in danger of failing and sending more water south to the already swollen Fox River. Officials are concerned water breaching the dam at Mukwonago, Wis., at Lower Phantom Lake ...

For the third time in a year, John Schmidke and his Antioch Township neighbors are preparing for a flood. As they did in August and again in April, residents in Fox River Springs are pulling out the sandbags to keep the Fox River -- expected to rise...

For the third time in a year, residents along the Fox River and Chain O' Lakes are preparing for a flood. Officials at the National Weather Service have issued flood warnings and watches throughout the day today and Tuesday for towns along the Des ...

With 26,500 acres in dozens of forest preserves, golf courses and other recreational amenities, the Lake County Forest Preserve District covers a lot of ground. Most are named after historical or natural features but there are exceptions. Here's a l...

Barring additional rain in the next couple of days, water on the Chain O' Lakes should crest within 24 hours and start dropping later this week, officials said. Ed Lescher, head of Fox Lake's Emergency Services Disaster Agency, said water on most r...