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At Fox River Springs -- ground zero in this latest round of flooding -- resident John Schmidtke said he's become immune to the smell.
It's a mix of stale river water and backed up septic systems that wafts into the air on a warm day.
"The smell is...
Updated: Nov 04, 2021 at 12:04 PM
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 ...
Updated: Nov 04, 2021 at 12:04 PM
Bob Paganucci couldn't contain his frustration Tuesday as he stacked sandbags along his garage to try to hold back rising water from his King's Island subdivision home in Fox Lake.
"I'm selling this place the second the housing market turns around,...
Updated: Nov 04, 2021 at 11:48 AM
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...
Updated: Nov 04, 2021 at 11:40 AM
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 ...
Updated: Nov 04, 2021 at 11:39 AM
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...
Updated: Nov 03, 2021 at 08:24 PM
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...
Updated: Nov 03, 2021 at 07:23 PM
It looks like a weekend of waiting and watching for folks along the Fox River, from Aurora to McHenry.
While this week's heavy rains haven't yet produced the sort of disastrous flooding the Fox Valley saw last August, trepidation over a repeat perfo...
Updated: Nov 03, 2021 at 07:07 PM
Lake County officials are hoping the rain stops falling before the already swollen rivers and lakes flood and start to damage homes.
Officials at the National Weather Service predicted 1 to 3 inches of rain could fall throughout the county by this ...
Updated: Nov 03, 2021 at 06:57 PM
Batavia officials could remove part of the cofferdam near the Wilson Street bridge in the Fox River to try to prevent flooding in the area.
"It doesn't look like we'll need to right now," said Terry Heffron, the city's bridge liaison. "But we're kee...
Updated: Nov 03, 2021 at 04:58 PM