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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
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