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When Tom Linblade began canoeing the Fox River decades ago, he knew what to expect come midsummer. When the weather was hot and the water slow, the river would turn pea-soup green and smell "pretty nasty."
Today, Linblade, 64, of Rockford, still pad...
Updated: Nov 01, 2021 at 03:53 PM
Boating has officially returned to the Fox River and Chain O' Lakes.
On Friday, officials from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources and the Fox Waterway Agency in Fox Lake announced the river between McHenry's Stratton Lock and Dam and the ...
Updated: Oct 31, 2021 at 09:19 PM
As flood waters in western Lake County continue to recede, state officials have reopened portions of the Fox River and Chain O' Lakes.
No-wake restriction for boating on the Chain has been lifted. The upper Fox River, which had been closed from the...
Updated: Oct 31, 2021 at 09:07 PM
As flood waters in western Lake County continue to recede, state officials have reopened portions of the Fox River and Chain O' Lakes.
The no-wake restriction on the Chain has been lifted and boaters are now allowed to travel at their leisure.
Boa...
Updated: Oct 31, 2021 at 08:53 PM
Bernadette Manuel has last week's storms to thank and blame for the cold Tuesday morning she spent in the Fox River and the fact that she survived the ordeal relatively unscathed.
Manuel, a 48-year-old woman from Carpentersville, was walking along t...
Updated: Oct 31, 2021 at 07:55 PM
When I was photographing people fishing in the Fox River, I noticed that there are a lot of very interesting sounds related to fishing.
So I started recording the sounds to put a sound/slide show together. I recorded the sound of a bell ringing on a...
Updated: Oct 31, 2021 at 07:46 PM
Business owners who rely on boaters hope the flood waters recede before the busy Labor Day weekend on the Chain O' Lakes and the Fox River.
Blarney Island spokesman Clem Haley said if the water starts to quickly recede on the Chain, there's the pot...
Updated: Oct 31, 2021 at 07:35 PM
As water in the Chain O' Lakes continues to rise ominously, officials say it would be easier to predict the next few days if they actually knew how much water is coming from Wisconsin.
But, the water gauges up north have become "unreliable," say off...
Updated: Oct 31, 2021 at 07:21 PM
Rob Metzger - "This came up so fast" (Audio MP3)
The water came fast to the residents of Grove Avenue in Valley View.
First it was up to their ankles. Then their knees. Then their waists.
It was like nothing they'd ever seen, even those who've l...
Updated: Oct 31, 2021 at 07:22 PM
SALEM, Wis. -- Water blankets the yard, making an island of the ranch home on this quiet street.
"No trespassing" signs warn against visitors in the garage, now swamped by two feet of rain that the too-full river cannot whisk away and the...
Updated: Oct 31, 2021 at 07:01 PM