A Batavia man pulled two people to safety after their canoe capsized in the Fox River Wednesday. Thomas Wangler Jr. and his wife, Paula, were walking along the east side of the river near the 800 block of North River Street around 9 a.m. when they s...

It's not something you have to worry about this week, but it can't hurt to plan ahead. Especially if you are a trucker. Beginning Nov. 1, Kane County will limit what kind of vehicles can use the Keslinger Road bridge over a Mill Creek tributary 450 ...

Smart thinkers, those biologists in DuPage County. Because our local weather patterns resemble those of May instead of a traditional fall season, trout fishing has been put on hold in DuPage County. In fact, DuPage has postponed the opening of its...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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...