Articles filed under Flooding
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Flood insurance discounts available for Lake County landownersAug 19, 2015 1:00 am - Property owners in unincorporated Lake County may be eligible to save more than $238 a year on their flood insurance policies. Residents who meet certain requirements a...
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Gurnee open space project replacing flooding school nearly doneAug 14, 2015 1:00 am - There's still work to be done on a gazebo and portions of a trail, but a new open space area replacing the flood-prone Gurnee Grade School property is nearly finished. ...
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Des Plaines to remove 2,500 cubic yards of illegal fillAug 07, 2015 1:00 am - Des Plaines has hired a contractor to remove some 2,500 cubic yards of illegal fill from a private industrial site on the north side of town. The city won a judgment in ...
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Briarcliffe Lakes flood study to continue in WheatonJul 20, 2015 1:00 am - An engineering firm will continue examining ways to relieve flooding in Wheaton's Briarcliffe Lakes area, after the Wheaton City Council approved an amendment to the com...
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Flood warning issued for Des Plaines River near GurneeJul 19, 2015 1:00 am - The National Weather Service in Chicago issued a flood warning for the Des Plaines River near Gurnee effective through Monday, the village announced Sunday evening. Acco...
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Elk Grove OKs $2.7 million flood abatementJul 15, 2015 1:00 am - Elk Grove Village has formally approved a construction contract for the modification of a dam in Busse Woods that will pave the way for improvements to begin next month....
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County: Armstrong Park reservoirs, pumps ready to handle next big stormJul 10, 2015 5:30 am - A $12.5 million project at Carol Stream's Armstrong Park, designed to protect homes from flooding, should be finished by mid-August, DuPage County officials said Thursda...
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Hawthorn Woods flood surveyJun 26, 2015 1:00 am - Hawthorn Woods residents are invited to complete an online survey as part of a study the village is conducting to identify regional flooding problems. The flood question...
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DuPage officials: Vandals sabotaging Carol Stream flood projectJun 23, 2015 1:00 am - Major vandalism is plaguing the site of a multimillion-dollar project to reduce flooding around Carol Stream's Armstrong Park, DuPage County officials say, and it's not ...
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Levee 37 solved one flooding problem in Mt. Prospect, but did it create another?Jun 07, 2015 1:00 am - The good news for residents living west of River Road in Mount Prospect and Prospect Heights is that Levee 37 has kept the Des Plaines River from overflowing into neighb...