Articles filed under Flooding
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Wheaton hosting community meetings on flood improvement plansOct 29, 2021 4:04 pm - Wheaton officials will host a pair of community meetings next week as they prepare to begin a flood improvement capital project addressing the area of Dorset Drive and D...
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New Mundelein detention area holds enough water to fill a football field and end zones 30-feet highSep 29, 2021 7:21 pm - Mundelein officials Tuesday celebrated the completion of a $9.16 million flood control project prompted by a deluge in July 2017 that inundated Division Street and Route...
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Villa Park receives state grants for rec center, flood mitigationSep 17, 2021 10:58 pm - Villa Park officials announced this week that two state agencies have awarded grants to the village for a pair of multimillion-dollar projects. A $10 million grant from ...
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Hale Street residents in Palatine continue waiting for solutions on floodingAug 19, 2021 12:16 am - Chris Bowman had lived on Hale Street in Palatine for about a month when his neighbor texted him to say it was raining hard and the street was filling with water. Bowman...
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Gurnee leaders OK demolition of 2 commercial buildings in floodplainJul 15, 2021 8:42 am - The Gurnee village board has approved a $95,472 contract to demolish two commercial buildings in the Des Plaines River floodplain that housed a Dairy Queen, a spa and a ...
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Old Dairy Queen on Old Grand Avenue to be demolished by villageJun 14, 2021 2:49 pm - Two commercial buildings in the Des Plaines River floodplain that used to house a Dairy Queen, a spa and a vacuum repair business on Old Grand Avenue in Gurnee are set t...
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Roselle promoting yard flooding relief programApr 22, 2021 5:38 pm - Roselle will cover as much as half the cost, up to $3,000, of homeowners' projects to reduce flooding on their property after rainfall. Eligible projects can include reg...
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New fee will fund flood control projects in LibertyvilleMar 25, 2021 10:52 am - A fee to fund an estimated $53 million in projects to address local flooding has been enacted in Libertyville. Village officials on Tuesday officially approved a long-di...
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Arlington Heights pond cleanup should help solve odor problems, officials sayMar 03, 2021 4:22 pm - This story has been updated to note Happiness Park's correct location east of Route 53. Plans to clean up and expand a detention pond on the north side of Arlington...
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Mundelein mayoral candidates debate infrastructure needs, other issuesFeb 26, 2021 5:21 am - Editor's note: To clarify, Trustee Robin Meier voted to hire a company to demolish village-owned buildings on Lake Street in 2018. Trustee Dawn Abernathy opposed tha...