Articles filed under Flooding
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Support rising for couple with flood-ravaged mobile homeApr 17, 2014 5:15 am - When a comedian mentions a trailer park, it's usually as part of a mocking punch line. Not for Dan Whalen. The Des Plaines salesman and former amateur comic organized an...
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Editorial: $200 million later, flood still hurtsApr 17, 2014 5:00 am - It's been a year since a wall of water hit Des Plaines when the Des Plaines River crested at a record high level of 10.92 feet. It's been a year since the Fox River spil...
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Isabella area sewer work delayed to 2015Apr 09, 2014 1:00 am - Work on the Isabella sewer improvement project will have to be delayed until next year, due to the recent severe weather, Mount Prospect Public Works Director Sean Dorse...
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Fermi hosts annual seminar on severe weather, climate changeApr 05, 2014 1:01 am - Ideally, there would have been lightning and gale-force winds blowing over the particle accelerator at Fermilab Saturday, but sunny skies didn't deter hundreds of meteor...
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Suburbs hit with flood insurance rate increasesMar 30, 2014 8:00 am - This story has been updated to reflect that Joliet is located near the Des Plaines River. Cheryl Brady has lived in her Wheeling home for the past 15 years, and tho...
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Group to talk floodingMar 30, 2014 1:01 am - The Lake County Board's planning, building and zoning committee will meet Tuesday to discuss a flood-relief plan for part of central Lake County. The region being eyed i...
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New turf fields open as Wheeling's Heritage Park project continuesMar 27, 2014 1:01 am - A two-year effort to renovate Heritage Park in Wheeling took a significant step toward completion this week when the Wheeling Park District opened the park's new athleti...
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Ideal melt conditions allay flood fears in Lake CountyMar 22, 2014 8:00 am - No immediate threat of flooding, but Lake County's not off the hook
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Des Plaines gets funds to tear down homes in flood plainMar 22, 2014 1:01 am - Des Plaines will receive $2.7 million in federal funds to tear down 21 homes in the flood plain along the Des Plaines River and replace them with open space, the Federal...
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Chicago area gets $128 million in flood fundsMar 14, 2014 1:01 am - The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Affairs (HUD) has awarded $128.3 million in funding to communities in the Chicago area for recovery efforts following severe sto...