Articles filed under Flooding
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New Mundelein detention area holds enough water to fill a football field and end zones 30-feet highSep 28, 2021 1:00 am - 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 5:30 am - 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 18, 2021 5:30 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 13, 2021 1:00 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 10, 2021 1:00 am - 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 21, 2021 1:00 am - 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 5:27 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 02, 2021 12:00 am - 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 25, 2021 4:22 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...
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Flooding unlikely from expected warm-up, but experts see potential issues for springFeb 20, 2021 12:00 am - While most of us crave quick relief from the snow and cold that has gripped the area in recent weeks, weather and waterway experts say a slow and steady warm-up is prefe...