A new $4.1 million pump station along the Des Plaines River in Mount Prospect will help neighborhoods that have been battered by flooding for decades, officials said at a ribbon-cutting ceremony ... Read More

Campground Road is blocked at Miner Street (Northwest Highway) due to flooding along the Des Plaines River on Wednesday,. (Tom Wessell / Journal photo) The Des Plaines River in Des Plaines reached a ... Read More

There was a large emergency response Tuesday near the Brandon Road Lock and Dam in the south suburbs, after a vehicle was seen driving into the Des Plaines River last week, Rockdale fire officials ... Read More

The search comes about one week after a Chicago pastor went missing and was last seen in Joliet about a week ago. Read More

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Officers from multiple police agencies were at the scene near the Brandon Road Lock and Dam along the river. Dykstra said first responders were unsure if the vehicle was a car or SUV and they were not ... Read More

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JOLIET, Ill. - A single-vehicle crash into ... '?Motorists are encouraged to utilize Interstate 80, McDonough Street, Bridge Street, or Ruby Street to travel west across the Des Plaines River ... Read More