A fortuitous set of circumstances may bring flood relief to Foxcroft subdivision far sooner than even the most optimistic of homeowners had expected. City staff members told the City Council’… ...

The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District and Forest Preserves of Cook County are partnering in a flood relief study in the southeast suburbs that could bring a new reservoir. The two agencies ...

Though cleanup and cosmetic work remains, City Engineer Garrett Ball said the Lowry Detention Pond is fully operational for flood control purposes. The pond spans about 12 acres of city-owned land ...

Two related storm water-control projects could be completed “by the end of fall, spring at the latest,” according to Steger Village Atty. Franklin Burkey. The projects make up roughly h… ...

Hours before heavy rains swamped Chicago and Cook County, Ill., suburbs on July 2, the region’s $3.8 billion flood-control project appeared ready as can be to bottle up storm runoff.