Hundreds gathered Sunday morning under cloudy late spring skies to take part in the 68-year tradition of paddling the Des Plaines River.

Operation Flags for Vets is seeking locals to help in the annual Memorial Day Weekend tradition of honoring veterans. Every ...

The Trump administration “fully supports preventing the spread of invasive carp,” the memo said. “The State of Illinois, ...

One of the oldest races of its kind, the 18.5-mile Des Plaines River Canoe and Kayak Marathon floats back this weekend, drawing paddlers from across the country for a relaxed, no-experience-needed ...

Officials were afraid funding might be postponed since President Donald Trump and Gov. JB Pritzker have been sniping at each ...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers along with state officials in Illinois and Michigan have been planning since 2020 to install ...

Multiple species of invasive Asian carp could wreck the Great Lakes. Trump memorandum commits federal government to action, urges states to move ahead.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, along with state officials in Illinois and Michigan, have been planning since 2020 to install a gantlet of technologies in the Des Plaines River near Joliet ...

The new project at the Brandon Road Lock and Dam on the Des Plaines River near Joliet will provide another layer of protection at a downstream choke point between the Illinois River, which is ...