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

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 ...

DES PLAINES, Ill. ( WGN) — Operation Flags for Vets is seeking locals to help in the annual Memorial Day Weekend tradition of honoring veterans. Every year, the organization plants nearly 5,000 flags ...

The new project at the Brandon Road Lock and Dam on the Des Plaines River near Joliet will provide another layer of ...

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

Located at 219 E. Chicago St. in downtown Elgin, Elgin Public House (or EPH as it’s known locally) delivers tasty, half-pound ...

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 ...

A Quad Cities River Bandits game that began on April 20 before being postponed needed extra innings to finish on Tuesday ...