Some facts: *The Des Plaines River begins in the farmland of Racine County, Wis. It is 133 miles long, meandering its way through Wisconsin and Illinois until it merges with the Kankakee River ...

They weren’t ready to go home, so they stopped by the Hofmann dam on the Des Plaines River in Lyons and threw ... just as the state already enhances the Illinois and Rock rivers,” he said.

One week after human remains washed up on the shore of the Des Plaines River, sparking speculation ... DNA evidence from the woman's remains. The Illinois State Police also send out alerts to ...