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.

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 ...

CHICAGO, Illinois (CNN)-- Thousands of gallons of oil sludge are being cleaned up along a 3-mile section of the Des Plaines River early Monday, following a spill a day earlier that had forced a ...

JOLIET, Ill. (CBS) — On Tuesday, first responders were trying to retrieve a vehicle that had gone into the Des Plaines River near Joliet a week earlier. The Rockdale Fire Department was called ...

The river was reported at about 16.8 feet Sunday evening in Des Plaines, above its 15-foot ... In St. Charles, the Illinois St. Bridge and the Indiana St. Pedestrian Bridge remain closed.

The Channahon Fire Protection District and the Illinois Department of Natural Resources had been searching the Des Plaines River and Illinois River canals for a 40-year-old man who jumped into the ...

the Des Plaines River has provided many an angler the chance to expand their fishing skills. Meandering south from the Illinois/Wisconsin line down to the Sanitary Ship Canal near Joliet ...