CHICAGO (CBS) – The level of ice has been decreasing along the Kankakee River days after frigid temperatures led to an ice jam and flooding. The Will County Emergency Management Agency posted on X, ...

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Police officers warn people as the Kankakee River floods the nearby banks and portions of Wilmington’s downtown area near Water and Baltimore streets, affecting several business on Jan. 26, 2024.

Parts of two Chicago-area counties are under a flood warning as an ice jam causes rapid rises in water levels on the Kankakee River Monday. According to the National Weather Service, parts of Grundy ...

The Kankakee River has not yet created the flooding concerns in Indiana that it has downstream in Illinois. But the organization charged with overseeing Indiana’s part of the river is watching ...

located on levee surrounded by forests, wooded wetlands, and an ancient oxbow of the river which is under lease by the LaPorte Co. Parks Department. On May 22nd, members of the LaPorte Co. Parks ...

WILMINGTON, Ill. (CBS) -- The Kankakee River saw a significant reduction in water levels Saturday, after an ice jam break caused major flooding in Wilmington and forced more than a dozen residents to ...

WILMINGTON, Ill. (WLS) -- People living along the Kankakee River in suburban Wilmington have been watching nervously as a massive ice jam pushes closer to their homes on Tuesday. Some houses are ...

There is concern about an ethanol leak from a South Bend plant going into the Kankakee River. The Indiana Department of Environmental Management confirmed the spill came from the South Bend Ethanol ...