Fox River

Friends of the Fox River and the Fabulous Fox Water Trail invite the public to join El Cardunal, a new, six-mile community paddle event from Algonquin to East Dundee, that takes place in June.

A local man wants to sell land along the Fox River to Algonquin for a public park. The village says it's not interested.

The McHenry Country Club has been sold for almost $2 million to a local businessman and philanthropist, and the McHenry City Council had a special meeting to grant a liquor license.

Kane County's Longmeadow Parkway Bridge Corridor over the Fox River near Carpentersville received an Engineering Excellence Award from the American Council of Engineering Companies at its awards ceremony Tuesday in Washington, D.C.

Hidden Harbor, a plan to revitalize blighted property at Chapel Hill Road and the Fox River in Johnsburg, came closer to reality Wednesday with nods from the village’s planning and zoning commission.

Chicago Fire Department Captain David Meyer, who was killed in the line of duty Wednesday, was remembered by neighbors at his Johnsburg vacation home.

Yorkville is considering investing $42,150 over three years to tame the unsightly weeds and trees that thrive in the soil along the river, including the riverfront island and canoe chute, and the downtown district.

Johnsburg's Pistakee Yacht Club and the village sued each other over a boat storage dispute. Post-election, with two incumbents trailing, will the legal fight be resolved?

Calling it “an incredible miracle,” the family of Karen Schepers issued a statement Wednesday thanking all those involved in finding their loved one, who had been missing since 1983. Divers uncovered her remains and her Class of 1977 Sycamore High School tassel.

Yorkville has shined in past competitions, placing fifth nationally in both 2022 and 2018 in their city-population category.

Mike Oliver, McHenry, proposes drive-up boat storage, an expanded marina, car condos and public space at a revived Paradise Cove at Chapel Hill Road and the Fox River.

The car pulled from the Fox River Tuesday that belonged to an Elgin woman who went missing in 1983 could have been recovered three years earlier but was misidentified.

When Elgin police discovered Karen Schepers’ car in the Fox River on Monday, one question immediately popped into the public’s mind: Why wasn’t it found long ago? She went missing in 1983.

Elgin police say the car belonging to a woman who has been missing for 42 years will be pulled out of the Fox River Tuesday.

Forty-two years after a 23-year-old Elgin woman vanished without a trace, police and a dive team searched the Fox River on Monday for clues they hoped to find in the frigid, murky water. Karen Schepers grew up in Sycamore.

To promote sustainability, Yorkville is encouraging residents to participate in a national water conservation challenge. In past years, the National Mayor’s Challenge shined a spotlight on the Yorkville community, with the city placing 5th nationally in both 2022 and 2018.

Elgin police will search the Fox River Monday as part of a cold-case investigation into the 1983 disappearance of Karen Schepers, who grew up in Sycamore.

A weekend of wild and wide-ranging weather blew through the McHenry County area, from dangerously high winds to snowfall – and a temperature drop of nearly 50 degrees in the process.

Enjoy these magnificent stops in Batavia, Oswego, St. Charles and Elgin while hiking or biking the Fox River Trail.

About 10 acres of land were burned in a brush fire overnight near McHenry.

Lake in the Hills smoke seen Wednesday was from a prescribed burn, the chance of wildfires is reduced, and flooding is possible over the weekend, according to the weather service

In McHenry County, federal money has been used in far-reaching ways, helping fund roadwork, health care programs, nonprofit programs for those in need, specialty courts, workforce housing and much more.

If you’re excited and inspired by the sight of a bald eagle soaring majestically above, then your Super Bowl has arrived.

Winter ice has not cooperated for some park and recreation events, but anglers say its been better than advertised

The Algonquin-Lake in the Hills Fire Protection District rescued a deer from the Fox River on Friday.

A selection of some of the best news photos from 2024 in the Northwest Herald.

A 33-year-old McHenry man who died in a watercraft crash Sunday afternoon on the Fox River in McHenry has been identified, officials reported.

Debbie Koerber has known for 25 years she'd eventually need a new kidney. The McHenry woman started advertising that need this spring, after Mayo doctors said that time is coming near

The Fox River is adapting to a new flow through Carpentersville as crews continue to work on removing a dam.

A truck yard with parking for more than 1,000 semis will be opening in West Dundee in late October.

One person was airlifted after a personal watercraft crash on the Fox River in Cary. The crash happened minutes after the Cary Fire Protection District was called out to a house fire.

Pedaling for pints along the Fox River Trail becomes a bikers’ paradise at breweries in Batavia, St. Charles

Two people were injured when a motorboat crashed into a seawall Thursday afternoon along the Fox River in Cary, officials report.

Kane County will be home to fall festivities among other events, such as the "It's Our Fox River Day" cleanup, a jack-o'-lantern walk and more.

McHenry's Miller Riverfront Park set to close for two weeks to boaters during a parking lot reconstruction.

A memorial will be held Sept. 7 for James “Jimmy” Forbes, longtime owner of Port Barrington Marina on the Fox River, described by those who knew him as “genuine” and a “sweetheart” always willing to help.

The Fox River will soon flow freely from Algonquin to Elgin, as crews will begin work on a $1.2 million project to remove the Carpentersville Dam this month.

The Conservation Foundation and local partners will hold Fox River cleanups across Kane and Kendall County as part of "It’s Our Fox River Day.”

Longmeadow Parkway is finally complete and the bridge over the Fox River in northern Kane County opened to traffic Thursday afternoon.

Drivers are asked to use an alternative route until lines are removed following storms that rolled through McHenry County.

The St. Charles Dam Task Force met for the fourth time on Aug. 1

After nearly 10 years of planning, the Illinois Department of Natural Resources formally approved a contract to remove the Carpentersville Dam, part of the Fox River Shores Forest Preserve.

The new cannabis dispensary in Fox Lake, Smokehouse, boasts something new for Illinois' marijuana marketplace: boat slips for customers on the water.

If you live in or around northern Kane County, chances are you’ve heard about the Longmeadow Parkway. Soon, you’ll get to drive it to cross the Fox River — and you won’t have to pay a toll.

High water levels and swift currents have created “conditions significantly hazardous” for boaters on large portions of the Fox River in McHnery, Lake, Kane and Kendall counties and the edge of La Salle County.

Dillon and Michelle Streit used shipping containers to create a boat rental business and the Retro Retreat Beach Bar in McHenry's Miller Point Park – one of several of the couple's ventures.

Batavia's Public Art initiative and Conservation Foundation are seeking artists to participate in the new 'Art on the Fox' project to create a mural series on the Jeffrey D. Schielke Government Center. Submissions are due Friday.

The task force, which planned to meet once per month, will meet next at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 1.

A man jumped into the Fox River in Johnsburg, apparently while being pursued by police, according to a witness.

The 2,000 square foot mural in downtown Yorkville is visible to those traveling south on Bridge Street (Route 47) as soon as they cross the Fox River.