The Kankakee River Basin commission on a flood mitigation mission recently installing a new river monitoring system.

As concerns rise about water quality in St. Joseph County, a new water gauge has been unveiled on a portion of the Kankakee ...

WILMINGTON, Ill. (CBS) – Residents along the Kankakee River in Will County, nearly 50 miles southwest of Chicago, are still dealing with the ice jam that poses a flooding risk to nearby properties.

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 ...

WILMINGTON, Ill. (CBS) -- Will County emergency officials are stepping up their efforts to break up ice jams on the Kankakee River – nearly 50 miles southwest of Chicago. The Will County Emergency ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A Flash Flood Warning was downgraded Saturday in the Wilmington area after an ice jam broke on the Kankakee River Friday. Most ice jams have cleared between the city of Wilmington and ...

This Illinois flower almost went extinct recently because of invasive plants taking over its habitat. Here is how ...

Work will begin soon on removing a major source of logjams by U.S. 41 on the Kankakee River near Schneider. About 30 narrowly spaced wooden supports from an abandoned Norfolk Southern Railroad bridge ...

The dilapidated State Line Bridge, which spans the Kankakee River but serves no function other than to cause problems on the river, will be removed soon, the river’s government commission learned ...

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