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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.

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...