Joliet installs life rings on Des Plaines River after near-tragedy last summer
Joliet Fire Department Dive Team members on Wednesday morning installed eight life rings along the banks of the river in the city.
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Joliet Fire Department Dive Team members on Wednesday morning installed eight life rings along the banks of the river in the city.
Joliet fire crews used a float ring and ladder to get the woman out of the water.
A young child had first fallen into the Des Plaines River, and a woman jumped in to rescue the child—only to end up needing to be rescued herself.
The search and recovery of the body of Pastor Warren Beard took hours as investigators battled murky waters, bad weather, and nightfall. Marybel Gonzalez reports.
On Tuesday, first responders were trying to retrieve a vehicle that had gone into the Des Plaines River near Joliet a week earlier.
A 37-year-old man who had been missing for nearly a week in southwest suburban Joliet was found dead Friday morning in the Des Plaines River. The Will County Coroner's Office identified the body found by the Joliet Fire Department in the river as 37-year-old Robert Long, Joliet police said.
The driver, identified as a 79-year-old man from Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin, was found dead inside.
An autopsy on Jason Bingham's body will be conducted Friday.
The Will County Coroner is on the scene. Officials said the cause of death is unknown at this time.
Rescue workers were called to the scene in Channahon, along with a Coast Guard helicopter.
Police said they received a report of a possibly suicidal woman who may have jumped into the river from the bridge.
Police said they received a report of a possibly suicidal woman who may have jumped into the river from the bridge.
Workers at Zenith Energy Terminals stumbled over the remains Tuesday morning along the south bank of the Des Plaines River.
An autopsy on Wednesday determined that Thomas "Tommy" Howe – whose body was found in the Des Plaines River near Libertyville more than three weeks after he was reported missing – appears to have drowned.
The body of Thomas "Tommy" Howe was found in the Des Plaines River near Libertyville Tuesday, more than three weeks after he was reported missing.
The car was partially submerged, and the woman was rescued. She was not injured.
First-responders recovered a body from the Des Plaines River near Joliet Friday.
Police found a partially submerged car in the Des Plaines River on the boundary of Lyons and Riverside Sunday morning, and went on to find a woman's dead body in the river hours later.
A stormy Sunday with more rain extended a wet weekend – and that was the last thing people who live along the Des Plaines River needed.
Des Plaines River flooding continues to be a concern for neighboring areas, but there is a sunny day ahead.
Gov. JB Pritzker is moving forward with the first steps on a project to fortify a dam and lock system near Joliet, in an effort to confront the state's Asian carp problem, and keep the voracious fish out of the Great Lakes.
Western and northern Illinois residents are watching the rivers as flooding continues to threaten streets Tuesday morning.
The Union of Operating Engineers want drivers to know what state inspectors said about condition of the Des Plaines River bridge on I-80.
Four Schiller Park police officers ended up in the ice-covered Des Plaines River on Sunday evening, when they tried to help a woman in distress. Firefighters later pulled all of them to safety.
A body believed to be a missing swimmer was pulled from the Des Plaines River Tuesday morning in suburban Channahon, about 50 miles southwest from Chicago.
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Northwestern was in control before Purdue got back in the game with a 9-0 run in the second half.
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