The removal of the Carpentersville dam is now six years in the making, but Kane County Forest Preserve District officials will sign a deal next week that will bring the dam closer to coming down than ...

Carpentersville will have to ante up $248,000 for the engineering work needed to move the water and sewer lines left exposed in the Fox River after a dam was removed last spring by the Forest Preserve ...

From high above, construction vehicles look like children's toys as they work to remove the Carpentersville Dam this fall. The project, expected to be finished in November, will create a 10.2-mile ...

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The Carpentersville Dam on the Fox River is slated for removal in 2022, a move that state and local officials say will have a big effect on the river’s biodiversity and safety. Dams are considered ...

Paddling the length of the Fox River, Jenni Kempf was struck by the wildness of it. She marveled at scores of turtles, great blue herons and fish the size of her arm living freely in the morning mist.