This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Northern Illinois braces for more rain amid flood damage
Residents in Prospect Heights and nearby suburbs stretched sandbag walls along the Des Plaines as floodwaters rose after a damaging storm. The region faced outages, evacuations near swollen rivers, and state disaster declarations while officials warned of further rain and potential river flooding into the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prospect Heights
Chicago
Des Plaines
O'Hare International
National Weather Service
Nathan Marsili
O’hare
Mark Bednarowicz
Don Gould
Fox
Lake County
Red
Fox River
Wisconsin
Joe Hmieleski
Stormwater Management Commission
DeKalb
Sycamore
Mark Biernacki
Northern Illinois University
Rockford
Will County
Mount Prospect
Rod Blagojevich
DuPage
Cook
Lake
Kane
McHenry
Illinois
ComEd
Anne Prammaggiore
Prammaggiore