September runoff into the river above Sioux City was 1.3 million acre-feet, 109% of average, increasing the 2025 runoff forecast to 19.6 MAF, 76% of average. The annual average is ...

Rain fell for the first time in weeks in parts of Central Illinois, but it won’t be enough to end the drought and we’ll continue to see the effects of the drought for the foreseeable future.

A federal judge denied plaintiffs' petition for an injunction in a case involving bull trout, an irrigation ditch and the Clark Fork River. But he said the plaintiffs' case has ...

Illinois fall trout season opens Oct. 18 at 60 sites; early catch-and-release begins Oct. 4. Daily limit is five trout.

October is a big month for barge transportation on the Mississippi River, but restrictions are in place and the weather ...

The project will add pickleball courts under the memorandum of agreement for the construction and maintenance of publicly available amenities at Johnson Lake.

The dam will be slowly deflated by approximately 2 1/2 inches every week day and will be completed deflated by Nov. 21, weather depending.

Illinois farmer Tom Ritter was more than a farmer. At 73 years old, he was a man who still lived to serve. “Dad was someone who just absolutely loved agriculture,” says Cory Ritter. “I like to tell ...

"Our previous studies showed that improvements to water quality in the river increased biodiversity, and now we have more ...