CHICAGO TRIBUNE, Angelica LaVito – A crane-like machine slowly reached into the water of a channel along Fox Lake Road, dragged its claws along the bottom and scooped out dark brown sludge.
The operator repeated the motion numerous times as part of a project to remove sediment from the water in the channel. Homeowners had begged the Fox Waterway Agency — a public organization that partners with local governments and landowners to maintain the Fox River and Chain O’Lakes — to start the project years ago when the water became too shallow for boats to navigate… CONTINUE READING THE ARTICLE IN CHICAGO TRIBUNE