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This gallery talks about the river from both a historical perspective, and also about the river as a means of transportation and a big part of the economy. The gallery begins with a historical look at how the river was formed 15,000 years ago and about the people who lived here in prehistoric times. The kankakee torrent was a geological event 15,000 years ago. At the time, this was in a time of great glaciers. There was a glacier lake around what is now chicago and michigan. That glacial lake bu...

Time now x xx adlib Weather Forecast a low is moving to our south today bringing us significant rain this morning and into the afternoon. Over 1 of rain is likely in many areas. Temperatures will suffer today in this cold rain with highs in the upper 40s to near 50. We can also expect a very wind day with gusts in the 30s likely. The rain tapes to showers this evening and dries up overnight. Highs in the low 50s. We do warm a bit friday and into the weekend with highs in the upper 50s to low 60s...

At cspan. Org, or listen on our free cspan radio app. History tvcan exclusive, pew area, illinois, to learn more about pe oria, illinois. You can watch more of our visits at cspan. Org citiestour. Most people know they may not know the details but they know it was king in the 1800s and early 1900s. 18801920. Was the distilleries lined the Illinois River from where the post office is just south of downtown all the way down to the southern suburb called barton bill. Barton bill, 73 different disti...

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60s mainly clear. Maybe a few sprinkles to the south and west. We wont see much until later this afternoon. Even then it will be spotty. Much of the day is dry. Do have the chance of those showers and storms. Many dry saturday but a few isolated showers and storms. The seven days forecast includes warmer weather will bring that in a bit. Good to have some overnight run work were watching in bound kennedy expressly ends will be blocked off until 5 00 a. M. The ongoing work of the bishop ford. Hea...

Good morning for twain. Heres the good news. The storms the whistle yesterday our history. But the damage is done. We saw a few inches of rain yesterday today we have showers tapering off. 67 degrees right now. 65 in waukegan. 63 in the cal. Satellite repair composite shows showers across the extreme southern and eastern communities. As the front moves through the rain will taper off quickly. The heaviest of the rain is behind it. 75 degrees by noon today. By 9 00 p. M. Were down to 68. The offi...

The latest. We remain under a severe thunderstorm watch in so much of the area. The worst came through between 2 00 and 4 00 p. M. Today. A handful of Power Outages. A report out of king georges county of a waterspout in the state park. Now, look at the area that remains under a severe thunderstorm watch from frederick, maryland to winchester, charlottesville and everywhere east of the blue ridge still could get high winds and isolated hail. With the other storm that is come through ahead of the...

Upper 70s. Partly cloudy early this morning. Maybe some patchy fog. It will be cooler along the lake. Cooler than the upper 70s. 63 greg now at the lake front. 64 in lansing. Its 62 aurora. Chocolate composite shows some of that cloud cover over the region of the rain will stay to the south and west. High temperature 79 degrees today cooler along the lake. It was High Temperatures 79. Friday we have spotty showers High Temperature reaches 79. Three days in a row and 79. What wrong with the fourt...

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