Lockport Lock News Today

John Rogner led a full life in public service to the natural world from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to the Illinois Department of Natural Resources.

As the work passes the halfway point, three dewatered locks and dams on the Illinois Waterway are on schedule for reopening September 30.

A body found in a crate at the Lockport Lock in 1980 has been ID'd as Webster Fisher by DNA evidence, the Will County coroner’s office said Wednesday.

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The body of a man found dead in a sealed wooden crate at the Lockport Lock in 1980 has been finally identified by DNA evidence, the Will County coroner’s office

The statues are based on an iconic photo taken in 1897 of 12 lock tenders and a girl sitting by the locks. Officials say it's a great part of the city's history.