"The year was 1874, and the Hennepin Canal had achieved national significance and would be built as a federal waterway." Through this succinct declaration, the introduction section of Western Illinois ...

After years of losing ground to storms and erosion, the Town Neck Beach area of Sandwich is getting bigger. An $8.95 million U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dredging and beach nourishment project is ...

A federal judge in Illinois ruled that the state’s assault rifle ban is unconstitutional, arguing that the decision violates the Second Amendment. In U.S. District Judge Stephen ...

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Tug boats working on the Ever Given on Saturday night A huge container ship that has been wedged in the Suez Canal since Tuesday has finally been freed from the shoreline. Peter Berdowski ...

The most famous waterway in the Americas is running dry. Unlike the Suez Canal, the Panama Canal is fed by a freshwater lake, Lake Gatún, and its water level is falling critically low.

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