Chicago flooding News

Illinois officials said Friday some 6,800 buildings have been affected by “unprecedented” flooding north of Chicago, and the damage is expected to worsen this weekend as water flows down rivers into the state from Wisconsin. “Folks think ‘Well it’s not …

A northern Illinois village is getting more than $3.8 million in federal assistance for flood-control measures. Bartlett, to the northwest of Chicago, experienced heavy flooding in 2008 that damaged homes in a subdivision. Village President Kevin Wallace says most of …