Des Plaines River

The work is anticipated to be completed by 5 a.m. Wednesday, according to a news release from the Illinois Department of Transportation.

Conditions on the Kankakee River improved Saturday as the threat of flooding continued to go down as temperatures stayed up.

The Des Plaines River was the scene of another rescue operation Saturday when Riverside firefighters removed a kayaker who was stuck on a tree branch in the river after the kayak capsized.

A 24-year-old Countryside man remains in critical condition at MacNeal Hospital after he reportedly lost control of his pickup truck and drove it into the Des Plaines River, according to a Riverside Police Department news release.

A man and woman from Lombard swam to safety March 29 after the canoe they were paddling tipped and sunk in the Des Plaines River.

Joliet is moving forward with plans to build a multimillion-dollar levee downtown to meet federal safeguards against potential flooding from the Des Plaines River.