The Crystal Lake City Council spent a huge chunk of change to stop the flooding of North Shore Drive. The total cost was $762,000 with State taxpayers kicking in $482,000 through the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity. From driving … Continue reading
Cress Creek, which it seems to me used to be called Crystal Creek, is flowing? The water comes from Crystal Lake and its stream bed was dry yesterday. … Continue reading
Last Saturday when it was raining too hard for me to want to get out of the car, I stopped over the Broadway culvert of Cress Creek. Looking toward an overflowing Crystal Lake, I took the photo above. When I … Continue reading
As we were about to leave for Knox Pool for McHenry Marlin Swim Team practice, our electricity went out. No problem shortly before 1 AM when the tornado warning siren blared, but no lights at 7:30 AM with very little … Continue reading
As we were about to leave for Knox Pool for McHenry Marlin Swim Team practice, our electricity went out. No problem shortly before 1 AM when the tornado warning siren blared, but no lights at 7:30 AM with very little … Continue reading
An April shower to be more specific. This is how it looked last Tuesday on Cress Creek. Cress Creek is the stream running out of Crystal Lake. I drive past it pretty much every day. It has so many moods. … Continue reading
An April shower to be more specific. This is how it looked last Tuesday on Cress Creek. Cress Creek is the stream running out of Crystal Lake. I drive past it pretty much every day. It has so many moods. … Continue reading
Most of the time the word “current” and Crystal Lake are not compatible. In times of high water, however, the flow is from west to east. Yesterday was one of those days, as I explained in my story entitled, “Crystal … Continue reading
Most of the time the word “current” and Crystal Lake are not compatible. In times of high water, however, the flow is from west to east. Yesterday was one of those days, as I explained in my story entitled, “Crystal … Continue reading
It’s open water on Crystal Lake. Yesterday I noticed that most of the ice was gone. This is the second year in a row in which a warm January has led to the ice melting. After a low overflow during … Continue reading
It’s open water on Crystal Lake. Yesterday I noticed that most of the ice was gone. This is the second year in a row in which a warm January has led to the ice melting. After a low overflow during … Continue reading
Leaves settled on the newly flowing water in Cress Creek on November 3rd. They are from one or more silver maple trees that shade the creek between Lake Avenue and Broadway. Crystal Lake Park District employees were down by the … Continue reading
Leaves settled on the newly flowing water in Cress Creek on November 3rd. They are from one or more silver maple trees that shade the creek between Lake Avenue and Broadway. Crystal Lake Park District employees were down by the … Continue reading
The sign on the left was posted on the south side of Lake Avenue above the culvert through which water from Crystal Lake is surging on August 20th. A friend who just retired also took a picture of it and … Continue reading
The sign on the left was posted on the south side of Lake Avenue above the culvert through which water from Crystal Lake is surging on August 20th. A friend who just retired also took a picture of it and … Continue reading
It’s wet. How wet? An attempt is being made to save Bernotas Middle School’s gym floor after it got wet. The fans are blowing. The water was 10-12 inches deep on North Shore Drive on Monday at noon—higher than when … Continue reading
It’s wet. How wet? An attempt is being made to save Bernotas Middle School’s gym floor after it got wet. The fans are blowing. The water was 10-12 inches deep on North Shore Drive on Monday at noon—higher than when … Continue reading
With all the rain last night, you would think that Cress Creek, the overflow from Crystal Lake, would be flowing. You would be correct, as you can see from this picture I took right after dropping my son off for … Continue reading
With all the rain last night, you would think that Cress Creek, the overflow from Crystal Lake, would be flowing. You would be correct, as you can see from this picture I took right after dropping my son off for … Continue reading
These boys are fishing on Cress Creek, which runs out of Crystal Lake. I saw one with a net. And it looked like they were trying build a partial dam. Maybe they were after bait. Shows what happens when the … Continue reading
