With the cool nights our river Temperature is sitting at 71°. Current river level is just under 6 at Latham.This is 2 feet above drought level. so there is plenty of water for boating. With the rains that we received earlier this weekSheriff Gary Caruana did communicate with com ed… Read more“River Update 6/27/26”
Roscoe Bridge Closure for Repairs 2026
The Roscoe Road bridge over the Rock River will be closed starting the week of July 6th until the end of November, 2026 for structural repairs and rehabilitation. The project includes steel beam repairs, new bearings, expansion joints, concrete deck, asphalt approaches, bridge rails and other structural repairs. A detour… Read more“Roscoe Bridge Closure for Repairs 2026”
River Update 6/14/26 Ironman
Iron Man swim update.:Current river temperature, 71°. The swim portion of iron man is complete.Roughly eighteen hundred swimmers took on our river and are now on their bikes. This years group of swimmers did a great job only a few had to be put on the swim sleds. The event… Read more“River Update 6/14/26 Ironman”
River Update 6/12/26
Iron man weekend update:Current river temperature, 72°. Current river level is 6.5. At Latham. Com Ed will be out this morning to make another adjustment to the dam. After last night’s flash flood, rain event. The projection is we will stay below the no wake level of 8 feet at… Read more“River Update 6/12/26”
River Update 6/11/26
Well, it would appear our drought concerns, are a thing of the past at the moment. Current river temperature, 74°. Current river level at Latham is down to 4.79. This water level translates to 1.3 million gallons per hour. Flowing down our river. With the current projection, we are anticipating… Read more“River Update 6/11/26”
Weekend Update 5/29/26
Current river temperature, 71°. Current river level 5.4 at latham. In response to indian ford, closing their dam on monday and starting to drop our river level, We have closed our dam to try and maintain our recreational pool. This is exactly what our dam was designed to do. Hold… Read more“Weekend Update 5/29/26”
Weekend Update 5/15/26
Current river temperature 60° Current river levels 6.5 at Latham. Spring fever is in the air with the temperatures finally warming up for this weekend. With the boat traffic yesterday I did notice a lot of small debris being dislodged. Sports core does still have a little water over the… Read more“Weekend Update 5/15/26”
Mother’s Day Weekend Update 5/8/26
Current river temperature 57 degrees. Current river level 7 feet at latham and continuing to fall daily. Starting off with a little bit of a cool spring. But it sure is nice seeing green trees, green grass and green hostas. It’s also nice that the farm fields are drying out… Read more“Mother’s Day Weekend Update 5/8/26”
River Update 5/4/26
Current river temperature 59°.Current river level 7.5 at Latham. There was a gate adjustment at the dam today to rein in water levels draining downtown. Before everybody throws a temper tantrum, the dam is not designed for flood control.There is a $100000 permanent floating dock at Davis park that would… Read more“River Update 5/4/26”
Weekend River Update (5/1/26)
Current river temperature, 57° Current river level at latham 8.5. This represents a 3.5 foot decrease in level From our flood crest. While we are definitely headed in the right direction, the floodplains still have water in them. So our cushion is not where we would like it to be… Read more“Weekend River Update (5/1/26)”