Author: Chip

River temperature is 60° Been a little smoke on the water these last few cold nights. River level is 4′ at latham.This means we are at drought level. The quarter inch of rainThat fell didn’t do much for our river level or our brown grass. This means Water level in… Read more“Weekend Update 10/10/25”

WINNEBAGO COUNTY SHERIFF ISSUES NO WAKE RESTRICTIONS DURING HEAD OF THE ROCK REGATTA Effective, Sunday, October 12, 2025 from 7:00a.m. Until 4:00p.m., the Winnebago County Sheriff’s Office will be enforcing a temporary “No Wake” Zone from the Riverside Blvd. Bridge south to the Jefferson Street Bridge while the Head of… Read more“No Wake for October 12, 2025”

Current river temperature is 70 degrees Current river level 4.4 at latham. River level is still about six inches above extreme drought level, which is surprising since we have not had rain in for ever. A local artist has installed a sculpture at the Auburn street sand bar Close to… Read more“Weekend Update 10/3/25”

Current river temperature is 67 degrees Current river level is 4.7 at latham. I was quite shocked that Edgerton gave us a little water yesterday. We have not had rain for so long that the ground has turned to stone at a construction job, we’re doing. Our green grass has… Read more“Weekend Update 9/26/25”

Current river temperature is 66 degrees with this warm weather we’ve been having Current water level at latham is 4.4 4.0 is our drought level. I was able to get out this week and relocate some deadheads that were in the channel. A deadhead is a log that is 90%… Read more“Weekend Update 9/19/25”

Curent river temperature is 61 degrees. The lack of rain in our basin is causing all of our rivers to slowly recede closer to drought level. 4.5 at latham, which is about six inches from our drought level. WE HAVE NO EXCUSE FOR NOT GETTING OUT AND ENJOYING THE RIVER… Read more“Weekend Update 9/12/25”

Current River temperature is 67° Current River level at Latham is 4.7 This is 9 in from drought level. The lack of rain is causing our River levels to drop. Sheriff Caruana has been in contact with Com Ed this morning to close the two of our gates that are… Read more“Weekend Update 9/5/25”

Current River temperature is 75°. We were very fortunate that the rain that we got this past week did not cause our river to go into the no wake level. We crested at 7.3 at Latham which translates to 240 million gallons of water per hour flowing down our drainage… Read more“Weekend Update 8/22/25”

The gates were adjusted on the dam last night before the rain. Sheriff Gary Caruana is making the call to get com ed back out again this morning to make another adjustment. We are working to try and get our river gauge page updated so that it will be back… Read more“High Water Update 8/19/25”

Current River temperature is 80° Current River level at Latham is 5.6. This means we’re about 19 in about drought levels so plenty of water in the river again. Last week’s rain started making it this way down our River drainage basin the last few days. With the increased water… Read more“Weekend Update 8/15/25”