As long as the Kankakee Marsh existed, people have lived in the area. Artifacts found at archaeological digs back up that assertion. But in the early 1800s, the push to drain the swamp took hold ...

KANKAKEE, Ill. (WLS) -- A 6-year-old boy who drowned Tuesday after slipping into the Kankakee River has been identified. The boy's name was Jamir Frazier, his family confirmed to ABC7.

Valparaiso University professor Alfred H. Meyer took a pragmatic approach to the question of Kankakee River restoration options. In his 1935 paper, “The Kankakee Marsh of Northern Indiana and ...

The Kankakee River runs through what was once a 500,000-acre swamp that was drained last century. A restoration should be part of any long-term plan for Northwest Indiana.