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FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 2013
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FOX RIVER EXPECTED TO CREST
FLOOD THREAT RISES AP photo
Images taken from surveillance video show who the FBI is calling Suspect 2 (left) and Suspect 1 (right) as they walk near each other before the explosions Monday at the Boston Marathon.
Suspect photos in bombing released The ASSOCIATED PRESS
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Mike Kalter of McHenry walks in knee-high water Thursday on West Riverside Drive after helping his neighbor fill sandbags.
Residents urged to take precautions er at the Algonquin Tailwater gauge was at 11.93 feet. The flood stage is 9.5 feet. In Algonquin, residents in the floodplain were urged to place sandbags around their property because there was a potential for damage. Volunteers, including groups such as The Salvation Army and the Algonquin Explorers, have helped public works employees in filling sandbags
By JOSEPH BUSTOS jbustos@shawmedia.com
and EMILY K. COLEMAN ecoleman@shawmedia.com With the Fox River expected to crest Saturday at 13.4 feet, municipalities are advising residents in the floodplain to prepare for possible property damage. As of 9 p.m. Thursday, the Fox Riv-
for residents, Assistant to the Village Manager Mike Kumbera said. “We try to produce them as fast as we can,” Kumbera said. The village, in a news release, said localized flooding continues on several streets throughout Algonquin, and Cornish Park remains closed to the public because of the rising waters.
See PRECAUTIONS, page A7
High waters wreak havoc on McHenry County roadways
Friday will be cloudy and windy, with morning showers. Temperatures are expected to be in the mid-40s.
INSIDE • Agencies offer flood-related tips. PAGE A7 • View photos of area efforts to control flooding. PAGE A8
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By SHAWN SHINNEMAN
View more photos and video related to the storm at NWHerald.com.
sshinneman@shawmedia.com All-day rains Wednesday caused all-day headaches Thursday as water spilled onto McHenry County roadways and yielded delays and closures. A storm system that brought rains totaling as much as 5 inches by Thursday morning produced off-and-on drizzles throughout the day, as motorists navigated standing water in the county. Closures on major roadways, including Route 31 and
YOUR OPINION H. Rick Bamman – hbamman@shawmedia.com
La Fox River Drive resident Patrick Headtke and neighbors load sandbags onto a trailer Thursday in Algonquin.
See ROADWAYS, page A7
FRIDAY’S FORECAST
How have you been most affected by flooding? Vote at NWHerald.com.
BOSTON – Plucking a couple of faces in baseball caps out of a swarming crowd, the FBI zeroed in on two suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing and shared surveillance-camera images of them with the world Thursday in hopes the public will help hunt them down. The somewhat blurry but still detailed photos and video depict one young man in a dark cap and another in a white cap worn backward, both wearing backpacks and one walking behind the other on the sidewalk near the finish line as marathoners run by. The man in the white hat was seen setting down a backpack at the site of the second explosion, said Richard DesLauriers, FBI agent in charge in Boston. “Somebody out there knows these individuals as friends, neighbors, co-workers or family members of the suspects,” he said. “Though it may be difficult, the nation is counting on those with information to come forward and provide it to us.” They looked much like typical college students, but DesLauriers described them as armed and extremely dangerous, and urged anyone who sees or knows them to tell law enforcement and “do not take any action on your own.” The break in the investigation came just three days after the attack that killed three people, tore off limbs and raised the specter of another terrorist attack on U.S. soil. FBI photo-analysis specialists have been analyzing a mountain of surveillance footage and amateur pictures and video for clues to who carried out the attack and why. The volume of information is likely to grow, joined now by a torrent
See SUSPECTS, page A7
LOCALLY SPEAKING
McHENRY COUNTY
REPORT: PROBE TARGETS JUDGE A McHenry County judge is being investigated for a potential ethics violations related to her 2006 divorce, the Chicago SunTimes reports. The Illinois Judicial Inquiry Board has launched an investigation into Judge Maureen P. McIntryre’s divorce from former lawyer Raymond Henehan. For more, see page B1.
Chris Leathers (left) and Curtis Smith Monica Maschak – mmaschak@shawmedia.com
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