dupage river

The search is continuing for an 18-year-old woman who was swept into the West Branch of the DuPage River while walking two dogs in the Winfield Mounds Forest Preserve on Friday night. According to authorities, the woman, who has autism, was walking the dogs at approximately 6 p.m. Friday when she crossed a flooded-out pedestrian bridge at the preserve. The…

Search and rescue crews were busy Friday night looking for an 18-year-old woman who was swept away in the DuPage River.

Rescue crews in west suburban Winfield were searching for an 18-year-old woman who was swept away in the DuPage River Friday night while walking her two dogs, officials said. The woman, who is 18 years old and has autism, was walking in the Winfield Mounds County Forest Preserve at around 6 p.m. when she was swept away in the river,…