| Title | Date | Summary | Source | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deep tunnel necessary: Skokie Board | 1980-12-25 | Commenting on Senator Percy's call for discontinuation of the Deep Tunnel project, Trustee McCabe said the Senator is unaware of the project's importance. | The News, Thursday, December 25, 1980, p. 3 | Flood control, Metropolitan Sanitary District, Percy, Charles H., Sewers and sewage disposal, McCabe, Frank |
| Deep-tunnel gets big boost | 1974-06-06 | Village Board and state legislators meet to discuss local concerns, including the Deep Tunnel project. | The News, Thursday, June 6, 1974, p. 3 | Flood control, Skokie Board of Trustees, Metropolitan Sanitary District, Deep Tunnel |
| Down the drain: Gas station owner faces crisis as McCormick closed for sewers | 1981-07-19 | Shirak Housepian owns a gas station at the corner of Howard and McCormick. The Metropolitan Sanitary District closed McCormick between Howard and Oakton and Housepian says his business has since dropped at least 65%. | Life - Skokie edition (Weekend edition), Sunday, July 19, 1981, Sec. 1, p. 1 | Metropolitan Sanitary District, Sewers and sewage disposal, Business - Automobile service stations and gas stations, Housepian, Shirak, Streets - Maintenance and repair |
| Engineers: McCormick Blvd may remain closed until Aug. 1 | 1982-04-29 | An engineer with the Metropolitan Sanitary District says that work is almost completed and McCormick Boulevard between Howard and Oakton Streets may be reopened by August 1. | Life - Skokie edition, Thursday, April 29, 1982, Sec. 1, p. 1 | Metropolitan Sanitary District, McCormick Boulevard, Streets - Maintenance and repair |
| Explosion injuries 13 | 1979-01-18 | An explosion January 16 at the Skokie site of the Deep Tunnel Project injured 13 men and shut down operations. | The News, Thursday, January 18, 1979, p. 6 | Flood control, Metropolitan Sanitary District, Sewers and sewage disposal |
| Filing for MSD seat | 1982-01-07 | Skokie resident Mannie H. Tucker, candidate for the Metropolitan Sanitary District Board, filed his nominating petition along with other Republican candidates for Cook County offices. | The News, Thursday, January 7, 1982, p. 3 | Tucker, Mannie, Government - Cook County, Metropolitan Sanitary District, Elections |
| Flood victims go to court: Suit charges 'negligence' in tunnel | 1980-07-31 | Skokie and Evanston residents have filed suit against the MSD charging gross negligence in the recent flooding of their basements. | The News, Thursday, July 31, 1980, p. 3 | Flood control, Metropolitan Sanitary District, Litigation, Sewers and sewage disposal, Deep Tunnel |
| Grant gets rock tunnel off ground | 1977-03-17 | Federal grant has been approved by EPA for first step in Village's flood control project. | Life - Skokie edition, Thursday, March 17, 1977, Sec. 1, p. 1 | Flood control, Metropolitan Sanitary District, Deep Tunnel |
| Group discusses how to beautify channel | 1987-12-10 | A task force assembled by the Metropolitan Sanitary District met to discuss plans to revitalize an eight-mile water corridor and encourage its use as a park. | Skokie Review, Thursday, December 10, 1987, p. 10 | Metropolitan Sanitary District, Parks, North Shore Channel |
| Heavy rains leave area basements flooded | 1978-09-17 | Recent rains left many Skokie basements flooded. Residents hope the deep tunnel project will prevent flooding. | Life - Skokie edition (Weekend edition), Sunday, September 17, 1978, Sec. 1, p. 1 | Metropolitan Sanitary District, Floods, Sewers and sewage disposal, Deep Tunnel |