Multiple people rescued from water in Lake Michigan in less than a day, 1 teen dead
Three separate incidents on Lake Michigan in less than a day led to multiple people needing to be pulled from the water and at least one person dead.
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Three separate incidents on Lake Michigan in less than a day led to multiple people needing to be pulled from the water and at least one person dead.
Victoria Moreno, 35, is charged with three counts of murder, one count of aggravated battery to a child, and two counts of aggravated kidnapping in the death of Josiah Brown.
The new report shows more than 4,500 people died due to drowning every year from 2020 to 2022 - 500 more per year than compared to 2019.
The boy was pulled from a hotel pool on Friday night unresponsive, unconscious and not breathing.
"I was doing compressions, you know breaths, and he started foaming, and I could hear a bunch of water in his lungs."
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Toxicology tests showed Brissa's blood alcohol level was 0.16 – twice the legal limit for driving – and she had THC in her system.
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There is growing concern for safety along the lakefront now that Chicago beaches will no longer have lifeguards on duty, with the end of summer after Labor Day.
Divers were searching Lake Michigan for a missing boater near McCormick Place on Tuesday, after a man and a 14-year-old boy died and a woman was left in critical condition after being pulled from Lake Michigan in separate incidents within 24 hours on Monday and Tuesday.
Divers were searching Lake Michigan for a missing boater near McCormick Place on Tuesday, after a man and a 14-year-old boy died and a woman was left in critical condition after being pulled from Lake Michigan in separate incidents within 24 hours on Monday and Tuesday.
Once the lifeguards hang up their rescue buoy for the season, we know the drownings tend to occur when no one is keeping a watchful eye.
The boy was taken to Borgess Lee Hospital in Dowagiac where he was pronounced dead.
Akhoon had gone swimming with two friends at 2 a.m. on Tuesday, when he was overcome by high waves.
The body of a missing teenage swimmer who went into the water earlier this week near a Winnetka beach was pulled out of Lake Michigan Tuesday afternoon.
First responders say they are "reasonably confident" they found the body of a missing teenage swimmer who went into the water in Lake Michigan near a Winnetka beach early Tuesday morning.
A search for a teen swimmer in Lake Michigan near Winnetka resumed Wednesday morning, but there was still no sign of him.
A search for a teen swimmer in Winnetka concluded for the day around noon on Tuesday after a rescue team responded to three people in the water during dangerous lake conditions.
CFD Fire Commissioner Annette Nance-Holt confirmed the member was swimming with family while off the lakefront.
Search efforts happened as north winds with 3-to-6-foot waves created dangerous rip currents in the area.
"In total darkness and zero visibility the victim was rescued by our dive team in cardiac arrest," Fire Department officials said in a tweet.
Luke Laidley, a 9/11 survivor, jumped off a boat to save a child who fell in the water while tubing.
A man has died after pulled from Lake Michigan in north suburban Winnetka on Tuesday afternoon, when he went into the water to help a group of kids.
Pool Saturday the park district offered a message, extending heartfelt condolences to the family who lost their loved one.
We are told the girl came to the water park with at least three adults – but somehow, she went underwater before the lifeguards tried saving her. CBS 2's Jermont Terry reports.
Three people died on Geneva Lake in Wisconsin after a boat capsized during a severe storm Friday. A source told CBS News Chicago the fatalities were children.
Five kayakers were rescued from the DuPage River in Bolingbrook Friday morning, officials said.
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Two people are dead, and one is injured after a shooting at Fairlane Town Center in Dearborn, Michigan, on Friday afternoon, police said.
Five kayakers were rescued from the DuPage River in Bolingbrook Friday morning, officials said.
Rounds of thunderstorms that could become severe have been moving through the Chicago area and will continue into Saturday morning. Three people were hurt in Evanston when afternoon storms brought a tree down on their car.
Rounds of severe thunderstorms with wind gusts as high as 80 miles per hour and heavy lightning will roll through the Chicago area Friday evening into Saturday morning.
Rounds of severe thunderstorms are rolling through the Chicago area Friday afternoon through Saturday morning, with some south suburbs reporting wind gusts of 80 miles per hour.
Three people died on Geneva Lake in Wisconsin after a boat capsized during a severe storm Friday.
Rounds of severe thunderstorms moving through the Chicago area have produced wind gusts over 70mph and huge amounts of lightning.
Multiple Fourth of July fireworks displays planned for Friday night in the Chicago area have been canceled or rescheduled because of strong thunderstorms moving through the area.
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Five kayakers were rescued from the DuPage River in Bolingbrook Friday morning, officials said.
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