Swimming Banned At Indiana Dunes State Park Due To Lifeguard Shortage
More restrictions for swimming in Lake Michigan, but this time it's not because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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More restrictions for swimming in Lake Michigan, but this time it's not because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
There were calls Thursday to prevent more drownings on Lake Michigan, after two people died last weekend and three barely survived.
A 16-year-old boy went missing Sunday after he was pulled under the water in Portage, Indiana. His body was found Monday.
A recovery mission is underway after a body was located in Belmont Harbor.
Firefighters tied a rope to a surfboard to help pull a skateboarder to safety Thursday morning, after the teenager fell off the pier at Whiting Lakefront Park in northwest Indiana.
Witnesses told CBS 2 a 15-year-old boy was swimming with a group of youngsters Monday afternoon near Diversey Harbor, when the current carried him away.
Chicago Fire Department officials said four CFD divers and one CPD diver were searching the water after receiving reports of a male who fell in the water.
"They didn't have any means of communication. No lights. No phones to try to track them down."
Dozens of boats lined up in the Playpen on Saturday, with enforcement of social distancing rules nowhere to be found.
A CFD diver who went into the water to search for the man said it was like a "washing machine" after he got out of the water.
Fire Department officials said four people had gone for a swim off a boat in Monroe Harbor when winds pushed the vessel into a breakwall.
"They had no pretense of social distancing."
A swimmer who drowned at the Indiana State Dunes this week has been identified.
A swimmer's body was pulled from the water Tuesday afternoon at the Indiana Dunes.
A man was in critical condition Saturday evening after being pulled from Lake Michigan offshore from downtown Chicago.
Additional funds provided by Congress for Great Lakes environmental improvements will be used to hasten cleanups of highly toxic sites and step up work on other longstanding forms of pollution, federal officials said Thursday.
A car flipped over a walking ramp on Lake Shore Drive and almost landed in Lake Michigan.
For the second time in a little more than a month, a garage near the lakefront in Rogers Park has been left flooded.
Chicago police SWAT officers rescued a person who had fallen into the freezing waters of Lake Michigan Saturday morning.
The Chicago City Council on Monday voted to fight back and protect Chicago from record high lake levels.
It's growing emergency along Chicago's lakefront--the shoreline is washing away and homes are threatened because of high lake levels.
The rock wall was put in place in 1988, the last time similarly high and turbulent waves threatened Evanston's shoreline.
Police issued a warning Thursday for visitors to the lakefront in Northwest Indiana.
Right now, Lake Michigan is lapping away its own shoreline little by little – and powerful storms like one that happened this month swoop in and cause more destruction.
The legislation, sponsored by state Rep. Doug Miller, would give up the state's ownership of large swaths of Indiana's lake shoreline to adjacent private property owners if the property description in their deeds indicates the land extends to Lake Michigan.
A 17-year-old boy was charged Thursday in a shooting that wounded seven teens in front of the Chicago Theatre downtown right after the city's Christmas tree lighting ceremony in November.
A man died after he was hit by a car in northwest suburban Rolling Meadows on Wednesday morning.
The Bulls on Thursday sent Ayo Dosunmu and Julian Phillips to the Minnesota Timberwolves in exchange for Rob Dillingham, Leonard Miller and four second-round picks, as first reported by ESPN and The Athletic.
Cook County homeowners have all been granted an extension in paying their first-installment property tax bills for 2026.
Illinois early voting for the 2026 primary begins for most counties in early February. Find out what your early voting dates are and where you can go cast a ballot below.
Illinois early voting for the 2026 primary begins for most counties in early February. Find out what your early voting dates are and where you can go cast a ballot below.
Chicago Ald. Daniel La Spata (1st) wants to hear from anyone who has strong feelings about food delivery robots.
Some polls opened up for early voting on Thursday, with less than six weeks to go until primary day in Illinois.
President Trump said he is directing all federal law enforcement to be at the "complete disposal" of Savannah Guthrie's family as the search continues for her mother, Nancy Guthrie.
President Trump told NBC News the call to remove 700 immigration officers from Minneapolis came from him.
This week marks Identity Theft Awareness Week, and Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza emphasized some safety tips Monday for avoiding and dealing with identity theft.
A controversial data center in Naperville, Illinois, could be the cause to pack a city council meeting there on Tuesday night.
Police in the west Chicago suburb of Geneva are warning of a scam involving spoofed phone numbers.
Protesters on Tuesday were cranking up the heat on Peoples Gas over a recently proposed rate hike that would add an additional $10 to $11 a month to utility bills.
A lawsuit filed late last month took Chicago-based McDonald's to task over the McRib sandwich, calling its name a form of false advertising.
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital announced this week that it is planning to open a new pediatric hospital in the west Chicago suburb of Downers Grove.
It has been nearly six years since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, and one of the many questions doctors are still working to answer concerns the long-term effects.
Leaders from Cook County, the Illinois Department of Human Services, and the Greater Chicago Food Depository denounced changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program on Wednesday.
The University of Chicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center has received a grant from The Ralph Lauren Corporate Foundation for a new cancer center.
Chicago's Lurie Children's Hospital said Tuesday that it is no longer initiating gender-affirming medical treatment for minors.
A Near West Side diner known for drawing in Blackhawks fans and players is up for sale.
January may be the coldest time of the year, but Chicago is already looking forward to summer farmers' markets.
A development proposal issued this month calls for the replacement of a building housing a Giordiano's pizzeria in Chicago's Lakeview neighborhood with a new mixed-use building with 28 residential units.
United Airlines flight attendants picketed outside Chicago's Willis Tower Thursday morning as they fought for a new contract.
WSCR-AM, 670 The Score, will begin a simulcast on 104.3 FM next month.
The members of Ratboys were teenagers when they met by chance, and now in their 30s, the Chicago band formed by two college friends almost two decades ago appears to be on the brink of something big.
Chuck Negron, a founding member of Three Dog Night whose lead vocals powered a string of hits for one of the top rock acts of the late 1960s and early '70s has died. He was 83.
Bad Bunny used his Grammy acceptance speech on Sunday to denounce U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and call for the end of the ongoing immigration crackdown.
The 2026 Grammy Awards recognized the best of the best in music from last year, with big wins for Kendrick Lamar and Bad Bunny. Here's the full list of winners and nominees.
Complete closure of the performing arts center in Washington, D.C., will start on July 4, Mr. Trump said. It's not yet clear how extensive the changes to the building might be.
A Wisconsin woman accused of injuring three people during a spree of "random acts of violence" in the far north suburbs will remain behind bars as she awaits trial.
Jackie Kostek gets a look at all the Super Bowl snacks you need for your watch party.
The start of DuPage County early voting has been delayed by some unresolved objections being heard in court. Other Chicago-area counties start their early voting today.
President Trump has said the TrumpRX prescription drug pricing site will launch on Thursday.
An extension has been approved for all first-installment Cook County property taxes because of late billing.
Chicago police said a driver was critically injured in a shooting that led to a crash in the Back of the Yards neighborhood Wednesday night.
A woman was killed and a man was wounded when they were shot while in a car with a baby in the back seat in Auburn Gresham, just steps from St. Sabina Parish.
A Near West Side diner known for drawing in Blackhawks fans and players is up for sale.
Some polls opened up for early voting on Thursday, with less than six weeks to go until primary day in Illinois.
A 17-year-old boy was charged Thursday in a shooting that wounded seven teens in front of the Chicago Theatre downtown right after the city's Christmas tree lighting ceremony in November.
Cynthia Eason recounted the moment Chicago police officers raided her family's home in 2018.
Water bills could be going up in several Chicago suburbs and other parts of Illinois, as Illinois American Water seeks a rate increase to fund infrastructure improvements.
The case involves a Chicago grandmother, her daughter, and her four grandchildren, who all said that Chicago police officers pointed guns at them during the botched raid.
Former Mayor Rahm Emanuel no longer will have to testify about an alleged "code of silence" at the Chicago Police Department, after a federal judge reversed an earlier ruling that would have allowed him to take the stand in a lawsuit over a botched police raid.
John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County, the busiest trauma center in Illinois, is sounding an alarm, as doctors brace for an influx of patients because of federal funding cuts under the Trump administration's "One Big Beautiful Bill Act."
The Bulls on Thursday sent Ayo Dosunmu and Julian Phillips to the Minnesota Timberwolves in exchange for Rob Dillingham, Leonard Miller and four second-round picks, as first reported by ESPN and The Athletic.
Six players made 3s for Illinois, which shot 17 of 38 from behind the arc and had just two turnovers.
Spencer Knight made 16 saves for the Blackhawks, who have dropped five of six.
The Chicago Bulls are trading Coby White to the Charlotte Hornets, reports said Wednesday.
Chicago cut Milwaukee's lead to 90-84 late in the third quarter, but couldn't get any closer.
A 17-year-old boy was charged Thursday in a shooting that wounded seven teens in front of the Chicago Theatre downtown right after the city's Christmas tree lighting ceremony in November.
Savannah Guthrie said she and her family were aware of reports of a ransom note and that they are "ready to talk."
A woman was killed and a man was wounded when they were shot Wednesday afternoon while in a car with a baby in the back seat in Chicago's Auburn Gresham neighborhood, just steps from St. Sabina Parish.
A man who was arrested on child sexual abuse charges in Illinois is facing additional charges in the San Francisco Bay Area in connection with the alleged sexual assault of a child, police said.
Ryan Routh, the man convicted in a 2024 assassination attempt of President Trump at his Florida golf course, has been sentenced to life in prison.
