State officials are investigating the drowning of a U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary leader last week in Lake Michigan in the far ...

Knowing how to swim is not water safety. If we look at Lake Michigan right now, we are at 17 drownings as of July 8. We could ...

Dangerous swimming conditions, patchy fog and isolated storms are expected this week in Illinois. Here's the forecast.

The sun is out, the lake is glistening, the strawberries are bright red and summer-sweet. Golfers and anglers are busy, cyclists are on the move, brats are on the barbecue. This is Michigan at its ...

According to the NWS, waves as high as seven feet could form along beaches in southern Lake Michigan, across Illinois, ...

The victims were identified as 65-year-old David Meneou, of Joliet, Illinois, and 20-year-old Jameson Meneou, of Lockport, ...

An estimate of the economic impact of legal weed done by the Wisconsin Department of Revenue found sales would generate at ...

Hit the links, sunbathe on the shores of Lake Michigan, and peruse art galleries in this charming city just north of Chicago; ...

The Illinois Department of Public Health regularly tests the water to determine when beaches are safe to reopen.

A man was found dead after going into Lake Michigan on Friday night in northern Lake County near the Wisconsin border.

Illinois residents should avoid Lake Michigan on Monday due to tall waves and strong currents, according to the National Weather Service. Patchy fog and scattered thunderstorms are also expected ...

Earlier in the week in Peoria, the Democratic governor stood alongside two Republicans — state Sen. Dale Fowler and state Rep. Ryan Spain — to sign a bill aimed at lowering prescription drug costs. It ...