Dangerous currents are common in the Great Lakes, especially in Lake Michigan, where rip currents are especially dangerous ...

An angler caught a 39-year-old lake trout while fishing near Sheboygan on Lake Michigan. The fish is the oldest in the ...

There is a large emergency response at Illinois Beach State Park in the north suburbs Tuesday evening, after a 14-year-old ...

Lake Michigan faces high waves and dangerous currents, prompting swimming warnings along Illinois, Indiana, and Michigan ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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

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

Here's the forecast. High swim risk near Lake Michigan The service issued a Beach Hazard statement for Lake, Northern Cook and Central Cook Counties in Illinois through Monday evening.

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

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