Several drowning incidents occurred over the holiday weekend in inland lakes, ponds, pools, and Lake Michigan, casting a tragic pall over Fourth of July celebrations.
Hundreds of ducks have been found sick or dead along Lake Michigan in Chicago, and it is possible the bird flu is to blame.
An “elusive” tugboat that sank in Lake Michigan nearly 130 years ago has finally been found by maritime historians who set out on a three-day-mission to solve the mystery of where it went.
A 142-year-old shipwreck was discovered ten miles off the shoreline of Algoma, Wisconsin.
Missing U.S. Navy sailor Seamus Gray was found dead on Wednesday. His body was pulled from Lake Michigan in Waukegan, Illinois.
A three-year-old boy has died after being allegedly pushed by his aunt into Lake Michigan off Chicago’s Navy Pier.
The bodies of three individuals were pulled out of Chicago’s waterways during the past two days, according to law enforcement, and one has been identified.
SWAT officers in Chicago, Illinois, saved a man’s life Saturday after he fell into freezing Lake Michigan.
A Michigan golf course has come under fire for polluting Lake Michigan by encouraging players to hit golf balls into the water from its 12th hole.
Hundreds of people got their first glimpse of a giant crucifix frozen under Lake Michigan on Saturday after the cross became visible to the public for the first time since 2015.
Chicago-area residents amused themselves in the midst of near-record-cold on Wednesday by taking boiling water outside, throwing it into the air, watching it freeze before it hit the ground, then sharing the video on social media.
