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An Illinois Department of Natural Resources official said poison will be added to a Chicago canal to stop Asian carp from reaching Lake Michigan. John Rogner, the department's assistant director, said by adding poison to nearly 6 miles of canal on the...
Tags: John Rogner, Asian, asian carp, Washington, Chicago River, Great Lakes, Lake Michigan, Carp, Sport fish, Asian carps, Environment
In the summer it keeps us cooler and in the winter it keeps us warmer. The biggest thing Lake Michigan tends to impact is our temperature. “It tends to keep temperatures from dropping as rapidly as if there wasn't a body of water,” said Mike Lewis, NWS...
Tags: Lake Michigan, special report, lake effect
Criminal Courts Reporter A Cook County jury began deliberating this afternoon in the murder trial of a Northwest Side man accused of pushing a 62-year-old fisherman into Lake Michigan...He died after a drunken John Haley allegedly shoved him off the pier...
Tags: Montrose Harbor, Lake Michigan, John Haley, Ronald Squires
Pizzas and a healthy heart are all that you need to swim the seven seas or the five Great lakes. Paula Stephanson (30) should know because she has done it. She became the second person to swim all the five Great lakes – she swam 56 kilometers of...
Tags: five Great lakes. Paula Stephanson, lake michigan, pastas, pizzas
Ottawa teacher Paula Stephanson successfully completed her marathon swim of Lake Michigan Monday night. Stephanson, who became only the second person, after famed Canadian swimmer Vickie Keith, to swim all five Great Lakes, took 25 hours and 38 minutes...
Tags: Paula Stephanson, Chicago, Ontario, Lake Michigan, Michigan-Indiana, Ottawa Citizen, Great Lakes
City commissioners this week applied to the Coast Guard's commandant, Adm. Thad Allen in Washington, D.C., to receive designation as a Coast Guard city. There are only nine such cities in the United States, including Grand Haven on Lake Michigan's shoreline,...
Tags: Traverse City Record-Eagle, Lake Michigan, guard city, Coast Guard
Coast Guard is searching the waters of southern Lake Michigan for a Gary, Ind., man who was reported missing Thursday after a sailing trip. Steven Banks, 59, was reported missing by his wife after he did not return from sailing on his 12-foot sailboat...
Tags: northwest Indiana, Northwest Indiana Times, Steven Banks, Lake Michigan, Gary, NBC Chicago, Miller Beach, search lake
Storms on evening of August 19 caused damage to portions of Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore. Downed trees, closed roads and trails, knocked out power for a time to park offices, and wind damaged some buildings. Park crews were out until midnight on Wednesday...
Tags: Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, trails grant, Lake Michigan, water trails, active trails
August 4, 2009 Martin Jordan braved the swirling waters of Lake Michigan to aid his three children and two other young relatives after they were caught by powerful currents while swimming, authorities in Michigan said Monday.
Tags: Lake Michigan, St. Charles, charles man
Police in southwestern Michigan say an Illinois man apparently drowned in Lake Michigan while trying to rescue his five children from rough waters. The 45-year-old man was pulled unresponsive Saturday evening from waters near the South Beach Pier in...
Tags: Lake Michigan, South Haven, man drowned, southwestern michigan, St. Charles, South Beach Pier, family members, young family