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A group of researchers using sonar to find shipwrecks on the bottom of Lake Michigan have found something far older than crashed cargo ships. They believe they've found a 10-thousand-year-old stone structure like Stonehenge, including a rock carved with...
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The polar bears of Sheboygan, Wisconsin took the annual New Years Day plunge into the freezing cold waters of Lake Michigan today. No one was blue when they came out of the water, but the look on their faces told spectators just how cold the water was....
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The Sheboygan, Wisconsin Polar Bears will take their annual dive into Lake Michigan on January 1, 2009. There are usually 300 to 400 people that take the polar bear plunge and jump around in the freezing cold waters of Lake Michigan. This year, the group...
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Lake-effect snow slowed traffic for morning commuters in Northwest Indiana this morning, and another round of snow showers are due later today, said Bart Wolf, Valparaiso University meteorologist. Cold Canadian air picked up ample moisture as it pushed...
Tags: Porter County, Northwest Indiana, Indiana State Police Cpl, Valparaiso University, Lake Michigan
The body of a man was pulled from Lake Michigan early Sunday on the North Side. About 7:20 a.m., a citizen called police to report a body in the water, police said...The Cook County Medical ExaminerÂs office was awaiting the arrival of the body at 9:20...
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Several maritime groups say shipping on the Great Lakes could be disrupted this winter because of a shortage of U.S...Lake Michigan alone covers 57,756 square kilometres, with more than 2,639 kilometres of shore on the U.S. side alone. In Wisconsin, there's...
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Crews rescued a 10-year-old girl from Lake Michigan Sunday afternoon. The incident happened at Kemil Beach at Indiana Dunes State Park in the northwestern part of the state. ABC7 Chicago is told crews were able to revive the girl at a hospital in Michigan...
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Marquise Grandberry, 29, was shot at his home and was dead on the scene, said the Cook County Medical Examiners office. Sources said police found Grandberry outside his home on Evans Court with multiple gunshot wounds. An autopsy is tentatively scheduled...
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A search is under way for a man who was missing in Lake Michigan off 55th Street, Chicago police said early Monday. The man and three other people jumped from a boat to go swimming about 10:30 p.m...The three others eventually returned to the boat, leaving...
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Autopsy scheduled for Sunday Tribune staff report 4:53 PM CDT, August 23, 2008 A body was found Saturday morning in Lake Michigan, about 100 feet from the Whihala Beach County Park shoreline in Whiting, Ind., officials said in a news release. The body,...
Tags: Lake Michigan, Adler Planetarium, Chicago Police Marine Unit