Bird flu has decimated poultry flocks and infected cattle herds. The risk to humans is currently low, but that could easily ...

Since Friday, hundreds of dead and sick birds have been found along Lake Michigan’s shore — all likely infected with bird flu ...

Located in Lincoln Park directly on Lake Michigan, North Avenue Beach is one of the most popular swimming spots in Chicago ... beach house adjacent to the shore. Recent visitors said the beach ...

U.S. Steel mines iron ore in Minnesota and sends it across Lake Superior on freighters a thousand feet long. At Sault Ste.

"Lake Michigan shall be known as Lake Illinois," Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker announced Friday, mocking President Donald Trump ...

Crews have officially closed Milwaukee's South Shore Beach as construction continues in an effort to rehabilitate and ...

"The world's finest geographers, experts who study the Earth's natural environment, have concluded a decades-long council and determined that a great lake ... of Illinois and the city of Chicago ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The Department of Justice is suing Chicago, the state of Illinois and Cook County over sanctuary city policies. In the 23-page lawsuit just filed Thursday morning in Chicago ...

Illinois Governor JB Pritzker jokingly announced that the name of Lake Michigan had been changed ... Justice filed a lawsuit against Illinois and Chicago over immigration policies, according ...

The Trump administration, DOJ sues Illinois and Chicago over some of its immigration laws. The lawsuit argues that the government has authority to regulate immigration, but it needs to work with ...

Residents are being asked to avoid an Indiana beach after dozens of dead ducks washed up on shore ... Chicago Catch-Up newsletter. There have not been any confirmed human cases of bird flu in ...