The Milwaukee County Zoo has closed its Herb and Nada Mahler Family Aviary as a precautionary measure against avian influenza ...

He previously won a gold medal in boxing light heavyweight division at the 1920 Summer Games in Antwerp, Belgium. 1936 — Sonja Henie of Norway, wins her third consecutive Olympics figure skating gold ...

For a second year in a row, a record number of shipwrecks were discovered in Wisconsin's Lake Michigan waters ... was bound for Menomonee, Michigan from Chicago when it ran into heavy fog near ...

Chicago is a city full of exciting athletic activities. Whether you love sports, fitness, or outdoor adventures, there is ...

As Purdue Baseball opens its new season at the Triple-A stadium in Sugar Land for the fourth year in a row, it's an in-state ...

The largest concentrations of sick mergansers were found Saturday at North Avenue Beach and Oak Street Beach. Other birds ...

Record-high summer temperatures became the new ... While much of the nation and world suffer from drought, Chicago has its Lake Michigan freshwater largesse. Freshwater is a human health necessity ...

Summer in the USA offers diverse experiences from coast to coast — from festivals in Philadelphia to adventure in Illinois, and from hiking in Lake Tahoe to food & history in Louisiana.

In another initiative, Irvin said installation of a six-foot diameter pipe could begin this summer as part of the ... occur between Moffett Road and Lake Michigan and traffic would be impacted ...

Hundreds of red-breasted mergansers have been affected by a bird flu outbreak on Chicago's Lake Michigan shoreline, raising ...

Every morning and every afternoon for a month last summer, he staked out a spot at ... Located along a longtime migratory path on Lake Michigan, Cook County attracts a wide variety of birds ...

Ice seems temporary. It melts in a glass. It disappears at a sunbeam’s touch. It ebbs with the first relief of spring. But ...