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

The Sanitary District of Chicago (now the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District) built the extension to Joliet to allow for complete navigation from Lake Michigan to the Des Plaines River.

I’m here today to make an important announcement,” Gov. Pritzker said in the video. “The world’s finest geographers, experts ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WILX) - Another body of water is getting a new name - at least according to Illinois. In a social media post, Governor JB Pritzker announced the changes come after decades of ...

The governor went on to say there will be an announcement next week regarding the Mississippi River as part of the joke.

For a second year in a row, a record number of shipwrecks were discovered in Wisconsin's Lake Michigan ... taking on water from a massive wave near Algoma. It was bound for Chicago with a cargo ...

At the same time, rising temperatures accelerate evaporation, which can reduce lake and river ... water wisely. While much of the nation and world suffer from drought, Chicago has its Lake ...

Illinois Governor JB Pritzker took to Instagram last Friday to share what he called a "Special Announcement From Governor JB Pritzker." Standing in front of a podium, Pritzker announced that he was ...

Chicago's eastern boundary is formed by Lake Michigan, and the city is divided by the Chicago River into three geographic sections: the North Side, the South Side and the West Side. These sections ...

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker is renaming Lake Michigan to “Lake Illinois," poking fun at President Donald Trump’s recent ...

Lake Michigan shall be known as Lake Illinois." Pritzker took the bit a step further by stating the proclamation was forwarded to Google, which will "ensure the world's maps reflect this momentous ...

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