The DNR says the bird had the H5 avian influenza virus. Officials have also received other reports of dead birds, mostly mergansers, along the shoreline in Milwaukee, Racine and Kenosha counties. They ...

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

A popular and tasty Howell restaurant has been named one of the best in the country. Here's what you need to know before you go.

Streeterville also encompasses Ohio Street Beach, where Chicagoans ... affected as areas west of Lake Michigan (where poverty is more prevalent), but it's still best to stay alert at all times.

The Walleye Al Fresco is a Midwest favorite given a gourmet makeover. Two fillets of walleye, delicately seasoned and ...

The Great Lakes surf season peaks in fall and winter when the wind creates some of the biggest waves of the year. Surfers clad in thick neoprene wetsuits embrace the cold like seals on the Alaska ...

The recently remodeled 'white on white' home sits on a 5.5-acre property with over 400 feet of private Lake Michigan beach ...

Surfing on the Great Lakes can be brutally cold. But nature is everywhere. Here, you can watch near-frozen 'slurpee' waves on ...

A straight-faced Pritzker released a choreographed video on Friday, with fake camera shutter clicks going off in the background, where he asserts that he is renaming Lake Michigan to "Lake Illinoi ...

Illinois Governor JB Pritzker jokingly announced that the name of Lake Michigan had been changed to "Lake Illinois," poking fun at President Donald Trump's Gulf of America. Pritzker posted a video ...