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

Pancake ice was spotted floating on Lake Michigan near Chicago, Illinois, on Sunday, January 19, as dangerously cold wind ...

Registration is now open for Polar Plunge Chicago, benefiting Special Olympics Illinois, presented by Special Children's ...

Born in Southern California, George Miller used to hate the cold. Now the life coach is evangelizing the restorative powers of cold water therapy.

It’s the latest development in a lengthy battle over the future of a 45-acre disposal site on the Lake Michigan shoreline.

The four blue bars represent Lake Michigan, the Mississippi River, the Ohio River and the Chicago/Illinois River system. Nothing about this screams Illinois, though. Or even whispers it.

Located along the Lake Michigan shoreline ... University Village because of its proximity to the University of Illinois at Chicago campus, Little Italy is the place to go for a plate of pasta ...