Nearly 300 boats and 2,500 sailors are joining the 333-mile race on Lake Michigan from Navy Pier to Mackinac Island, Michigan ...

Here's what we know. The NWS issued a Beach Hazard statement in Lake, Northern Cook and Central Cook Counties through Friday ...

The high swim risk comes hours after a series of severe thunderstorms quickly swept across the Chicago area, leaving behind downed trees and thousands of power outages as storm cleanup continues.

Hit the links, sunbathe on the shores of Lake Michigan, and peruse art galleries in this charming city just north of Chicago; ...

Chicago's Lake Michigan beaches face hazardous conditions with high waves and rip currents; public advised to be cautious.

CHICAGO (CBS) -- Four people are safe after they were pulled out of Lake Michigan by lifeguards and Chicago Fire Department rescuers Saturday afternoon. According to CFD, the people were at North ...

Officials with the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago announced Sunday that they have allowed water from the Chicago River to go into Lake Michigan to help alleviate ...

A person was pulled from Lake Michigan near Oakwood Beach on Chicago's South Side Friday morning, video shows.

An autopsy is scheduled for Thursday for a Posen man who died after he was pulled from Lake Michigan on the city’s South Side. The victim, a 28-year-old man, was pulled from the lake at the 3… ...

Residents of suburban communities receiving Lake Michigan water directly or indirectly from Chicago might see a change in the way the water looks. A change in the city’s water treatment process ...

Residents concerned about chemicals leaching into the lake, but the Alliance for the Great Lakes notes that plastics are a much bigger concern.

For residents of Chicago's South Side, the beaches of Lake Michigan have long been a source of neighborhood pride But now those beaches are in danger of disappearing because of flooding and erosion.