Lake Michigan is the biggest lake in the world by area, and its pristine beauty lends plenty to the imagination. The ...

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It's summer in the city, backs of Chicagoans' necks are getting dirty and gritty, and what better remedy is there than a dip in Lake Michigan at a local beach? But at some Lake Michigan beaches in ...

The National Weather Service in Chicago warned of dangerously high waves at Lake Michigan Monday, with life-threatening currents possible. According to the NWS, waves as high as seven feet could form ...

Illinois boasts 63 miles of coastline along Lake Michigan’s southwestern shore, nearly all of which is fortified by metal breakwaters, concrete seawalls and even swaths of land built out into the lake ...