The Illinois Department of Public Health regularly tests the water to determine when beaches are safe to reopen.

Lake Michigan is the second largest of the North American Great Lakes by volume, primarily bordering Michigan and Wisconsin along with small sections of Illinois and Indiana. Google Maps has since ...

Dangerous swimming conditions, patchy fog and isolated storms are expected this week in Illinois. Here's the forecast.

Jim Shell thought he could figure out how to target burbot on the reefs of the Illinois waters of Lake Michigan. And he did.

Dangerous conditions are keeping swimmers out of Lake Michigan on Monday afternoon following a deadly weekend in Northwest ...

So today, I’m issuing a proclamation declaring that hereinafter, Lake Michigan shall be known as Lake Illinois. The proclamation has been forwarded to Google to ensure the world’s maps reflect ...

So today, I’m issuing a proclamation declaring that hereinafter, Lake Michigan shall be known as Lake Illinois. The proclamation has been forwarded to Google to ensure the world’s maps reflect ...