Kristin Ziemke reacts to the cold after climbing out of the lake on Friday at Kiln at Navy Pier Marina. “It’s very healthy to do,” Ziemke said. “Also, Chicago winters are so long and you have to find ...

DETROIT (AP) — A life ring and a piece of a lifeboat from the Edmund Fitzgerald were sold at auction Friday for $150,000, a month after the 50th anniversary of the famous ship’s sinking in Lake ...

A pair of snowy owls spotted along a Lake Michigan beach has drawn curious crowds and sparked happy speculation about how long the Arctic birds of prey will call Chicago home. Word of the two owls has ...

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It's never quite an easy game for the Michigan Wolverines, but Michigan moved to 8-2 on the season following a 24-22 win over Northwestern. The Wolverines would go up by two scores, but then Michigan ...

Police say they have determined the identity of a woman whose body was found on the Lake Michigan shoreline near New Buffalo in 1988. The Michigan State Police said the remains have been identified as ...

NEW BUFFALO, MI — Remains found along the Lake Michigan shoreline have been identified decades later, the Michigan State Police said. A woman known for decades as “New Buffalo Jane Doe” has been ...

Parts of the Plains, Midwest and Appalachians saw their first snow of the season. That included some heavy lake-effect snowbands, accompanied by thunder and lightning, in Chicago and elsewhere in the ...