The Latest Breaking News from Lake Michigan

The camp, in its second year in Chicago, teaches the first-time sailors the parts of the boat, water safety rules, knot tying and how to maneuver the boat and work its sails.

A number of Father’s Day stories and a slow start to the reopening of perch fishing on Illinois’ Lake Michigan lead this sprawling raw-file Midwest Fishing Report.

The body was recovered in the 4100 block of South Oakenwald Avenue, police said.

A reminder that perch fishing is closed in Illinois, the prospects for the Wisconsin opener on Saturday, and some early reports of Chinook on southern Lake Michigan lead this sprawling raw-file Midwest Fishing Report; but there are plenty of other options from coho to spawning bass to crappie to…

Northwestern University scientists say pollution levels they studied were highest over the lake and in lakeside neighborhoods and near expressways.

Coho on southern Lake Michigan continue to lead the sprawling raw-file Midwest Fishing Report, but the extended balmy conditions have drawn multitudes of anglers to fish for many species, smallmouth bass to bullheads.

Illinois’ trout season opener (a success, despite some weather challenges), coho and trout on southern Lake Michigan, crappie improving on inland waters and river walleyes lead his sprawling raw-file Midwest Fishing Report.

The Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant holds a Lake Michigan Fisheries Workshop on Wednesday and the Midwest Musky Club’s Mega Raffle is Thursday.

Completed in the 1970s by artist Ruth Duckworth, “Clouds Over Lake Michigan” replicates “a sort of topographical grid you’d see on satellite views.”