"These are customers that have cruised all over the world, and they are choosing the Great Lakes," says Stephen Burnett, ...

In the early 1900s, interurban railroads ferried people around the Valparaiso area, taking vacationers to hotels, cottages and resorts in the Valparaiso Chain of Lakes area. The trains — which ...

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Bonta, who like Trump is a Republican, told The Times that he does not oppose tariffs in general, but wants to see the Trump ...

A January 2025 cold wave plunged Chicago into subzero temperatures, initially without snow. By late January, snowfall ...

Stunning satellite imagery reveals the aftermath of a deep freeze in Chicago, showcasing ice formations on Lake Michigan and ...

Vibrant Credit Union members received a letter this week about Great Lakes Credit Union (GLCU) purchasing Vibrant Credit ...

An undocumented father of four was removed from a home in Elgin on Tuesday after federal agents raided the home in search of a different man charged with attempted murder and wanted ...

Not sure why, but crappie caught ice fishing lead this sprawling raw-file Midwest Fishing Report. Ken “Husker” O’Malley sent ...

Tarik Shahzad recorded 294 bird species this year, breaking Cook County's Birding Big Year record. An "obsessive birding ...

The conversion of this former church building in South Chicago made sports programs possible at the charter school.