In December, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced the first construction contract had been awarded for the Brandon Road Lock and Dam on the Des Plaines River near Joliet, […]
Valentine's Day is a way for folks to express their affections and flowers are one of the most popular gifts.
Hundreds of red-breasted mergansers have been found either dead or sick over the past few days along Lake Michigan in Chicago and into the northern suburbs. Officials suspect that highly […]
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This week, we are saying goodbye to "The Storyteller's Night Sky." For more than a dozen years, Mary Stewart Adams guided us through the tales of the stars.
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The historic restart of a nuclear power plant is planned for later this year on the shores of Lake Michigan, and a northern Michigan energy cooperative is playing a major role.
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One calm September day, Big Abe LeBlanc set his fishing net in Lake Superior. Then he called law enforcement and turned himself in. What happened next changed fishing in the Great Lakes forever.
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This week the story in the stars is all about Mars, which came closest to the Earth on Sunday, will be blocked by the Moon just past Full Phase on Monday, and then makes its opposition with the Sun on Wednesday.
More than 12 years after the death of Amanda Todd, we're still playing catch-up to a realm of torment and abuse that is only expanding.
London-made vegan burgers may soon hit the grill under the Florida sun and in Washington state, too, as the Odd Burger chain expands.
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On April 8, 2024, Meghan Hetfield and her partner Roni Pillischer witnessed a total solar eclipse over Lake Ontario. But in the middle of this intense and beautiful experience, something else kept grabbing their attention: the mystery of the squeaky sand all around them.
If you're a millennial, or a parent of one, you might remember these must-have toys that turned Christmas shopping upside-down.
Once the long night of the solstice has commenced, it’s appropriate to quietly reflect on the year past and to anticipate the year ahead, not just for a moment, but for the full 12 days of Christmas, which begin with the birth of inner light on Christmas Eve, at midnight.