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Great Lakes

Big pattern change to funnel Arctic air, temperature drops across US

  • Nov 5, 2025

The Great Lakes: Protecting Our Natural Wonder

  • Oct 20, 2025

Former Navy sailor sentenced in Naval Station, Chicago attack plots

  • Sep 19, 2025

Recruit died from self-inflicted gunshot wound at naval base: coroner

  • Aug 8, 2025

Sailor dies after 'gunfire incident' at Naval Station Great Lakes

  • Aug 7, 2025

Large police response at Naval Station Great Lakes

  • Aug 6, 2025

Chicago-based Asian carp dog treat helping save Great Lakes

  • Jun 25, 2025

EPA scientists begin testing water samples in Lake Michigan

  • Jun 20, 2025

Latest Videos

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The Great Lakes: Protecting Our Natural Wonder part 2

  • Oct 20, 2025
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The Great Lakes: Protecting Our Natural Wonder part 3

  • Oct 20, 2025
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The Great Lakes: Protecting Our Natural Wonder part 1

  • Oct 20, 2025
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The Great Lakes: Protecting Our Natural Wonder part 4

  • Oct 20, 2025
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Great Lakes: Protecting Our Natural Wonder

  • Oct 16, 2025
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Victory Cruise Lines returns to Navy Pier

  • Aug 30, 2024
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US Navy sailor last seen at Waukegan bar Saturday: police

  • Mar 23, 2023
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Great balls of ice on the Great Lakes

  • Feb 25, 2023

Latest Stories

EPA offers free tours of floating lab Lake Guardian, insight into water sampling at Navy Pier

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is offering insight into their work on the Great Lakes on board Lake Guardian.

  • Jun 16, 2025

Victory Cruise Lines ship christened Monday at Navy Pier before Great Lakes voyage

Chicago is now a cruise ship destination.

  • May 12, 2025

Ex-Navy sailor pleads guilty in alleged plot to attack Great Lakes Naval Station, downtown Chicago

A former Navy sailor is said to have surveilled Naval Station Great Lakes in North Chicago as a new recruit, as well as Michigan Avenue, Chicago-area train stations and more as part of a terror plot, the ABC7 I-Team learned.

  • Feb 28, 2025

Promontory Point's iconic limestone steps still protect lakefront, can be preserved, studies say

The reports detail plans on how best to preserve the Point's limestone block, stepped stone, revetment and promenade.

  • Jan 14, 2025

10 million pieces of litter collected from Great Lakes shorelines over last 21 years

Adopt-a-Beach volunteers have helped collect 10 million pieces of litter from the shorelines of all five Great Lakes, said Chicago-based Alliance for the Great Lakes.

  • Sep 4, 2024