Officials are urging people to take safety precautions after two people died from carbon monoxide poisoning, the Portage fire chief said.
Multiple people were injured and thousands were without power Saturday after a van with 14 occupants for a traveling band from Mexico crashed into a utility pole in the north suburbs, officials said.
Officials said windy conditions are complicating the containment process for this wildfire, with the gusts causing already-burned trees to fall throughout the woods, creating serious hazards.
Power has been restored to nearly 99% of customers, LUMA Energy said in an update early Friday.
Scores of businesses including the biggest mall in the Caribbean were forced to close and professional baseball and basketball games were cancelled as the hum of generators and smell of smoke filled the air.
Hundreds of thousands of customers were without power across the Midwest on Monday after deadly, severe weather battered the region on Sunday.