The DNR says the bird had the H5 avian influenza virus. Officials have also received other reports of dead birds, mostly mergansers, along the shoreline in Milwaukee, Racine and Kenosha counties. They ...

I’m here today to make an important announcement,” Gov. Pritzker said in the video. “The world’s finest geographers, experts ...

You'll get access to an ad-free website with a faster photo browser, the chance to claim free tickets to a host of events (including everything from Summerfest to the Milwaukee Film Festival), access ...

Illinois has postponed construction in a long-awaited $1.15 billion project to stop the movement of invasive carp up Illinois ...

With a burgeoning dining, vibrant arts and culture, and its proximity to nature, Milwaukee has more to offer than just quintessential Midwest sensibility.

A second winter storm in as many days is slamming parts of the Midwest before rolling toward the East Coast. Major travel ...

Abdullatif Ahmed recalls his journey from Yemen to working on the icy waters of the Great Lakes, where Yemeni sailors shaped the region’s maritime history.

Anticipating a lack of federal funding under the new presidential administration, Illinois has postponed construction in a ...

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An armadillo in southern Illinois and the quickest sturgeon season on Black Lake in northern Michigan are among the notes ...

They disappeared over a hundred years ago. Now, Michigan is closer than its ever been to Arctic grayling returning to its rivers. The 2025 Black Lake sturgeon season ended after just a few minutes ...

“Pollutants are taken out and they eventually discharge to your nearest river, in this case the Pike River, which ends up in Lake Michigan.” The Fund for Lake Michigan awarded a $28,000 grant to ...