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Sailors rescue woman from suburban Harbor
WILMETTE, Ill. (STMW) — A north suburban woman was lucky that a seaman at the U.S. Coast Guard Station in Wilmette wanted some fresh air early Sunday morning.
Stimulus prods Waukegan lakefront
A major remnant of Waukegan’s industrial past will be razed and its toxic legacy removed, providing a clean slate for a new vision along Lake Michigan. Top federal and state environmental officials gathered Friday outside the abandoned Outboard Marine Corporation Plant No.
Illinois’ carp may be Michigan’s problem
St. Joseph, Mich. — Winter seldom stops the heartiest of Michigan’s fisherman from casting a line, but Don Steinmetz sees a snag on the horizon. It’s called the Asian carp….
Asset manager guilty of $24 million pension fraud
CHICAGO — The former head of a Chicago asset management company pleaded guilty Wednesday to fleecing six union pension funds of $24 million and spending much of the money on…
Official Chicago sign mentions Al Capone
CHICAGO (AP) – Although he is definitely one of the best-known Chicagoans of all time, city officials have long made it a point not to perpetuate the memory of Al Capone. But the name of the long-dead gangster recently showed up on a city historical marker designating the one-time sites of the Metropole and Lexington hotels, two Capone haunts on South Michigan Ave.
Feds prepare to brief public on Asian carp plan
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — Federal officials are preparing to brief the public on their strategy for preventing Asian carp from infesting the Great Lakes. Representatives from the Environmental Protection Agency…
Michigan Attorney General says no deal with feds on Asian carp
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — Michigan’s attorney general says the Obama administration offered to settle a legal dispute over how to keep Asian carp out of the Great Lakes, but no…
US to commit $78.5 million to Asian carp fight
The Obama administration says it will spend $78.5 million to halt the giant Asian carp, which officials fear could spread and possibly endanger the Great Lakes region’s $7 billion fishing…
Michigan, Wisconsin and Illinois governors to meet with President Obama on Asian carp
Three governors will meet with President Barack Obama’s chief science adviser Monday in Washington to discuss strategy for preventing Asian carp from invading the Great Lakes. Nancy Sutley, head of…