Political tensions, especially over tariffs, are threatening the future of the largest freshwater ecosystem on Earth.

Severe weather events in the Great Lakes region are disrupting bird migration, affecting habitats and nesting sites.

A now-former Navy sailor has pleaded guilty to plotting to attack Naval Station Great Lakes in North Chicago to avenge the death of an Iranian military officer. Xuanyu Harry Pang, 38, of North ...

North Chicago Mayor Leon Rockingham, Jr., is seeking his sixth term leading the city while two challengers—Ald. Anthony Coleman, 2nd Ward, and David Hood—believe it is time for a change.

The head of the Alliance for the Great Lakes explains how Trump administration EPA cuts will hurt clean water programs, such as lead service line replacement and initiatives to reduce “forever ...

The Great Lakes are an amazing natural resource ... greater than the distance from Chicago to New York. Their north-south coverage is over 500 miles, nearly the distance from Cleveland to Atlanta.

Uncertainty is the mood around Lake County schools after President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday to eliminate the U.S. Department of Education but local educators are starting to ...

Note This story has been amended to better reflect the results of the study. The Great Lakes are some of North America’s most beautiful and prized bodies of water, but plastic pollution is ...

For over a century, the United States and Canada have worked in tandem to manage four of the five Great Lakes that straddle both countries: Superior, Huron, Erie, and Ontario. That cooperative ...