A chain-link fence topped with razor wire surrounds Lake Calumet on Chicago’s Southeast Side and blocks public access to hundreds of acres of natural areas around the lake. A group of citizens, ...

It’s a little plan, but Tom Shepherd hopes a presentation he and a few colleagues made this month to the board of the Illinois International Port District will allow them to conduct an Earth Day hike ...

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CHICAGO - There has been little return on the money the Illinois International Port District has invested in Lake Calumet since the 1980s to develop the area, but the Lake Calumet Vision Committee isn ...

CHICAGO (AP) - A three-day sweep of Chicago's Lake Calumet turned up no sign of Asian carp, though DNA from the invasive fish has been found repeatedly in the waterway not far from Lake Michigan.

CHICAGO (STMW) --Five people, including three children, were rescued by the U.S. Coast Guard, after the boat they were riding in ran aground in Lake Calumet on the Far South Side on Thursday afternoon ...

CALUMET COUNTY (WLUK) -- They're back! And this year, the annual visit from the lake flies on Lake Winnebago is a little bit early. From the back of a limestone marker, to the flagpole out front, lake ...

Officials say an Asian carp has been found for the first time beyond the electric barriers constructed to keep the dreaded invasive species out of the Great Lakes. State and federal officials said ...