DES PLAINES, IL — Police are hoping the public can help solve a nearly 22-year-old mystery involving the discovery of a deceased woman floating in the Skokie River. On Saturday, July 12, 2003 ...

According to ISP, authorities discovered the body on Saturday, July 12, about a quarter of a mile south of Willow Road in the Erickson Woods / Skokie Lagoons area of Northfield and Winnetka ...

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WINNETKA, Ill. (CBS) -- Multiple kayakers were rescued after their watercraft was overturned in the Skokie Lagoon in north suburban Winnetka Tuesday afternoon. The rescues took place in the Skokie ...

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Be it hockey, hunting for pheasant or chasing muskie and walleye, Gary Engberg was passionate. He adored living along the Wisconsin River, chronicling his outdoor pursuits and palling round with ...

An offbeat destination for beginning paddlers is the Skokie Lagoons, a wooded preserve north of Chicago. Kayaks and canoes are available for rent at the Tower Road Boat Launch near Winnetka.

and just beyond them is a large swath of Cook County Forest Preserve around the Skokie Lagoons. Ron Bess was an account executive at several big Chicago ad firms, including the former Needham ...

While the main trail is paved from point to point, there’s an eight-mile unpaved alternate trail that starts just south of the Skokie Lagoons following an old dirt bridle path. It’s a hard ...

What to know: This begins as a tributary of the Chicago River, a small, mostly natural stream winds through the forest preserves from the outlet of the dam at the Skokie Lagoons, collecting two ...