Two fishermen who saved an 11-year-old boy from Bangs Lake in Wauconda during an incident that left a second boy dead in 2019 received lifesaving awards on Wednesday. Scott Bellanger and Michael Graves were on a fishing boat on April 19, 2019, on Bangs Lake in Wauconda. Marquis Montez, who was 11 at the time, […]
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3 people rescued from the water after boat capsizes on Bangs Lake in Wauconda
Three people were rescued by authorities after their sailboat capsized on Bangs Lake in Wauconda Sunday afternoon. The Wauconda Fire District and Wauconda Police Department responded to multiple reports of a water rescue on Bangs Lake at around 2:06 p.m. Sunday. Emergency crews arrived and spotted three people clinging onto a capsized sailboat approximately 50 […]
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At least a dozen children develop “swimmers itch” from Bangs Lake in Wauconda
At least a dozen children developed a skin rash throughout their entire bodies believed to be “swimmer’s itch” after swimming in Bangs Lake in Wauconda this week. The Wauconda Park District said on Thursday they had been made aware of the cases but they did not specify how many people got it. “If you do […]
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Boy hospitalized after police officers, bystander rescue him from Bangs Lake in Wauconda
A 16-year-old boy is in the ICU and his condition is improving after police officers and a bystander rescued him from Bangs Lake in Wauconda early Saturday morning. The Wauconda Fire District and the Wauconda Police Department responded around 12:35 a.m. to the area of Madison Avenue and Edgewater Parkway for a report of a […]
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Water rescue underway after 2 kids fall off boat on Bangs Lake in Wauconda
One child was rescued and another is still missing after they fell off a paddle boat on Bangs Lake in Wauconda Friday evening. The Wauconda Fire District was called around 7:25 p.m. Friday to the area of Edgewater Parkway and Monroe Avenue in Wauconda for a report of a water rescue. Wauconda police said that […]