Friends of a Winthrop Harbor man and experienced scuba diver are remembering him after he died on his birthday while diving at a shipwreck site on Lake Michigan. The United States Coast Guard received a distress call around 11:30 a.m. Tuesday from a boat at the S.S. Wisconsin shipwreck regarding a scuba diver who had […]
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Winthrop Harbor man found dead after scuba diving shipwreck on Lake Michigan in Kenosha County
A Winthrop Harbor man who was scuba diving to explore a shipwreck on Lake Michigan near Pleasant Prairie was found dead following a lengthy search operation. The United States Coast Guard received a distress call around 11:30 a.m. Tuesday from a boat at the S.S. Wisconsin shipwreck regarding a scuba diver who had not returned […]
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Body believed to be missing swimmer found on Highland Park beach
The Elgin woman who went missing last weekend on Lake Michigan is believed to be the body found Saturday morning at Openlands Beach in Highland Park. Lena Lemesh, 52, of Elgin, and Stanislaw Wlosek, Jr., 46, of Itasca, went missing on Lake Michigan after a polar-plunge type event last Sunday morning in Highland Park. The […]
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Body recovered from Lake Michigan identified as missing Gurnee teen
Officials announced on Monday that the body recovered from Lake Michigan near Waukegan has been identified as missing Gurnee teen Angel Sedano. Emergency crews were called Saturday evening at 10:30 p.m. for a search of a missing person near the Waukegan Municipal Beach. The search was called off due to poor conditions after about two […]
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Coroner releases autopsy results of man who was found dead in Crystal Lake pond
Preliminary autopsy results have been released by the McHenry County Coroner’s Office of the man who was found dead in a pond in Crystal Lake Monday. Police were called Monday after a dead body was spotted in the retention pond across from the OfficeMax, 4417 Northwest Highway in Crystal Lake. The preliminary autopsy results released […]