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Body believed to be missing swimmer found on Highland Park beach

By Lake & McHenry County Scanner Staff on November 11, 2018

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…

Coroner IDs man who died in Lake Michigan

By Lake & McHenry County Scanner Staff on November 5, 2018

Stanislaw Wlosek, Jr., 46, of Itasca, died after being rescued from Lake Michigan and a 52-year-old Elgin woman is still missing after a polar-plunge type…

1 confirmed dead, 1 still missing from Lake Michigan near Highland Park

By Lake & McHenry County Scanner Staff on November 4, 2018

A 46-year-old Itasca man is dead after being rescued from Lake Michigan and a 52-year-old Elgin woman is still missing after a polar-plunge type event…

At least 1 missing, 1 rescued from Lake Michigan near Highland Park

By Lake & McHenry County Scanner Staff on November 4, 2018

At least one person was reportedly rescued and one other person was still missing after a group of people went into dangerous Lake Michigan waters…

62-year-old man found dead in Deerfield retention pond

By Lake & McHenry County Scanner Staff on October 2, 2018

A 62-year-old man was found after apparently drowning on Monday morning in Deerfield, police said. The Deerfield Police Department said that police officers and firefighters…