Dozens of firefighters spent hours battling a fire that destroyed a home and caused it to partially collapse after the residents escaped in Wadsworth Friday evening. The Winthrop Harbor Fire Department, Lake County Sheriff’s Office and several automatic aid fire departments responded around 10:20 p.m. Friday to the 41400 block of Green Bay Road, just […]
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1 injured, 16 residents displaced after suspected electrical fire damages apartment building in Winthrop Harbor
16 residents were left displaced, with one suffering smoke inhalation, after a fire believed to be electrical in nature damaged an apartment building in Winthrop Harbor Tuesday evening. The Winthrop Harbor Police Department, Winthrop Harbor Fire Department and other area fire departments responded around 8:35 p.m. Tuesday to an apartment building in the 1000 block […]
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Firefighters rescue person stranded on rocks after jet ski overturns near North Point Marina in Winthrop Harbor
Firefighters rescued a person who was stranded on rocks at the North Point Marina in Winthrop Harbor after their jet ski overturned on Lake Michigan Friday morning. The Winthrop Harbor Police Department and Winthrop Harbor Fire Department responded around 10:55 a.m. Friday to the North Point Marina, 701 North Point Drive in Winthrop Harbor, for […]
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2 residents hospitalized after trying to rescue their cats who died in Beach Park house fire
Two elderly residents suffered burn and smoke-inhalation injuries while trying to rescue their cats, who were found dead, after their house caught on fire in Beach Park early Sunday morning. The Winthrop Harbor Fire Department and Lake County Sheriff’s Office responded around 3:20 a.m. Sunday to the 12800 block of West 28th Street in Beach […]