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TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — The Great Lakes region is warming faster than the rest of the U.S., a trend likely to bring more extreme storms while also degrading water quality, worsening erosion and posing tougher challenges for farming, scientists reported Thursday. The annual mean air

BEAVER DAM, WI – A DeKalb County Assistant State’s Attorney is dead, a victim of an apparent homicide Saturday afternoon in Wisconsin.   Officials in Dodge County say that 30 year-old Stacia Hollinshead was found dead after an alleged domestic violence incident.   The Beaver Dam

CHICAGO (AP) — Metra is buying at least 200 new railcars, and the northeastern Illinois commuter rail agency says it’s open to new designs that will provide more seating capacity. The agency issued a request for proposal Wednesday for at least 200 new cars, and said it may purchase up to

CHICAGO (AP) — About $5 million has been awarded to the family of a 37-year-old black man fatally shot nearly five years ago by a white Chicago police officer. A Cook County jury returned its verdict Thursday in favor of Gary Smith’s family. Smith was shot in May 2014 by then-tactical

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department said Sunday that special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation did not find evidence that President Donald Trump’s campaign “conspired or coordinated” with Russia to influence the 2016 presidential election. Mueller also

  A traffic crash in the northeast corner of LaSalle County  injured two people. According to the LaSalle County Sheriff’s Office, shortly before eleven Saturday night, south of Lake Holiday, a vehicle left the roadway of East 2750th road and rolled over. The driver was flown by Life

JOLIET, Ill. (AP) — Officials in Will County say the number of deaths from heroin and fentanyl overdoses fell slightly in 2018 compared with the previous year. The officials consider it a sign of progress in the fight against opioid abuse. The county, southwest of Chicago, reported 82 deaths

EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. (AP) — Two teachers in Illinois are on paid leave as authorities investigate allegations that one forced preschool children to stand naked in a closet with the door open as punishment for misbehaving. The teachers are with a Head Start program operated by Southern Illinois

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Illinois State Museum has been re-accredited by the American Alliance of Museums, despite being put on probation by the organization during the state’s budget impasse. Robert Sill, interim director of the Illinois State Museum, said reopening the museum and