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A woman’s skull was discovered inside the walls of a suburban Illinois home back in 1978, and now—almost 50 years later—we finally know her name. Esther Granger was identified by the Kane ...
Investigators have determined that a skull discovered in the wall of an Illinois home in 1978 was that of an Indiana teenager who died more than 150 years ago, authorities announced Thursday.
A multi-day lake effect snow event off Lake Erie is ongoing, making travel "very difficult" throughout the Great Lakes region as a total of 3-12 inches of new snow was produced near Cleveland ...
In 1974 another radar was installed in Marseilles greatly improving the radar coverage in Central Illinois. [2] A new radar, WSR-74C, was installed in Moline and helped the Peoria NWS issue severe weather warnings for the region. [2] In 1980 the Springfield office received a WSR-74C radar system to use for local warning operations. [2]
Lake Glenn Shoals is a 1,250 acres (510 ha) reservoir located in Montgomery County, Illinois. Created in 1976 by damming the Middle Fork of Illinois's Shoal Creek, it was built for recreation, sport fishing, and water supply purposes. The lake is 4 miles (6.4 km) long and 0.4 miles (0.64 km) wide.
The ice continued northward forming the next phase of Lake Chicago. The lake level remained at 640' above sea level, [3] but the ice margin was a third of the way north, opening a channel across Michigan, draining the Lake Saginaw and Lake Whittlesey proglacial lakes in the Lake Huron and Lake Erie basins. [4]
A human skeleton was discovered on the side of the road in Mequon, Wisconsin, on Oct. 4, 1959, which investigators determined to be the skull of a 6- to 8-year-old child. Markku Jutila.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Illinois Water Survey are studying ways to halt degradation of the lake and the USDA Forest Service is helping with a study of public interests in recreation at Wolf Lake. [12] The Wolf Lake water level determines the drainage to Lake Michigan because the connecting Calumet River flows southward during ...