Local News
15th NorthShore Inline Marathon rolls out Saturday
-The NorthShore Inline Marathon turns 15 as skaters take up their positions for a 26.2 mile race along the big lake.
First day of testimony held in Asian carp dispute
Associated Press (AP)-Signs of Asian carp in Chicago waterways mean there's a great risk the invasive fish could slip into Lake Michigan at any time, that according to a witness yesterday in the first full day of test
WTIP explores ISD166 levy referendum on First Thursday
-Join WTIP’s Jay Andersen, Barbara Jean Johnson and members of Cook County Schools’ administration, staff and board as they discuss “Fundi
North Shore corridor important to fall migration
-Chel Anderson is a botanist and plant ecologist from the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.
Weekend Wrap for Sept. 4
-Each weekend the WTIP News Department assembles the week’s important news stories to play here on North Shore Weekend.
Local Fishing Report for Labor Day Weekend
-9/3/10 – There are lots of fish in Cook County lakes, the trick is to know where they are and how to catch them.
Efforts to expand broadband access continue
-Compared with the rest of the world, the United States isn’t very well connected. The information highway slows to a crawl before it reaches much of rural America, including Cook Count
Lodging tax revenues project an upbeat picture
-Lodging tax revenues for the month of July were up from June in the county according to the latest report from the Cook County Auditor-Treasurer’s office.
Lizard Lake fire update
-The Lizard Lake fire is starting to quiet down. A combination of water dropping and high humidity is helping.