Do not go near it. Polluted. Violent and brutal. Disgusting. These are some of the things the internet and social media have to say about whether it's OK to swim in Lake Michigan. But is that just ...

Peak swimming temperatures in the Great Lakes typically occur in late summer/early fall. Swimming in cold lake water can lead to cold shock and hypothermia. The official start of summer is June 20, ...

As the first wave of swimmers waded a few hundred feet into the 73-degree water Sunday morning at Ohio Street Beach, the rain began to pelt down in earnest. From the concrete trail and the beach, ...