LAKE MICHIGAN - In the first half of 2025, there have been 18 drownings in Lake Michigan. Of those, three have occurred in the waters off Michigan’s shoreline, according to the most recent statistics being shared by the Great Lakes Surf Rescue Project.

A Chicago area father and son are dead after being pulled from Lake Michigan Saturday afternoon in Porter County, Indiana, the Indiana Department of Natural Resources said.

A father and son from suburban Chicago who drowned in Lake Michigan near the Indiana Dunes National Park over the holiday weekend have been identified.