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The ride uses a moving platform with six degrees of motion and a 65-foot wraparound screen to simulate the feeling of flight as guests sit suspended above the ground.

The nighttime sky along the lakefront was peppered with a New Year’s Eve fireworks display on Saturday at midnight.

The “Bomb Cyclone” late last week built ice virtually everywhere around Chicago and led to ice fishing being nearly universal (especially when the deep freeze eased slightly), all of which leads this sprawling raw-file Midwest Fishing Report. Question is what the warmth and rain later this week…

TOM SCHUBA: Becoming a father during the pandemic has changed my outlook toward covering public safety — particularly when crimes involve young children. So when a woman was accused of drowning her nephew, a sense of doom stuck with me.

Perch fishing on the Chicago lakefront leads this sprawling raw-file Midwest Fishing Report, otherwise it is waiting on ice (except well to our north, where they are already ice fishing).

Since he was fishing for perch, Les Wooten didn’t bother bringing a net, so he was unprepared when he unexpectedly hooked a big lake trout.

Les Wooten caught a big lake trout with a small minnow while perch fishing at Navy Pier Sunday ... with lots of help.

This sprawling raw-file Midwest Fishing Report is chock full of perch and ice fishing.

The Chicago Sun-Times takes you aboard the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Mackinaw, which is delivering 1,200 Christmas trees this holiday season.

That leads this sprawling raw-file Midwest Fishing Report.

George Brewer survived the fall, but is in the midst of a long recovery process from his injuries