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The home, which was designed in 1954, is on the bluff of a ravine. It was built for Karen Johnson Boyd, heiress to the S.C. Johnson fortune.

A Frank Lloyd Wright house perched in Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin, had stayed clear of the real estate market since being built in 1956. Now, for the first time...

CHICAGO -- Torrential, unrelenting rains swept through Chicago on Sunday, flooding basements and alleys, closing grocery stores and restaurants, and leaving cars floating under viaducts on streets impassable with deep water.

Wright designed the home in 1954 for a member of the family behind SC Johnson.

A slow-moving storm dumped massive amounts of rain on southern Wisconsin on Sunday into early Monday, flooding roads and overwhelming sewer systems.

Dr. Donald Boyd French died peacefully on September 3, 2022. Don “Doc” French was born January 13, 1929 in Tracy, MN. He moved to Rochester with his family in 1936 and attended Rochester High School, where he played baseball and hockey. He was a member of the 1946 state runner up hockey team. From the age of 5, he knew he wanted to be a veterinarian after hanging around the local vet in Tracy, Minnesota. Even in Junior High and High School, he worked for a Rochester veterinarian at every opp...

While climate change may appear most severe in places affected by drought or rising seas, inland and water-rich areas feel their own pressure to adapt.

Rescue crews pulled an SUV from the Root River in Racine near 6th Street and Memorial Drive Sunday afternoon. The driver was taken to the hospital.

You dont have to go far to get a dose of nature.

Bryan Edward Law