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Midday News Links: Man Dies After Falling Through Ice At Wolf Lake

By Samantha Abernethy in News on Jan 4, 2013 7:40PM


  • An Indiana man died after he fell through the ice at Wolf Lake. The 50-year-old man and a friend were skating when they both fell in. The other man was able to escape the water in time. [Northwest Indiana Times]

  • Delays on the CTA Red Line this morning were caused by smoky brakes. [Sun-Times]

  • Google is selling the 84-acre Motorola Mobility campus in Libertyville. [ABC7]

  • A puppy was killed by a coyote in Riverside. [Tribune]

  • A North Aurora couple is suing their neighbors after their 16-year-old neighbor installed a camera in their bedroom. [Daily Herald]

  • Lambeau Field is going to stop serving alcohol early to try and keep tempers down at this weekend's playoff game between the Packers and the Vikings. Yeah, good luck with that. [ABC7]