Coast Guard warns there are three unexploded devices somewhere in Lake Michigan A lifeguard found one of the armed flares along Montrose Beach near Chicago on Memorial Day The Independent UK · May 28, 2025
2 bodies recovered at North Side beaches, police say The remains of two unidentified people were found at Montrose Beach in Uptown and Columbia Beach in Rogers Park, police said. Chicago Sun-Times · Sep 1, 2023
Piping plover quartet has left Montrose Beach, gone south for winter Local birders now must wait to see if Imani, Searocket, Prickly Pear or Wild Indigo return next year. They’re especially concerned about Searocket, who left before they could remove some fishing line caught on the bird’s leg. Chicago Sun-Times · Aug 29, 2023
Man wounded in Montrose Beach stabbing The man was arguing with someone in the 4600 block of North Lawrence Wilson Drive when he was stabbed, police said. He’s hospitalized in critical condition. Chicago Sun-Times · Jul 4, 2023
Imani the plover has 2 guests at Montrose Beach In less than a day after being spotted by birders at Montrose, Imani has been joined by a male and a female plover at his North Side nesting grounds, sparking hopes that he’ll mate this year. Chicago Sun-Times · Apr 27, 2023
After 3 drownings in 2 days, Chicago officials urge boaters, swimmers to ‘please be responsible’ The drownings come days after an accident in the Playpen over the weekend when a boat reversed into a raft, knocking off several people and severing a woman’s feet. Chicago Sun-Times · Aug 18, 2022
Man, 76, charged with sexually assaulting 14-year-old girl at Montrose Harbor Juan Roldon was arrested less than an hour after the attack and charged with criminal sexual assault, criminal sexual abuse and unlawful restraint. Chicago Sun-Times · Aug 16, 2022
Even in death, Monty sheds light on piping plovers, conservation Monty took the birding community and casual observers under his wing since he and his mate Rose started nesting on Montrose Beach in 2019. Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 2, 2022
Cause of death released for beloved piping plover Monty A necropsy revealed that Monty died from “a severe fungal respiratory infection, including laryngitis which restricted his airway,” according to a Tuesday statement from the Lincoln Park Zoo. Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 1, 2022
Rose the piping plover still nowhere to be found Monty has been in Chicago for awhile, but former nesting mate Rose hasn’t arrived. Still, “we aren’t going to make any assumptions at the moment,” said Armand Cann, a biologist with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Chicago Sun-Times · May 10, 2022
Monty the piping plover is back at Montrose Beach His mate, Rose, hasn’t been spotted yet this year after flying down to her usual winter getaway in Anclote Key, Florida. Chicago Sun-Times · Apr 22, 2022
New piping plover spotted on Rainbow Beach The new plover was sighted late afternoon Tuesday, and was identified as a 5-year-old female who usually nests at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore in Michigan. Chicago Sun-Times · Apr 20, 2022