From the incredible story of one very determined college graduate who walked across the stage to receive her diploma while pregnant and in labor to a dramatic house explosion, a wide variety of situations - both inspiring and unexpected - played out across the Midwest this week.
And many of them were captured for all to see.
Here's a look at the must-see videos from this week in the Chicago area and beyond.
Video from a home camera shows a house explosion from earlier this week in Inkster, Michigan.
One of Chicago’s most popular interactive museums is getting a giant, new, immersive exhibit — and it’s all about polka dots.
A Dearborn, Michigan woman determined to get her college degree, no matter what, walked across the stage Saturday pregnant and in labor. The woman said the birth of her first child was not going to spoil her dream of getting a college degree. (WDIV)
Video shows Mount Prospect Police and Mount Prospect church members help mama duck with her ducklings cross busy Golf Road.
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