Island Lake

A student is accused of posting a video to social media threatening to shoot up a high school Tuesday in northwest suburban Wauconda.

A Canadian man wanted in connection with sexual assault and abuse cases in the northwest suburbs has been taken into custody and extradited to Illinois, where he faces 21 felony charges.

An 11-year-old girl suffered bone-deep lacerations when what was probably a fish chewed on her foot and ankle as she cooled off in a northeastern Minnesota lake. Maren Kesselhon suffered nine deep cuts and tendon damage Wednesday when she jumped off a paddleboard on Island Lake, near Duluth, about 150 miles (240 kilometers) northeast of Minneapolis.

Insurance giant Allstate has filed a product liability lawsuit in Illinois federal court looking to recover $3.6 million in payouts associated with clothes dryer fires.