High-flying skiers, ice sculptures, sledding hills and one-act plays usher in the weekend. Here are 10 things to do in and around Chicago this weekend.
In honor of Monday’s Martin Luther King Day of Service, Cook County Forest Preserves is hosting volunteer activities at a number of sites across the forest preserve district, from habitat restoration to litter cleanups.
DALE’S MAILBAG
“Just a heads up, I’m reporting June bugs are here in unincorporated Will County, Wheatland Township. Took out the garbage tonight and there they were, hanging on my screen by the front door light. Next up, fireflies!”
Paul Bleers
A: I saw my first June bugs last week. I am not holding my breathe on fireflies, but maybe I will get lucky this weekend in southern Illinois.
BIG NUMBER
81: Boating accidents investigated by the Illinois Conservation Police in 2020, which involved 36 injuries and 21 fatalities. CPOs are increasing patrols as boating season builds. Click here for more.
LAST WORD
Chicago police are looking for an 18-year-old man who has been missing since November.
Yog Joo “Andy” Lee was last seen Nov. 20, Chicago police said. He is 5-foot-5 and 135 pounds, with brown eyes and black hair.
Lee is known to hang out around the Northwest Side, including at the Caldwell Woods, 6350 W. Devon Ave., and Oriole Park, near Harlem and Bryn Mawr avenues, police said.
He also frequents the area near Hamlin and Leland avenues and Foster and Harlem avenues, and has been known to regularly ride the CTA Blue Line, police said.
Anyone with information is asked to call Area Five detectives at 312-746-6554.