On Wednesday, the Chicago Yacht Club announced the popular Race to Mackinac would return this summer after being canceled last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Famed German-US architect Helmut Jahn dies in bike accident
In this file photo renowned architect Helmut Jahn of Germany, at the helm of his boat Flash Gordon, prepares to race in the Chicago to Mackinac Island Yacht Club Race 12 July, 2003, with in Lake Michigan off the coast of Chicago. German-born American architect Helmut Jahn, known for his postmodern steel-and-glass structures, has died aged 81 in Illinois in a crash involving two vehicles while he was riding his bicycle, police said May 9, 2021. Jahn died on Saturday afternoon in Campton Hills, about 60 miles (100 kilometers) west of Chicago, after he failed to stop at a posted stop sign at an intersection, according to police. JEFF HAYNES / AFP.