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Category 1 beaches: These beaches can remain open with an advisory. Water at the beach will be resampled and if the sample exceeds the state standard a second time, the beach will close.

Several beaches in Lake and McHenry counties remained closed for another day Sunday due to high bacteria levels. The closings, some of which have been in place since Thursday, come as high ...

Just last year a story in The Herald-Times contained this news: "Lake Monroe’s public beaches will unfortunately be closed for Memorial Day weekend. Recent rainfall has resulted in high water ...