Ladies and gentlemen, start your Jet Skis. The Waukegan Harbor is finally clean. The News-Sun observes that ...U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk has been collecting mud from the Waukegan Harbor for 14 years, but he was able to stop Tuesday. Kirk, R-Ill., was joined by Gov. Pat Quinn, Waukegan Mayor Wayne Motley, U.S. Sen. Richard Durbin, D-Ill., and U.S. Rep. Brad Schneider, D-10th, along with other local leaders, when the Environmental Protection Agency officially unclassified the harbor as a Great Lakes Area of Concern during a ceremony at the harbor's Stiner Pavilion. "Get my bucket," Kirk said when it was his turn to speak.The Lolrus was unavailable for comment.
After 30-year cleanup, Waukegan Harbor 'open for business'
Weigh anchor ye landlubbers. That's all your LakeCountyEye has.
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