Harvey mayor Eric Kellogg was surprised to learn that Club Assets, an establishment that billed itself as "Chicago's newest gentlemen's club," was actually a strip club. Kellogg voted to allow the business to open last year, but claims that he was under the impression that the location would be a restaurant like Hooters. The Tribune reported that undercover footage of semi-nude dancers in the club aired by WGN tipped the mayor off, prompting him to shut down Club Assets for good.
Summer makes people do crazy things—maybe it's the heat, the sun or the increased consumption of hot dogs. June is a prime month for weird happenings, situated at the beginning of the season when an idea like building a floating bar and restaurant in Lake Michigan seems somewhat rational. We combed through Chicago's headlines and picked 10 of the strangest news stories from the past month.
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