CHICAGO (WLS) -- The Chicago River Swim is officially happening this fall.

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It's scheduled for September 21. It will be the first sanctioned swim in the Chicago River in nearly a century.

The event was supposed to happen last year, but organizers were denied a permit and relocated the swim to Lake Michigan .

The city has now already gave the green light for this year's event.

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