To prevent further spread of potentially catastrophic invasive species in the Great Lakes, the Canadian government is moving forward with tighter restrictions on all freighters. But standards ...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Michael Schumacher, a Wisconsin author who produced a diverse array of works ranging from biographies of filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola and musician Eric Clapton to accounts of ...

Lakeside walks, shipwreck-country vibes, and a budget-friendly pace that makes “starting over somewhere pretty” feel ...

Jerry Popiel, a Coast Guard member and Cleveland musician, wrote a song about the “Marine Electric” disaster that killed 31 people. The ship had inspired another songwriter to write a song, but he ...

The Lake Erie mapping project is part of a larger project, sponsored by NOAA, titled Lakebed 2030. The project aims to fully ...

Michigan is known as the Great Lakes State for a reason. Swap your hiking boots for a kayak to see some of the best shoreline ...

A powerful winter storm is gripping Michigan and the Great Lakes region, coating Lake Erie in ice and sleet while dumping ...

U.S. Coast Guard ice-breaking cutters Mackinaw and Neah Bay worked Jan. 21, 2026, to free and assist large commercial vessels stuck in thick ice on Lake Huron and Lake Erie.

The Mackinaw freed and escorted the Wilfred Sykes, a 678-foot motor vessel, which was trapped by ice on Lake Huron on ...

When you need to get away, pick a Michigan road with water on one side and quiet on the other, then just keep driving until ...

In November 1958, the SS Carl D. Bradley encountered a violent storm on Lake Michigan unlike anything its crew had faced before. Under relentless waves and structural stress, the ship suddenly broke ...