A helicopter from U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Traverse City visited the M/V James R. Barker as it traversed the Great Lake.

Research funded through oil industry tax will validate spill-tracking tools used by responders in one of the most complex ...

A gale warning is in place for most of Michigan's shoreline through Tuesday. Weather officials have issued a small craft ...

A quiet fishing outing on Lake Michigan turned into a once-in-a-lifetime brush with history when a Wisconsin dad and his ...

The Charles Mears State Park takes on a different but equally compelling character in winter, when Lake Michigan’s waves create spectacular ice formations along the shore and the beach becomes the ...

After years of searching the cold depths of Lake Michigan, researchers have finally located the long-lost remains of a ...

Shoreline erosion and infrastructure: Ice tempers waves during winter storms. Waves are larger when there is less ice, which ...

Jerry Eliason, a lifelong shipwreck hunter from Cloquet, Minnesota, has become one of the most respected figures in the quest ...

A team of five divers descended over 300 feet into Lake Ontario’s dark waters near Toronto and found much more than they were ...

DuMouchelles announced the life ring, along with a plank from one of the freighter’s lifeboats, will go to bid at 11 a.m. on Dec. 19. The starting bid is $11,250 but the auction house expects the lot ...

This story has been updated to include information about roads that are now open. U.S. 441/Newfound Gap Road is open as of the morning of Dec. 3 after a storm in Great Smoky Mountains National Park ...

One of the most devastating natural disasters in Detroit history struck 51 years ago on this date, turning the days after Thanksgiving into a surreal winter nightmare for the city.