The Coast Guard Cutter Mackinaw – also known in Chicago as the Christmas Tree Ship – took part in the dramatic rescue of a ...

A snowmobiler stranded on ice near Mackinac Island was rescued by the USCG Cutter Mackinaw after a team from Mackinac Island battled whiteout conditions in the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. DC Fire and EMS is operating ice cutter boat that has been breaking through two to three inches of ice. Boat pilot Rich Schaffer ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — The U.S. Coast Guard shared an update Saturday on efforts to free the ice-bound ship stuck on Lake Erie since Wednesday. Several ice cutter ships are being used to break the ice ...

TOLEDO, Ohio — Editor's note: This story has been updated to include the latest information made available by the U.S. Coast Guard. The U.S. Coast Guard Great Lakes escorted a freighter through Lake ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — The crew of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Mackinaw responded to a stuck freighter last week in the Straits of Mackinac. The Coast Guard says the cutter was dispatched out ...