Lifeguard shortages closed thousands of pools and beaches during the COVID-19 pandemic, when social distancing requirements disrupted training and rising wages lured some workers to other summer jobs.

I spent my summer afternoons as a tween at my local public pool in Milwaukee with a gaggle of neighborhood kids. I was there for Marco Polo, water tag, and proudly modeling the matching purple nose ...

John and Deborah Roche, founders of Lifeguard Ambulance Service, always dreamed about providing compassionate care, service and comfort to the region through its ground ambulance services. What began ...

The rigorous testing and stringent requirements necessary to be a lifeguard in the city are being loosened. It's part of an effort to help the city get more lifeguards who can protect pools and ...