The Sam Laud and a commercial tugboat were freed Thursday after becoming stuck in thick ice on Lake Erie during a difficult ...

“A weathered hardhat, a pair of line-worn gloves, paint speckled boots and a discharge. That’s a wrap for the season. It was ...

The curve of Michigan’s Thumb makes the horizon feel closer at Albert E. Sleeper, where Saginaw Bay spreads shallow and pale.

Save this for the off season, these Michigan shore towns feel wide open in winter, with views that do most of the work.

Thanks to its access to the Great Lakes, Michigan is home to some of the most beautiful lighthouses in America, and we've ...

SAULT STE. MARIE, MI – A timelapse video posted to social media shows a Great Lakes freighter make its final transit of the season through the Soo Locks. In the 30-second video above, the M/V Herbert ...

CHIPPEWA COUNTY, Mich. (WPBN/WGTU) -- It's a race to the finish of the shipping season and the closure of the Soo Locks. The M/V Herbert C. Jackson made her final trip through the Soo Locks for the ...

The Benjamin Noble was a Great Lakes freighter that vanished on Lake Superior in the late 19th century. Despite searches and later discoveries, the exact circumstances of its disappearance remain ...

CLEVELAND — Ice is beginning to take hold across the Great Lakes as the calendar turns to January. Overall the coverage remains below normal for this point in the season, according to the latest ...

Michigan's Great Lakes are starting to see ice coverage as the region closes out December with a winter storm, and a cold snap is expected to move into the state by New Year's Eve, Dec. 31, that may ...

According to NOAA ice analysis updated this week, average ice cover across all five Great Lakes remains below 10%. This is tracking near average for mid-December. That’s not unusual. Historically, ...