The Great Lakes winter ice forecast predicts normal ice conditions, a break from the recent trend of declining ice coverage.

A federal judge has blocked Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer from revoking an easement that allows Enbridge to run an oil ...

Weather officials have issued a small craft advisory and gale warning for Lake Huron (including Saginaw Bay), Lake Michigan ...

Congress is sending President Donald Trump bills to address marine debris and Great Lakes research after House passage on ...

On the agenda is S. 216, the “Save Our Seas 2.0 Amendment Act,” from Sens. Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) and Sheldon Whitehouse ...

But last winter, a basketball-sized buoy off Muskegon, Michigan, broke free from its mooring. Set up to track temperature and ...

Plastic gets into the Great Lakes in a variety of ways. Boaters may chuck their refuse overboard, but more likely it blows ...

Ice cover on the Great Lakes has often been thought to cap evaporation that can influence water levels and regional weather. But a new study finds ice doesn’t play as big a role in blocking ...

The U.S. Coast Guard launched Operation Taconite at 1 p.m. on Wednesday with one icebreaker assigned so far, according to a ...

More reports of bobcat sightings are occurring now than they did 25 years ago and it’s not just in the Upper Midwest.

HOLLY, Mich. (WJRT) - Families gathered at the Great Lakes National Cemetery over the weekend to honor service members during ...

The U.S. is full of lakes, but the Great Lakes get all the attention. For your next trip, check out one of the five biggest ...