Two Coast Guard cutters — the Mackinaw and the Neah Bay — broke ice so other ships could continue moving or reach safe harbor ...

And yet in May, American Cruise Lines launches a nine-day Great Lakes and Thousand Islands Cruise, starting in Syracuse.

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On a not-so-white Christmas Day, 50 recruits from Naval Station Great Lakes walked into a roaring welcome at Christian Liberty ...

TINLEY PARK, Ill. — Recruits from Great Lakes Naval Station were treated to a holiday celebration in Tinley Park Thursday. The recruits are just two weeks away from graduation and those that WGN spoke ...

Winter storms on the Great Lakes can temporarily lower water levels, revealing shipwrecks and other submerged features. Strong, sustained winds during colder months push water from one end of a lake ...

KENOSHA, Wis. — Navy Band Great Lakes will bring a free holiday concert to the University of Wisconsin-Parkside on Dec. 15, with a 7 p.m. performance scheduled at Bradford Concert Hall at The Rita, ...

It looks like the Great Lakes region might get another relatively normal ice year − a relief given recent trends. The U.S. National Ice Center released its 2025-2026 seasonal outlook this week, ...

CARBONDALE, Ill. — The U.S. Navy Band Great Lakes wind ensemble will give a free, public performance on Monday, Dec. 8, in Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s Shryock Auditorium. The holiday ...

The Great Lakes have the potential to generate three times more electricity than all eight surrounding states currently use. Unlike oceans, Great Lakes states, not the federal government, have ...

AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (ABC 4) — Shoppers at Great Lakes Crossing Outlets near Detroit can enjoy extraordinary Black Friday deals and family-friendly holiday attractions at the state of Michigan’s ...

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Senate has signed off on legislation that reauthorizes a critical Great Lakes fisheries research program that expired at the end of September. The Great Lakes Fishery Research ...