A surge of Arctic air brought strong winds, heavy snow and frigid temperatures to the Great Lakes and Northeast on Tuesday, a day after a bomb cyclone barreling across the Midwest left tens of ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – You can watch the Great Lakes Invitational third-place game live on Local 4+ as Ferris State takes on Miami (Ohio). Michigan State, Ferris State, Michigan Tech, and Miami (Ohio) ...

Some of the best surfing is possible during those icy, windy months before the lakes freeze over. Those willing to face the frost actually help boost beachside communities. When the temps drop and the ...

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 ...

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, ...

Spearfishing for walleyes and other game fish has slowly been gaining traction in the Great Lakes, and starting April 2026, the sport will enter a new phase there. In November, after years of input ...

Headlines about a shredded cheese recall affecting more than a quarter of a million cases of various products have been making the rounds for the last few days, understandably alarming consumers. Yet ...

Experts say the Great Lakes can be more dangerous than the open ocean due to their volatile nature. Waves on the Great Lakes are steeper and closer together, causing choppy conditions and a rougher ...

CLEVELAND — Less than two months after Cleveland was announced as a start and end point for two of American Cruise Lines' 2026 Great Lakes itineraries, the company's ships will not be docking here ...

A blast of winter weather sent a sprinkling of snowflakes into parts of the Deep South and had plunged much of the eastern U.S. into frigid temperatures by the morning of Nov. 11. Snowflakes were ...

The sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald on Nov. 10, 1975, was among Great Lakes disasters attributed to "the gales of November," as singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot later described them. November ...

A new reptile exhibit, Great Lakes Serpentarium, has opened in Westland, Michigan. The serpentarium features over 100 reptiles, including some of the world's most venomous snakes. Co-owners Kate ...