DETROIT – A viral social media post claiming two great white sharks are headed for the Great Lakes is making the rounds and it’s completely false. Here’s why the science just doesn’t add up. The most ...

WASHINGTON - The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday adopted a package of water quality improvement measures that includes legislation authored by U.S. Rep. Dave Joyce to reauthorize the Great ...

ONAWAY, Mich. (WNEM) - Eighteen months in a hospital bed. That’s what 14-year-old Riley Shoemaker of Lapeer County faced after severe burn injuries. Twelve-year-old Jesse Leija of Saginaw County also ...

ONAWAY, Mich. — Through the quiet of northern Michigan, sirens recently wailed through snowy pine trees. On most days, the noise and flashing lights of police cars and fire trucks would mean bad news.

The rise of data centers supporting the AI boom is expected to increase energy demand by 2 to 3 percent annually in the Great Lakes region, stressing local grids and raising consumer costs. The ...

Ahmad Bajjey is a Chief Meteorologist at CBS News Detroit. Coming to CBS Detroit is a return home after growing up in Dearborn where his family still lives. He has spent the past 9 1/2 years in Flint ...

More than half of the Great Lakes now are covered in ice, and the Arctic front arriving Tuesday, Feb. 3, will likely boost ice growth this week. On Sunday, Feb. 1, researchers reported total ice cover ...

Lake Erie is nearly completely blanketed by ice, according to National Weather Service data, while the rest of the Great Lakes are notably above their ice cover averages for this time of year. The ice ...

This coverage is made possible through a partnership between Grist and Interlochen Public Radio in northern Michigan. Scientists in the Midwest are asking for help from the public this winter to ...

The arctic air mass entrenched over the Great Lakes has resulted in ice expansion across the lakes over the last several days. As of January 26, total ice coverage on the Great Lakes is about 43.2%.

No matter where you live in the United States, you have likely seen headlines about PFAS being detected in everything from drinking water to fish to milk to human bodies. PFAS, or per- and ...

On a brisk January day with wind chills plunging to minus 25 degrees, Paul “Blade” Bloedorn stood out on nearly 2 feet of ice on Lake Michigan’s Little Bay de Noc. Last weekend, more than 400 shacks ...