Police expressed their gratitude to the bystanders who acted quickly and decisively to remove the 18-year-old from the water.

U.S. Coast Guard Station Charlevoix deployed a rescue boat around 11:39 p.m. after receiving a report of a 66-year-old man in ...

Illinois residents David Meneou and his son Jameson drowned in Lake Michigan during a boating trip when their game of catch ...

Storms Tuesday afternoon and evening brought strong downpours and heavy winds to parts of the area, but moved out later in ...

Bystanders and police saved an 18-year-old woman from drowning at Stearns Beach, now in stable but critical condition.

Rubble ridges, which have been built parallel to the shore, help retain some sand without fully stopping the natural flow in the lake.

Officials in suburban Winthrop Harbor have located the body of a man reported missing in Lake Michigan this weekend.

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Perhaps it didn’t want to be found.” Those haunting words from maritime historian and diver Valerie van Heest hung over the 75th anniversary of the loss of Northwest Airlines Flight 2501, which ...

According to the NWS, waves as high as seven feet could form along beaches in southern Lake Michigan, across Illinois, ...

A Chicago area father and son are dead after being pulled from Lake Michigan Saturday afternoon in Porter County, Indiana, ...

Shifting winds to the north will create hazardous conditions for swimming and boating this afternoon and evening in the ...