The crew on the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Mackinaw is making sure essential shipments continue on the Great Lakes.

SUGAR ISLAND, MI – The U.S. Coast Guard’s winter mission on the Great Lakes includes “keeping a lifeline open” on the St.

A Cheboygan holiday tradition that has been in place for more than 25 years continues this month with the annual Christmas Card Campaign coordinated by the Cheboygan Area Chamber of Commerce and its ...

These efforts are part of Operation Taconite and Operation Coal Shovel, which aim to ensure safe navigation and support the ...

The Mackinaw freed and escorted the Wilfred Sykes, a 678-foot motor vessel, which was trapped by ice on Lake Huron on ...

CLEVELAND — U.S. Coast Guard ships worked in icy waters on the Great Lakes on Jan. 21 to help large cargo boats that were ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Coast Guard Sector Northern Great Lakes is scheduled to close the South Channel in the Straits of Mackinac between Lake ...

US Coast Guard icebreaker frees ship caught in thick ice on Lake Huron - ...

U .S. Coast Guard cutters Mackinaw (WLBB 30) and Neah Bay (WTGB 105) conducted ice-breaking operations on the Great Lakes Jan. 21, freeing and escorting commercial vessels beset by heavy ice. The ...

MACKINAC ISLAND, MI - The U.S. Coast Guard has announced the closing of the waterway between Mackinac Island and the mainland of St. Ignace. This closure is being done to keep vessels out of the area ...