A tragedy on Lake Michigan claimed the life of a Chicago hairstylist last month. Zahrie Walls was not wearing a life jacket when she fell off a boat at the Playpen and died. Now a proposed city ...

John Staggs, 76, was found July 12 in the water beneath a dock at North Point Marina in north suburban Winthrop Harbor. He ...

Sixty-eight swimmers will swim in a relay to finish the 411-mile journey the Edmund Fitzgerald never got to complete in ...

A boat and helicopter responded, and those on board were transferred to the boat. No injuries were reported, she said.

On June 4, 1944, the US Navy captured its first German submarine. Now it's displayed at Chicago's Griffin Museum of Science ...

Explore some of the most intact shipwrecks in the U.S., hidden in a quiet section of Lake Michigan known for its beauty and ...

Maj. Gen. Philip Schuyler, arriving at 10 p.m. on July 18 to take command at Lake George in the Adirondacks, found a single ...

Coast Guard crews that included the Traverse City Air Station rescued five people from a disabled boat Wednesday on Lake Michigan.

Coast Guard officials say they were first notified shortly after 9:30 p.m. Wednesday. A 55-foot vessel had reportedly lost ...

The high swim risk comes hours after a series of severe thunderstorms quickly swept across the Chicago area, leaving behind downed trees and thousands of power outages as storm cleanup continues.

HURON COUNTY, MI – Four people were injured when a boat exploded on Lake Huron in the Upper Thumb, authorities said. The incident happened just before noon on Friday, July 11, near the ...