Geo Rutherford describes herself as a “morbid pessimist.” She gets excited when she finds evidence of things that have gone ...

Lake effect snow is dependent on the Great Lakes water temperature and how much of the lake is frozen. But what does the ...

In Rudyard Township, in the eastern Upper Peninsula, snowy owls make themselves at home in the winter. The township and the ...

The 17-member crew of the freighter, stuck a mile off the Buffalo shore, was never in serious danger, but its predicament drew news media attention and a crowd of curious onlookers.

The U.S. and Canadian Coast Guards are continuing efforts to break up ice and free a freighter that has been trapped in a ...

Just five months ago, five organizations launched an effort to protect Wisconsin’s lakes from the damaging effects of wake-enhanced boating. The Coalition to Protect Wisconsin’s Lakes now boasts more ...

Lake Erie ice coverage has increased dramatically in just a week with the latest January cold blast. The lakes are now closer ...

A Canadian freighter with 17 people on board got stuck in the ice on Lake Erie while departing Buffalo, according to the Coast Guard, which arrived with icebreaking equipment ...

The freighter vessel was delivering rock salt to the Buffalo waterfront before it got stuck in a field of Lake Erie ice.