The locks will close until March 25 when the spring shipping season begins. The MacArthur Lock is scheduled to reopen in late ...

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The winter maintenance period lasts into March and allows crews from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to perform needed ...

A timelapse video posted to social media shows a Great Lakes freighter make its final transit of the season through the. In ...

Last year, maritime archaeologists revisited the "Northerner" in Lake Michigan and captured hundreds of still images, which ...

Save this for your next Michigan drive, these long running roadside stops still serve the kind of comfort locals swear by.

On Ohio’s Lake Erie shore near Fairport Harbor, this 42-foot breakwater lighthouse has become a bucket-list stop, with ...

Michael Schumacher, a Wisconsin author who produced a diverse array of works ranging from biographies of filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola and musician Eric Clapton to accounts ...

Escanaba graces the northern shore of Lake Michigan like a hidden jewel in the Upper Peninsula. This waterfront community offers miles of pristine shoreline without resort town prices. The historic ...

Why America’s ‘comeback city’ deserves to be your next trip - Detroit hasn't just risen from the ashes, it's now one of ...

According to NOAA ice analysis updated this week, average ice cover across all five Great Lakes remains below 10%. This is tracking near average for mid-December. That’s not unusual. Historically, ...

It looks like the Great Lakes region might get another relatively normal ice year − a relief given recent trends. The U.S. National Ice Center released its 2025-2026 seasonal outlook this week, ...