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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MENTOR, Ohio (WOIO) - A trip to Great Lakes Mall during winter break turned into a disturbing day when a father witnessed a man possibly recording his young son using the restroom, police confirmed.

Winter storms on the Great Lakes can temporarily lower water levels, revealing shipwrecks and other submerged features. Strong, sustained winds during colder months push water from one end of a lake ...

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, ...

The Great Lakes have the potential to generate three times more electricity than all eight surrounding states currently use. Unlike oceans, Great Lakes states, not the federal government, have ...

A meteor exploded over Michigan's Great Lakes in a green fireball, videos reveal. The dramatic event was likely caused by a comet fragment burning up in the atmosphere. On Sunday (Nov. 23) at around 5 ...

DETROIT (AP) — It’s that time of year — again — when cold air sweeps across the Great Lakes region, dropping huge amounts of lake-effect snow from Michigan’s Upper Peninsula into Western New York.

AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (ABC 4) — Shoppers at Great Lakes Crossing Outlets near Detroit can enjoy extraordinary Black Friday deals and family-friendly holiday attractions at the state of Michigan’s ...

Thanksgiving travel could be snarled across the Great Lakes snowbelts, as the FOX Forecast Center tracks what it expects to be the most significant lake-effect snow event of the season thus far, ...

Experts say the Great Lakes can be more dangerous than the open ocean due to their volatile nature. Waves on the Great Lakes are steeper and closer together, causing choppy conditions and a rougher ...