The Michigan Department of Natural Resources has released some highlights from its Great Lakes fisheries program in 2024. DNR Fisheries Research Program manager Seth Herbst tells us the department has

Fire and rescue officials in the Iowa Great Lakes area responded to two UTVs falling into the lakes Thursday night.

Traverse City enjoys a glittering reputation as one of the nation’s great small towns for the arts. Nestled among cherry orchards and crystalline lakes, it’s easy to see why the

The Burning of the Greens and Fireworks Extravaganza serves as a sort of closing ceremonies for the annual festivities in the Iowa Great Lakes, but according to Morgan Strauss, director of events for the Iowa Great Lakes Area Chamber of Commerce, they also serve as a turn of the page to the year head.

The National Weather Service (NWS) has issued a "Lake Effect Snow Warning" for Oswego County in northern New York, along the banks of Lake Ontario. Up to 10 inches of heavy snow has been forecast, making travel difficult for many.

A new paper coauthored by Northern Arizona University scientists proposes solutions for the decline of the Great Salt Lake in Utah. KNAU’s Melissa Sevigny reports, the lake’s level has dropped about four inches a year since the 1990s.

NMU vs. MTU hockey, home-and-home series: tonight at Houghton, 7:07 p.m.; Saturday at Marquette, 6:07 p.m.; TV: Fox-U.P. ———————– MARQUETTE — Northern Michigan University vs. Michigan Tech hockey — a rivalry so nice they played it twice

The program, funded through grants from the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration, is part of a larger goal to partner with universities across the state to gain a greater understanding of the Great Lakes.

The Great Lakes water supply lured Jamie Beck Alexander and her family to Duluth. Alarmed by three consecutive, destructive wildfire seasons in California, Ms Alexander, her husband and two young children piled into a camper van and drove across the country to Minnesota in 2020.

Now, after temperatures plummeted below zero, Lake Erie is about 60 percent frozen. That’s about 20 percent more ice than average for this time of year. Lake Erie is shallower and narrower than other Great Lakes, so it freezes faster.

Yungbluth says the second crash happened on East Lake Okoboji on a seam in the ice that formed between Bridges Bay and Chalstrom Beach. Two people were on that UTV. Both were also taken to Lakes Regional Healthcare for “non-major injuries”.

On Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, reported that the ice coverage on the Great Lakes is currently at 20.8%. NOAA researchers say this is just about average for this time of year. Here’s the current ice coverage by lake: