Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker is renaming Lake Michigan to “Lake Illinois," poking fun at President Donald Trump’s recent ...

Nearly a century after its disappearance, the Arctic grayling will return to the state when the Michigan DNR releases its eggs into a trio of streams in the Lower Peninsula.

U.S. Steel mines iron ore in Minnesota and sends it across Lake Superior on freighters a thousand feet long. At Sault Ste.

Macomb County officials say wastewater discharges from the George Kuhn Basin contaminate the Red Run Drain, Clinton River and Lake St. Clair in Macomb County and contribute to the accumulation of ...

The Great Lakes region is a major recipient of federal funding to protect and clean up the basin as well as protect its rich history.

Anticipating a lack of federal funding under the new presidential administration, Illinois has postponed construction in a ...

Water levels of the upper Great Lakes are expected to drop to near or significantly below their historical summer averages ...

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker has halted a key project meant to defend the Great Lakes from invasive carp, citing federal funding ...

The ice coverage in Lake Erie has rapidly expanded to 80% this week. February and March are peak maximum ice coverage periods ...

The World Ice Fishing Championship is ramping up in Lakeview, attracting hundreds of elite anglers from 10 nations all over ...