Its drinking water came from Lake Michigan, the same place where its sewage went ... Some residents of the Great Lakes region, proud of their freshwater heritage, celebrate that identity with signs, ...

The extreme cold is making for a fascinating look on Grand Traverse Bay at Traverse City, Michigan. Grand Traverse Bay is a bay on Lake Michigan. The large temperature difference between still ...

Michigan's shortest fishing season was back in 2025, but only for 17 minutes. The 2025 lake sturgeon fishing season on Black Lake in Cheboygan and Presque Isle counties began at 8 a.m. Saturday ...

Illinois Governor JB Pritzker jokingly announced that the name of Lake Michigan had been changed to "Lake Illinois," poking fun at President Donald Trump's Gulf of America. Pritzker posted a video ...

HAMLIN TOWNSHIP, MI – This iconic Lake Michigan lighthouse had a short season in 2024 due to construction at Ludington State Park, and it will open later than usual in 2025 for the same reason.

Set in writer-director Sierra Falconer’s old stomping grounds — among the cozy, neighborly community that surrounds a scenic lake in northern Michigan — the pleasantly laconic anthology film ...

Winters along the Great Lakes are getting shorter, shrinking by about two weeks per decade, according to a new story published in the Environmental Research Letters. Scientists say that’s having a ...

No way you're picking the wrong horse with this Lake Michigan luxury house that's on the market. Not only does it have a guesthouse and a barn with an indoor horse-riding arena that could be used ...

Michigan's sturgeon fishing season on Black Lake set a record Saturday as the fastest ever. The season, which lasted 17 minutes before the harvest limit was reached, beat the previous record of 35 ...

Illinois Governor JB Pritzker jokingly announced plans to rename Lake Michigan to Lake Illinois and annex Green Bay, Wisconsin. The humorous declaration follows a recent executive order by former ...