Standing in front of a podium, Pritzker announced that he was issuing a proclamation to rename Lake Michigan. “I’m here today to make an important announcement,” Gov. Pritzk ...

Lake Michigan shall be known as 'Lake Illinois.' The proclamation has been forwarded to Google to ensure the world's maps reflect this momentous change," he said. "In addition, the recent ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Tongue firmly in cheek, the governor said his proclamation has been sent to Google "so the world's maps reflect this ...

Illinois Governor JB Pritzker jokingly announced plans to rename Lake Michigan to Lake Illinois and ... Mexico to the Gulf of America on official maps. Google has said it is going to follow ...

Oh, and Green Bay, Illinois will no longer sit along Lake Michigan anymore. Per the governor's message earlier in the video, Lake Michigan will henceforth be named Lake Illinois. "A Great Lake ...

Lake Michigan shall be known as Lake Illinois." Pritzker took the bit a step further by stating the proclamation was forwarded to Google, which will "ensure the world's maps reflect this momentous ...

There were 797 people registered for the special sturgeon fishing season on Michigan’s Black Lake this past Saturday. It only took 17 minutes for anglers to reach the cap of 7 sturgeon landed, which ...

The walkway would be part of the Route 1 Great Lake-to-Lake Trail, which extends across the state for about 275 miles from ...

Here's where you can report or check on outages in areas of Michigan expected to be impacted. Use DTE's power outage map here. DTE reminds folks to "please be safe and remember to stay at least 25 ...