Hurricane force winds begin at 74 mph, according to the National Weather Service. All of the Lower Peninsula and much of the Upper Peninsula were under wind advisories Monday. All the Great Lakes were ...

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Mobile Bay is assigned to Green Bay, and U.S. Coast Guard Cutters Katmai Bay and Neah Bay will manage the St. Marys River and the Straits of Mackinac. As ice coverage ...

About 20 miles east of the Mackinac Bridge -- the dividing line between lakes Michigan and Huron -- sits the 5,000-resident town of Cheboygan, where the mouth of the Cheboygan River meets Lake Huron.

The currently assigned areas for the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Mackinaw and U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Mobile Bay are Lake Superior, Lake Michigan, St. Mary's River, the Straits of Mackinac and ...