Lower‑than‑average Great Lakes water levels are forcing freighters to watch loads even as cruise lines forecast record passenger growth.

For decades, whispers of a mysterious creature lurking beneath Lake Erie's surface have stirred imaginations. Is there truth to the tale, or is it just local lore? FAA dramatically ends airspace ...

Frigid January weather caused Lake Erie's ice coverage to jump from under 2% to over 92% in just ten days. This year marks the most ice Lake Erie has had at the start of February in 23 years. Despite ...

Officials are designing new ways to protect the shorelines from sudden flooding and longer storm seasons. Officials are designing new ways to protect the shorelines from sudden flooding and longer ...

Shipwreck hunters discovered a sunken Canadian freighter on Lake Huron last year, the last shipwreck to be found that went down in the lake during a famous 1913 storm. Underwater Research Associates, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. GRAND RAPIDS, MI - Snow-covered dunes and frozen lighthouses. Beaches that have disappeared under sheets of shelf ice that seem to ...

GRAND RAPIDS, MI - Snow-covered dunes and frozen lighthouses. Beaches that have disappeared under sheets of shelf ice that seem to stretch out for miles on the surface of our big lake. After spending ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Lake Erie is almost completely iced over, and over the weekend, the frozen surface split open in dramatic fashion. A crack ...

The ship sank on Sept. 15, 1868, while transporting a load of stones.

With the clear sky Sunday, we were able to get a good look at Lake Erie from the high-resolution satellites 500 miles up in space. Now we also have images from close-up, right on top of the crack.