waves

Police officers and firefighters pressed into action every day face enormous risks that often go unpublicized.

Mariners, boaters and lakeside communities are preparing across the region as strong winds from a storm system heading for Michigan are expected to create monster waves on the Great Lakes […]

The recent Fall Brawl and Walleye Slam fishing derbies usually attract more than 10,000 boat anglers to Lake Erie. But big northwesterly winds and 10-foot waves roiled the lake, and […]

Cigarette butts are one of the most common kind of plastic pollution found on Great Lakes beaches.

Port Stanley Brewing Co. offers six beers on tap, cocktail options as well as non-alcoholic “mocktail” selections.

Sheboygan, Wisconsin, has had a rich surf culture for more than half a century, and local tourism leaders eventually branded it “Malibu of the Midwest,” claiming the title of freshwater […]

raverse City's Lisa Kohler participated in the open water swim aimed at symbolically finishing the journey of the freighter, which sank in 1975.

Cooling accounts for a staggering one-fifth of global electricity consumption, much of it still dependent on greenhouse gases

A six-year-old boy was rescued from Lake Huron after drifting away from shore on what Ontario Provincial Police described as an “inflatable ring.” The child, who police said was wearing a “personal floatation device,” drifted from shore near Black’s Point Beach, south of Goderich, on Monday just after noon, police said. The boy was located […]

Here’s what you need to know about the London region's sweltering weather.

Ron Reimink knew how uncomfortable and annoying swimmer’s itch could be. He spent much of his adult life trying to eradicate it in lakes across northern Michigan. Then one day, he realized he was completely wrong.