The Rawley Point Lighthouse was staffed until 1979, when the station became fully automated. The rotating white beacon light, ...

Airboats have been used for winter rescues and in emergency situations for years, not only by the Coast Guard but by sheriff’s departments and other emergency rescue groups in Northern Michigan and ...

The ice shack rescue took place four days before the Coast Guard announced the start of ice-breaking operations in the Great ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – Persistent below-freezing temperatures have kick-started the formation of ice on Lake Erie, which was ...

Part of the Coast Guard’s mission is to assist mariners when things go wrong. Rescues in dire situations require specialized ...

As many anglers are excited to get out onto the ice now that the cold air has moved in. But the U.S. Coast Guard in Duluth is getting ready for ice rescues. Currents still flow underneath the ice and ...

An ice shanty was discovered in the shipping channel between Duluth and Superior last week, which led to the U.S. Coast Guard ...

The Mobile Bay and three other cutters are tasked with managing ice cover for commercial maritime traffic in and around the ...

“Operation Taconite” is the Coast Guard’s largest domestic ice breaking operation. It encompasses Lake Superior, Lake ...

SAULT STE. MARIE, MI (KDAL) – On Monday, the U-S Coast Guard began ice breaking in harbors around the Great Lakes to prevent ...

Former Erieau harbourmaster Jeff Vidler hopes to salvage and preserve the large section of the vessel, believing it to be ...

The U.S. Coast Guard Sector of the Northern Great Lakes began Operation Taconite to prevent newly formed ice from hindering ...