Wisconsin DNR: Strong fishing season expected
Based on early surveys and contacts with local anglers, the DNR is seeing success for the Lake Michigan fisheries during the early part of the season.
Rip current survival strategies after Racine drownings
Water safety is becoming a public health crisis. Two children died and a third is in critical condition after emergencies at the beaches in Racine over three days.
Wisconsin coastline designated national sanctuary: NOAA
Federal officials plan to designate a huge swath of Wisconsin's Lake Michigan coastline as a National Marine Sanctuary to protect historic shipwrecks in the area.
2 girls rescued at North Beach in Racine
More trouble along Racine's lakeshore. After two kids drowned on the same stretch of sand, first responders were back at the beach Monday night.
Two young persons dead from drowning at Racine beaches
Officials confirmed the identities of two young people who died after being pulled from Lake Michigan in Racine.
Child dead, another critical after Racine water rescues
Racine officers responded to North Beach and Zoo Beach for separate emergency calls Saturday evening.
Great Lakes water levels rise, expected to peak in summer
The U.S. Corps of Army Engineers reported on Tuesday, May 11 that Great Lakes water levels are below last year's record levels, but will rise before peaking in summer.
Three rescued, one missing after boat capsizes on Lake Michigan
A witness told Fox 32 News that he had warned the boaters that Lake Michigan was too rough to go out, but they went anyway.
DNR: 'Illegal to target' sturgeon repopulating Milwaukee River
After more than a decade’s worth of work and cultivation, sturgeon are slowly repopulating in Lake Michigan and connected rivers. The DNR is making an effort to protect them for years to come.
Lake Express Ferry season begins on May 7; tickets now on sale
Tickets for Lake Express Ferry are now on sale for the 2021 season, which will begin Friday, May 7.
Milwaukee among communities hammered with lake effect snow
The latest snowstorm to slam southeast Wisconsin hammered many cities along Lake Michigan -- not the least of which was Milwaukee.
Hot summer warming up Lake Michigan, experts say
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — Lake Michigan is having a warm summer.The average surface water temperature was 75.3 degrees on July 9, setting a record for the month based on 26 years of record-keeping, government scientists said.The summer high is 75.6 degrees recorded in August 2016, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration or NOAA.That mark likely will be broken this year, said scientist Andrea Vanderwoude of NOAA's Great Lakes Environmental Research Lab.“I’m loving this,” Whitney Miller, a swim instructor, told the Traverse City Record-Eagle. “Last year I was in a wetsuit up through the 15th of July. ...
Viewer Submission: Surfing on Lake Michigan
Tim Van Vooren with some viewer submissions of what they're doing with sports on hiatus.
Bill would allow for state-issued loans for homeowners, municipalities dealing with erosion
SOMERS -- Homeowners with properties threatened by lakeshore erosion don't have many options, and the options they do have aren't great, but a bipartisan bill proposed in Madison could provide some help.
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers: January 2020 water levels on Great Lakes higher than year ago
MILWAUKEE -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced on Thursday, Feb. 6 that January 2020 water levels were higher on all lakes than they were in January 2019 -- and are expected to continue that trend into the spring and summer.According to Corps records, lakes Michigan and Huron both set new record high January levels, previously set in 1987.
Weekend trip on Lake Michigan uncovers century-old shipwreck: 'The most intact I have ever seen'
MANITOU ISLANDS, Mich. -- A team of shipwreck hunters that includes members from Milwaukee uncovered what appears to be one of the most intact wooden schooners ever discovered at the bottom of the Great Lakes.
Crews begin 'extremely delicate' demolition of abandoned Somers home dangling over Lake Michigan
SOMERS -- Crews on Tuesday, Nov. 5 began the demolition process at a home dangling over the edge above Lake Michigan in the Village and Town of Somers -- working to beat Mother Nature to the punch, getting the demolition started with snow on the way.
