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Changed landscape from ice make state's lighthouses an interesting visit during icy winter months.

Freezing spray and frigid temperatures create thick ice layers on lighthouses in Grand Haven, South Haven and St. Joseph, ...

Following a recent blast of Arctic air, Michigan's Great Lakes saw a significant increase in ice, as the lakes reached their highest coverage for the 2025-26 season. On Sunday, Jan. 4, Great Lake ...

ST. JOSEPH, MI — If Old Man Winter were real, surely his face would resemble an icy lighthouse turret caked in frozen spray. That’s what I found this weekend when I commemorated the Polar Vortex by ...

The Great Lakes – a series of interconnected tarns, spanning across the northeast of America and spilling across the Canadian border – are freshwater monsters. Hence the name, they’re big. Big enough ...

TOLEDO, Ohio — Winter may have come early for the Great Lakes this year, but neither the U.S. nor the Canadian coast guard can keep traffic moving through the ice. The lakes' frozen waters are ...

Mention "beach holiday," and images of U.S. beach towns that rival the Caribbean are most likely to come to mind. But it would be a disservice to fixate solely on superstar beach destinations like ...

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Two Michigan lake sturgeon rehabilitation programs reached significant milestones this fall in the marathon effort to restore the Great Lakes giants. In Cheboygan County's Black Lake, home to a short ...

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