In May of 1891, the Thomas Hume ship took off from Chicago after dropping off a load of lumber in the Windy City and was heading back to Wisconsin when the ship and its seven sailors never returned.

Large waves and strong winds hit the Lake Michigan shoreline near Chicago, Illinois, on Thursday, March 20. In video posted to X, waves can be seen spilling water onto a waterfront path at the ...

Photographs provided to the News Advocate on April 3, 2025 show a fallen tree, destabilized embankment and newly exposed sand ...

Have you ever looked at the Lake Michigan horizon and noticed city lights that seemed to appear out of thin air? No, the lake didn't suddenly shrink, nor did the city beyond the horizon teleport ...

Lake Michigan was roiling with huge waves on Thursday, March 20, as a storm made its way across southern Michigan. Footage captured by Nate’s Dronography shows dense fog and churning waves in St ...

Now is the time to catch steelhead in the St. Joseph River. Steelhead should be running strong in the river for the next couple of weeks, according to Lake Michigan fisheries biologist Ben Dickinson ...

Michiganders reeling from one wave of deadly storms are steeling for another. As weather watchers forecast more violent ...

Gale warnings and low water advisories are in effect along western Lake Erie today due to strong west-southwest winds.

Twenty-seven people died as a result of the wreck, and what happened is only known because of its lone survivor.

Police have identified a woman who was found dead in Lake Michigan. The Kenosha Police Department said Wednesday that the body found at Eichelman Park on March 9 is 18-year-old Kayla Sobczak of ...

This article was written as part of The Michigan Daily’s investigation to better understand the risks, advancements and future of water in Michigan and beyond. Read other stories from the project here ...