Located where the Pere Marquette River meets Lake Michigan, Ludington offers natural beauty and simple pleasures in abundance ...

On Friday, the volunteer group that watches over piping plovers at Montrose Beach, announced it was selling T-shirts with the images of three new plover chicks to raise funds for Great Lakes Piping ...

Dave Benjamin of Great Lakes Surf Rescue Project joins WISN 12 News to discuss the dangers of Lake Michigan and rip currents.

Hampton Beach State Park has again been issued an advisory for the presence of fecal bacteria, after having been on the list for at least 11 days in July.

County health departments routinely collect water samples to test for bacteria levels to ensure water is safe for swimming.

Want to stargaze in the Keweenaw Dark Sky Park? Learn about astrophotography? The inaugural Great Lakes Aurora Dark Sky Jamboree is coming to Houghton in September.

Breakwater Beach sits along the shores of Lake Erie in Geneva, Ohio, a gem in Ashtabula County that deserves way more attention than it gets. It’s that perfect blend of natural beauty and ...

More than 9 million people were told to avoid the water during peak summer recreation because of "life threatening" ...

Lake Erie is the shallowest of the Great Lakes but bests its cousins in several other ways. Find out more about all the Great ...

A warning urging beachgoers to stay out of the water at four Great Lakes has grown to include 11.1 million people on Thursday ...

Is this simply the Midwest version of “not today” when the Great Lakes spit up waves higher than your neighbor’s SUV and ...

Though Michigan's Great Lakes may not see a true tsunamis, seiches and meteotsunamis can inundate coastal areas quickly.