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A lighthouse has guided mariners in Sheboygan since 1839, with the first one built on North Point bluff. The original lighthouse location was discontinued in 1873 because it sometimes caused ships to ...

BEAVER ISLAND, MI – Technicians recently installed roadside fiber optic cables on Beaver Island as the remote community in the middle of Lake Michigan prepares for future broadband internet access. In ...

Lake Orion needed overtime to defeat Oxford 2-1 in the D1 district semifinal played on Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2025 at Lapeer High School. The Dragons advance to play Clarkston in Thursday’s final.

While the Department of Justice was ramping up a bogus case against former FBI director James Comey last week—for allegedly making false statements to the Senate Judiciary Committee—Attorney General ...

ELK TWP. — A man is dead following a crash on a mini-bike in Lake County's Elk Township, Saturday, Oct. 11. According to the Lake County Sheriff's Office, around 6:25 p.m., deputies and rescue crews ...

Suspect with felony warrants arrested after vehicle chase in Calhoun County A man wanted on felony warrants was arrested after a vehicle pursuit in Calhoun County on Thursday. Two suspects arraigned ...

CASCO TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) — Two people were rescued from a sinking boat in Lake Michigan Sunday, officials say. It happened Sunday afternoon off the shore of the Casco Township Nature Preserve, ...

Park trails along Lake Michigan’s shoreline in Michigan and Wisconsin are eroding because of more frequent extreme precipitation events and increased foot traffic from visitors in undesignated ...

Dual-purpose tugboats were built to break ice in the winter and assist ships in warmer seasons. The tugboat Arctic was built in Manitowoc in 1881 to serve the Goodrich Transportation Company. After ...