Isle Royale hiker found "alive and alert" after being missing for a week
A hiker who had been missing since Sept. 5 from Isle Royale National Park on Lake Superior in Michigan has been found, the National Park Service said Saturday afternoon.
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A hiker who had been missing since Sept. 5 from Isle Royale National Park on Lake Superior in Michigan has been found, the National Park Service said Saturday afternoon.
The U.S. Coast Guard has released video of a helicopter crew hoisting a hiker from Michigan's Isle Royale National Park into an aircraft Saturday, a week after the outdoorsman had gone missing.
Isle Royale National Park closed four tent and hammock camping areas for the remainder of the 2026 season in response to increased wolf activity.
Michigan taxpayers will spend up to $50 million on the Copperwood copper mine in the Upper Peninsula.
Michigan State Police are investigating after a body was found in Lake Superior off the Keweenaw Peninsula in Hancock Township.
Researchers say more wolves are roaming a remote Lake Superior island, using moose as one of their primary food sources.
Park rangers cited the four visitors, all from Illinois, for collecting and defacing park resources.
Winter has officially tightened its grip on the Great Lakes.
A life ring and a lifeboat remnant from a famous Great Lakes shipwreck have sold at auction for $150,000.
A live auction is set for Friday, Dec. 19, for the life ring that was discovered by Larry Orr in 1975.
The state of Michigan has agreed to return a life ring from the famous Edmund Fitzgerald shipwreck to its owner.
It's one of the most well-known shipwrecks in American history. Today marks 50 years since the Edmund Fitzgerald sank in Lake Superior, but the legend of the lost freighter lives on.
The Detroit People Mover will temporarily suspend operations starting Monday, a Detroit church holds a service for the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald Freighter and other top stories for the evening of Nov. 9, 2025.
The Edmund Fitzgerald freighter sank 50 years ago in Lake Superior. A memorial service was held today by Mariners’ Church in Detroit to remember the lives lost.
November 10th marks the 50th anniversary of the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, perhaps the most famous of all the estimated 6,500 ships that have gone down in the Great Lakes.
The state of Michigan has acquired a life ring that washed ashore 50 years ago from the Edmund Fitzgerald.
Coast Guard Traverse City helicopter crews lifted an injured man to safety during a rescue Tuesday at Isle Royale.
The girls — ages 14, 13, 10 and 8 — had paddleboarded to the island from Black Beach in Silver Bay, Minnesota, according to the Lake County Sheriff's Office.
Researchers say that a lake trout recently captured in Lake Superior is believed to be the oldest-known specimen of its species ever caught in the Great Lakes, estimated to be 62 years old.
Two paddleboarders were rescued last week after they drifted off shore on Lake Superior near Ontonagon County, Michigan.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was supposed to finish her fateful voyage in Detroit, and this year that route will finally be crossed.
The person was pronounced dead at the scene.
Officials said next of kin have been notified and that there is no known threat to the public.
The causes of death have not yet been determined.
Nearly 60 years after a small plane disappeared over the Great Lakes, its fate remains a mystery.
