As drownings increase on Lake Michigan, advocates push for lifeguards and better safety measures at Michigan’s most popular beaches.

A number of beaches are closed across Massachusetts on Tuesday, mostly due to excess bacteria, according to the Massachusetts Department of Public Health’s Interactive Beach Water Quality Dashboard. A ...

The $8 million project was a part of the larger effort to clean up Milwaukee's waterways. The beach should be open by the end ...

The following news items are reprinted from the Manistee Daily News for the week July 17-23, 1925 and are compiled from the Manistee County Historical Museum’s newspaper archives. Read the full 100 ...

Three grieving families' lawsuits against the city of South Haven may finally bring lifeguards back to the deadliest lake in ...

Hundreds of thousands of people in New York were warned to stay out of Lake Ontario on Monday morning amid dangerous conditions.

Dangerous currents are common in the Great Lakes, especially in Lake Michigan, where rip currents are especially dangerous ...

Blue Flow Great Lakes Corp. is holding water and beach safety clinics at Gary’s Wells Street Beach this summer.

Don’t let those sunny conditions fool you. Thursday’s brisk wind brought on another cold-water upwelling along some Lake ...

St. Clair Shores Memorial Park Beach, Lake St. Clair, Macomb County - contamination advisory since July 17 due to high ...

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