STRAITS OF MACKINAC, Mich. (WPBN/WGTU) -- The crew on the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Mackinaw is making sure essential shipments continue on the Great Lakes. This week the Algoma Niagara was trapped in ...

The heavy icebreaker USCGC Mackinaw successfully rescued the motor vessel M/V Wilfred Sykes from thick ice on Lake Huron on Wednesday (January 21). After breaking the cargo ship loose, the Coast Guard ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Coast Guard Sector Northern Great Lakes is scheduled to close the South Channel in the Straits of Mackinac between Lake ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — The crew of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Mackinaw responded to a stuck freighter last week in the Straits of Mackinac. The Coast Guard says the cutter was dispatched out ...