U.S. Coast Guard

A warm winter and lack of ice in Lakes Erie and Huron has prompted to Coast Guard to put ice breaking on hold until further notice.

Some items in the plan have long been part of the agency’s mission. But others reflect emerging concerns, including a new focus on cybersecurity at the region's ports.

The U.S. Coast Guard Sector Sault Sainte Marie personnel is conducting a full-scale environmental response training today at the Carmeuse facility in Rogers City.

WCMU's Rick Brewer was welcomed aboard the ship to learn how its able to break ice and perform a variety of tasks to help mariners navigate waterways.

If approved by Congress, the funds would kickstart the construction process to bring a new heavy ice breaker as capable as the Coast Guard Cutter Mackinaw on the Great Lakes.

The Coast Guard says it spent nearly 60 hours over the course of three days looking for the octagonal object shot down over Lake Huron on Feb. 12.

The Department of Defense and Coast Guard says the search has been called off "pending receipt of any new information" after taking various aerial photos and subsurface scans of Lake Huron.

All 14 lives were saved and transported to emergency medical services. The mass-rescue operation took the Coast Guard three hours to complete.

The National Defense Authorization Act passed the U.S. Senate 83-11. But it's uncertain if President Biden will sign it due to the COVID-19 vaccine mandate for military personnel being lifted.

The U.S. Coast Guard has issued a warning to Michigan boaters regarding E15 gasoline.