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Coast Guard searching for man overboard

GREEN BAY, Wis. – The U.S. Coast Guard is searching for a 40-year-old male who fell overboard from a 27-foot sport fisher on the southwest side of Chambers Island, Sunday, at approximately 11:30 p.m.

Coast Guard assists boat taking on water

STURGEON BAY, Wis.- U.S. Coast Guard Sector Lake Michigan received a distress call from a vessel taking on water off of Green Island in Green Bay Friday at approximately 8:29 a.m.

Coast Guard rescues two from ice floe near Green Bay

GREEN BAY, Wis. — The Coast Guard rescued two people from an ice floe near Dyckesville, Wis., at approximately 12:15 p.m. today after being notified of two pickup trucks and people in distress on the ice.

Coast Guard transports man with swollen leg from Laker

STURGEON BAY, Wis. – U.S. Coast Guard Station Sturgeon Bay medically evacuated a 52-year-old male experiencing a swollen calf from the Wilferd J. Sykes 14 miles offshore Sturgeon Bay Monday at approximately 3 p.m.
“There was concern he may have had a blood clot,” said Jonathan LeBeau, Coast Guard Sector Lake Michigan Operation Unit Controller.
A 41-foot [...]

Coast Guard rescues person in water near Fox River

GREEN BAY, Wisc. — The U.S. Coast Guard rescued a 57-year-old male from Lake Michigan near the entrance of the Fox River here Monday at approximately 2 a.m.
The man was recovered by a Coast Guard helicopter and taken to Green Bay Airport where an Emergency Medical Services ambulance transported him to the hospital.
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Coast Guard Rescues 11 From Sinking Pontoon Boat

STURGEON BAY, Wis. – Coast Guard Station Sturgeon Bay rescued nine adults and two teenagers from a 24-foot pontoon boat taking on water near Sawyer Harbor inside Sturgeon Bay Thursday at approximately 2:30 p.m.
“We spotted a boat whose starboard pontoon was completely submerged,” said Boatswain’s Mate 2nd Class Larry Hall.
“Another five minutes, the boat would [...]