Coast Guard, good Samaritan rescue three people in life jackets
MUSKEGON, Mich. — Coast Guard Station Muskegon, Michigan, and a good Samaritan boater saved three people after their vessel sank in Muskegon Lake Wednesday.
At approximately 4:20 p.m., the Coast Guard Sector Lake Michigan Command Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, heard a call for help via VHF-FM marine radio channel 16.
Boaters aboard the vessel in distress told Coast Guard watch standers that their...
Coast Guard ends search for fisherman near Ludington
LUDINGTON, Mich. — The U.S. Coast Guard ended its search Monday afternoon for a man who disappeared in Lake Michigan two and a half miles off Ludington, Michigan, Sunday night.
“This is the hardest decision we have to make,” said Cmdr. Leanne Lusk, of Coast Guard Sector Lake Michigan. “Coast Guard helicopters and boats crews, as well as numerous members of the local first responder...
Sector Lake Michigan Coast Guard units to host free public open houses to promote National Safe Boating Week
CLEVELAND — U.S. Coast Guard units across Sector Lake Michigan, based in Milwaukee, are scheduled to host free public open houses in support of National Safe Boating Week, which runs from May 21 to May 28.
National Safe Boating Week marks the launch of the 2016 North American Safe Boating Campaign.
Throughout the week, Coast Guard stations will be participating in various events to promote safe...
Coast Guard, City of Muskegon discuss changes to local Coast Guard operations
MUSKEGON, Mich. — Representatives with the U.S. Coast Guard, City of Muskegon and Muskegon County response agencies met in Muskegon recently to discuss a Coast Guard proposal to optimize its response capabilities by adjusting how it operates Coast Guard Station Muskegon, starting in the fall of 2016.
Under the proposed plan, Station Muskegon will remain staffed with response crews Friday through...
Coast Guard warning people to remain away from quickly melting ice, formations
MUSKEGON, Mich., — The Coast Guard is urging people to stay away and off of ice, and to remain at a safe distance from ice formations, especially the ice caves that have formed along Lake Michigan in Muskegon.
The Coast Guard is also urging people to remain clear of shorelines, piers, jetties, rocks, walkways and jogging paths that may have become covered in layers of ice.
The above freezing-temperatures...
Grand Haven Coast Guard Station and Sector Field Office evacuated after bomb threat
CLEVELAND — Personnel from Coast Guard Station Grand Haven, Michigan, and Coast Guard Sector Field Office Grand Haven have been evacuated after a bomb threat was made against the station.
No injuries to Coast Guard personnel have been reported at this time.
Shortly after 6 a.m. EST, Ottawa County Dispatch notified the command center at Coast Guard Sector Lake Michigan in Milwaukee that they had received...
Coast Guard Air Facility Muskegon rescues kayaker 30 miles offshore in Lake Michigan
CLEVELAND — The Coast Guard rescued a 31-year-old man 30 miles offshore in Lake Michigan Monday morning after he activated his personal locator beacon.
Just after 7:30 a.m., CST, watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Lake Michigan in Milwaukee received notification from the International Emergency Response Coordination Center about a distress signal received from a PLB in the middle of Lake Michigan,...
Coast Guard saves 8 from vessel taking on water in Muskegon Lake
CLEVELAND — The Coast Guard rescued eight people after the vessel they were aboard began taking on water on the southwest side of Muskegon Lake in Muskegon, Michigan, Sunday afternoon.
Shortly after 1:00 p.m., the watchstander at Coast Guard Station Muskegon received a call over VHF-FM channel 16 from a good Samaritan stating that a 30-foot vessel with eight people aboard was taking on water in Muskegon...
Lake Michigan search ends as body of missing man is found
CLEVELAND –The search for a missing man in Lake Michigan ended Tuesday afternoon as search crews from the Muskegon County Sheriff’s Office and Michigan State Police located the body of the man on the shore of Lake Michigan in northern Muskegon County.
The man was not wearing a life jacket.
The search commenced Monday night after a watchstander at Coast Guard Station Ludington, Michigan, received...
