Coast Guard consolidates two stations in Minnesota and Michigan
Cleveland – The Coast Guard has consolidated two seasonal stations on the Great Lakes. Consolidating these seasonal stations will not affect the ability of the multi-asset, multi-agency search-and-rescue system across the Great Lakes to respond to emergencies or increase risk to the boating public.
Stations North Superior and Holland have been seasonally staffed between Memorial Day and Labor...
Coast Guard Station North Superior rescues 3 kayakers on western Lake Superior near Grand Portage, Minn.
CLEVELAND — A Coast Guard boat crew rescued 2 men and a woman on western Lake Superior near Grand Portage, Minnesota, after they became beset by weather while kayaking Sunday afternoon.
Just before 4:30 p.m., EDT, watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, received a mayday broadcast on VHF-FM channel 16 from three kayakers who were beset by wind while on their way from Grand...
Coast Guard locates 4 boaters on overdue vessel, concluding 9-hour search
SAULT STE MARIE, Mich. — Crews concluded a nine-hour search effort for four people reported overdue when they were found safe Sunday in western Lake Superior.The names of those aboard are not being released, and there is no Coast Guard imagery.
The search began when a family member of one of the boaters called the Lake County, Minn., emergency dispatch to report that the vessel was overdue at...
