Coast Guard rescues 5 from plane crash on North Fox Island
A U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Traverse City MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew land on-scene of a plane crash on North Fox Island, Michigan, July 29, 2018. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Lt. Erin Nolan.
TRAVERSE CITY, MICH. — An MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Traverse City rescued five people involved in a two-aircraft collision on North Fox Island, Michigan, Sunday.
Three...
Coast Guard to provide security during USS Detroit commissioning ceremony
Members of Coast Guard Sector Detroit take a tour of the USS Detroit, Oct. 18, 2016. The Coast Guard has been providing on-water security for the ship since its arrival in Detroit. U.S. Coast Guard photo courtesy of Coast Guard Sector Detroit.
DETROIT — Coast Guard Sector Detroit is scheduled to provide security for the USS Detroit during its commissioning ceremony in Detroit, Saturday.
Boaters...
Federal, state and local agencies to exercise oil spill response on the St. Clair River
MARYSVILLE, Mich. – The U.S. Coast Guard, in partnership with other federal, state, local, and Canadian response agencies is conducting a functional oil spill response exercise with Enbridge Energy, Limited Partnership (“Enbridge”) in Marysville, Michigan, Wednesday, May 25th from 8 a.m., to 3 p.m.
More than 400 participants are involved in this exercise of a simulated discharge of light crude...
Multi-agency full-scale mass-rescue exercise in Waiska Bay, Michigan
SAULT STE MARIE, Michigan – The Coast Guard is teaming up with members from two dozen agencies for a full-scale in Waiska Bay in Brimley, Michigan, Saturday.
The joint exercise involves a simulated aircraft crash into Waiska Bay near Bay Mills Point, designed to test coordinated emergency response and provides the participating agencies the opportunity to evaluate the coordination between multi-agency...
Coast Guard Air Station Traverse City rescues hiker missing in Porcupine Mountains State Park
CLEVELAND — The Coast Guard rescued a 55-year-old man after he was reported missing in Porcupine Mountains State Park west of Ontonagon, Michigan, Saturday night.
At 10:30 p.m., watchstanders at the Coast Guard 9th District Command Center in Cleveland received a report from the Air Force Rescue Coordination Center at Tyndall Air Force Base in Florida, of a 55-year-old man who was reported overdue...
Coast Guard rescues a man from Detroit River
CLEVELAND – The Coast Guard rescued a man who had fallen in the Detroit River just south of the Ambassador Bridge, Tuesday morning.
A watchstander at Coast Guard Sector Detroit received a report, Tuesday morning, that two Windsor, Ontario, police officers on patrol heard a man yelling for help from the U.S. side of the Detroit River.
Sector Detroit then launched a boat crew aboard a 25-foot response...
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...
Coast Guard helps Michigan State Police locate 4 missing kayakers
CLEVELAND — The Coast Guard assisted the Michigan State Police late Saturday night in locating four kayakers who were reported missing on the Manistique River on Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.
At about 8:30 p.m., a search-and-rescue controller at the Coast Guard’s 9th District headquarters in Cleveland received a request from the Michigan State Police to assist in locating four people,...
Coast Guard aircrew assists Michigan State Police to locate, rescue man lost in Ontonagon County
CLEVELAND — A Coast Guard rescue helicopter crew and the Michigan State Police teamed together to locate and rescue a 20-year-old man on the Firesteel River in Ontonagon County, Mich., Sunday night.
At about 10 p.m., the state police contacted a search-and-rescue coordinator at the 9th Coast Guard District command center to request a helicopter to assist in the search for the man who had reportedly...
