Great Lakes Coast Guard and partners assist with 13 search and rescue cases during Memorial Day weekend

Great Lakes Coast Guard and partners assist with 13 search and rescue cases during Memorial Day weekend
CLEVELAND — Five instances of boaters operating under the influence of alcohol and 13 search and rescue cases across the Great Lakes during the recent holiday weekend showcase the need for boating safety precautions and the importance of boaters looking out for each other. Numerous good Samaritan boaters and local responders arrived on scene and rendered assistance  to distressed boaters prior...

Great Lakes Coast Guardsmen return from Red River flood response

Coast Guard Station Belle Isle airboat. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer Tara Molle.CLEVELAND – Ninth Coast Guard District personnel have returned home after performing search and rescue and evacuation assistance missions in the flood-stricken regions of North Dakota and Minnesota’s Red River valley basin. Coast Guardsmen from Air Stations Traverse City and Detroit, Mich; Stations Marblehead,...

Station Sackets Harbor rescues two from capsized vessel

CLEVELAND – U.S. Coast Guard Station Sackets Harbor rescued two people from a capsized vessel in Black River Bay, N.Y., Friday, at approximately 1:15 p.m.