Coast Guard rescues 3 in Saginaw Bay

CLEVELAND — A U.S. Coast Guard boatcrew rescued three elderly men after the boat they were on became overcome with waves and began sinking about three miles east of Linwood Beach Marina in Saginaw Bay near Linwood, Mich., Wednesday afternoon. The men are: a 65-year-old from Vermontville, Mich.; a 67-year-old from Battlecreek, Mich.; and a 73-year-old from Bellville, Mich. Their names are not being...

Coast Guard rescues 3 near Saginaw Bay, Mich.

CLEVELAND – The U.S. Coast Guard rescued three boaters who fell into the Saginaw River near Channel Island, Mich., Wednesday afternoon after their 17-foot Javelin reportedly began taking on water.

Coast Guard Station Saginaw River rescues 2 boaters near Channel Island

CLEVELAND – The U.S. Coast Guard rescued two boaters who fell into the Saginaw River near Channel Island, Mich., after their catamaran became separated from one of its pontoons Wednesday evening.

Coast Guard Searching for Missing Kayaker in Saginaw Bay

CLEVELAND – The U.S. Coast Guard commenced a search for an overdue 27-year-old male kayaker along the eastern shoreline of Saginaw Bay, Mich. near Fish Point, Wednesday, at approximately 11 p.m.

Coast Guard rescues good samaritans after they fall through the ice trying to save others

CLEVELAND – U.S. Coast Guard Station Saginaw River, Mich. rescued four good samaritans, Saturday at approximately 9:30 p.m., after they fell through the ice after trying to assist two people in distress one mile offshore Saginaw Bay in Linwood, Mich.

Coast Guard receives new search-and-rescue airboat on Thursday

SAGINAW, Mich. — Coast Guard Station Saginaw River is the first to receive a new version of the Special Purpose Craft SPC airboat from Midwest Rescue Airboats at approximately 2 p.m. Thursday.

Coast Guard Rescues Hypothermic Man

SAGINAW BAY, Mich. (D9 Public Affairs) – Coast Guard Station Saginaw River rescued a hypothermic 45-year-old man from a capsized 15-foot personal craft near Buoy No. 10 in the Saginaw Channel today at approximately 7 a.m. “He’d been clinging to his boat since 1:30 in the afternoon Sunday. Yesterday he started swimming to shore,” said Boatswain’s Mate 2nd Class Jeff Mitchell. According...