Coast Guard searching for man overboard

GREEN BAY, Wis. – The U.S. Coast Guard is searching for a 40-year-old male who fell overboard from a 27-foot sport fisher on the southwest side of Chambers Island, Sunday, at approximately 11:30 p.m.

Coast Guard rescues three after vessel capsizes

WASHINGTON ISLAND, Wisc. — The U.S. Coast Guard rescued three people Monday after their vessel capsized off of Ephraim Harbor, Wisc. The three people were not wearing a personal floatation device. The fourth person on the vessel, a child, was wearing a PFD. Coast Guard Sector Lake Michigan, located in Milwaukee, received a report at approximately 3:45 p.m., that a vessel with four people on...

Washington Island Woman Medevaced by Coast Guard

WASHINGTON ISLAND, Wis. — The Coast Guard medically evacuated a 35-year-old pregnant woman from Washington Island because she was in active labor at approximately 2:00 a.m. today. A Coast Guard Station Washington Island 30-foot response boat was launched to assist the woman. “She was early with her due date and the ferries don’t run through the night, they called the Coast Guard because...