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ARNOLDS PARK, Iowa (KTIV)— With just over a week until the 46th annual University of Okoboji Winter Games, organizers are ...

Some of the best surfing is possible during those icy, windy months before the lakes freeze over. Those willing to face the frost actually help boost beachside communities. When the temps drop and the ...

Winter storms on the Great Lakes can temporarily lower water levels, revealing shipwrecks and other submerged features. Strong, sustained winds during colder months push water from one end of a lake ...

According to NOAA ice analysis updated this week, average ice cover across all five Great Lakes remains below 10%. This is tracking near average for mid-December. That’s not unusual. Historically, ...

It looks like the Great Lakes region might get another relatively normal ice year − a relief given recent trends. The U.S. National Ice Center released its 2025-2026 seasonal outlook this week, ...

The Great Lakes have the potential to generate three times more electricity than all eight surrounding states currently use. Unlike oceans, Great Lakes states, not the federal government, have ...

AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (ABC 4) — Shoppers at Great Lakes Crossing Outlets near Detroit can enjoy extraordinary Black Friday deals and family-friendly holiday attractions at the state of Michigan’s ...

Thanksgiving travel could be snarled across the Great Lakes snowbelts, as the FOX Forecast Center tracks what it expects to be the most significant lake-effect snow event of the season thus far, ...

Experts say the Great Lakes can be more dangerous than the open ocean due to their volatile nature. Waves on the Great Lakes are steeper and closer together, causing choppy conditions and a rougher ...

CLEVELAND — Less than two months after Cleveland was announced as a start and end point for two of American Cruise Lines' 2026 Great Lakes itineraries, the company's ships will not be docking here ...

A blast of winter weather sent a sprinkling of snowflakes into parts of the Deep South and had plunged much of the eastern U.S. into frigid temperatures by the morning of Nov. 11. Snowflakes were ...