The Latest Breaking News from Lake Michigan

Schooner Trinidad hailed as ‘significant shipwreck’ after successful sonar search reveals well preserved vessel

Shipwreck hunters have discovered the intact remains of a schooner that sank in Lake Michigan in 1881 and is so well-preserved it still contains the crew’s long-ago possessions in its final resting spot miles from Wisconsin’s coastline

Zach Suchanuk caught a muskie and lost another Saturday while fishing for smallmouth bass on southern Lake Michigan to earn Fish of the Week.

The operators of a historic ferry that carries traffic across Lake Michigan between Michigan and Wisconsin say it is out of service for the rest of the season after its ramp system was damaged in July

Wilbert Hayes, 43 was at the lakefront early Sunday with his family after his shift when he went under the water and did not resurface, authorities say.

Authorities say a woman died and six other people were hospitalized after a boat struck a Chicago breakwall and capsized in Lake Michigan amid strong winds and high waves

The man was identified as Melvin Guzman. His body was pulled from the lake Friday evening. An autopsy is pending, police and the Cook County Medical Examiner’s office said.

CHICAGO — Hours before heavy rains swamped Chicago and Cook County suburbs on July 2, the region’s $3.8 billion flood-control project appeared ready as can be to bottle up storm runoff.

Summer patterns, including big brown trout on southern Lake Michigan, settle in and lead this sprawling raw-file Midwest Fishing Report.