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This week on Points North, a community prepares to be stranded on an island in the middle of winter. Plus, a furrier transforms animal pelts into…
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Last winter freezing temperatures hit some people harder than others. On Neebish Island, 20 miles south of Sault Ste. Marie, thick ice formed on the St.…
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Two weeks into the government shutdown, some Michigan communities are coming together to support federal employees working without pay. One of the groups…
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The U.S. Coast Guard will open a new facility to prepare for a potential oil spill in the Great Lakes. As part of the Coast Guard reauthorization bill…
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Environmental groups say the U.S. Coast Guard is not ready for an oil spill in the Great Lakes. The Coast Guard is required by law to have a plan for a…
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The U.S. Coast Guard has a message for us: knock it off with the prank calls. The Coast Guard is seeing a big jump in phony distress calls : more than...
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There are many Michiganders feeling uneasy about the idea of those 62-year-old twin oil pipelines running along the bottom of the Straits of Mackinac....
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Police and the U.S. Coast Guard are urging people not to swim in Grand Traverse Bay or other frigid bodies of water.A social media challenge has many…