Lake News

St. Joseph -- If Mike Boyd had his druthers, the king salmon his customers take out of Lake Michigan would all weigh 12-14 pounds.

Lake Express continues to aggressively discount fares this year to bolster ridership on the high-speed ferry service between Milwaukee and Muskegon.

Business is going on as usual at most banks Friday, despite it falling on July 3. Other organizations are closing early for the Independence Day holiday or limiting hours.

TRAVERSE CITY -- Attention, foodies: Something yummy is happening in the Traverse City area.

A company that ferries riders across Lake Michigan is cutting some prices by 40 percent for the next two months.

Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp, whose 1,400 acre campus is located just north of Muskegon in Manistee National Forest, continues their 2009 Summer Arts Festival with a performance by the Verdehr Trio and the Blue Lake Festival Band.

The Department of Natural Resources' Southern Lake Michigan Management Unit has announced fishery management actions and activities for the 2009-2010 angling season.

TWIN LAKE, Mich. - A Michigan arts camp has canceled a three-week orchestra tour of Europe after several students came down with the flu.

The leaders of a team studying perplexingly low water levels on Lakes Michigan and Huron during the past decade have decided to add two public hearings on the issue in Wisconsin next month.

Utica's downtown charms abound in the form of old-fashioned streetlamps, brick pavers and the pretty homes that line Cass Avenue and surrounding streets.

Jun 24, 2009 7:24 pm US/Central The death of a 16-year-old boy who drowned Tuesday in Lake Michigan in the South Side Kenwood neighborhood has been ruled an accident, an autopsy Wednesday has determined.

Many electrogalvanized parts require a chromate sealer or other additional processing to improve corrosion resistance or other performance characteristics.

A long-standing controversy continues in Fruitland Township over the private use of township property on Duck Lake, but the final decision on the matter is now up to the township's parks and recreation commission.

Kyle Huggett tugged at a stubborn tree root with gloved hands, his teeth gritted as he twisted the stump out of the ground.

Angling guru Spence Petros reports from Lake Geneva that this season for bass is one of the best in years.

Several areas of historical interest in southwestern lower Michigan will be commemorated in the coming months, all with this in common: They were popular way stations along what once was known as the West Michigan Pike, now U.S.-31. Among them is Scenic Drive, a picturesque two-lane road that winds along the Lake Michigan shoreline between Muskegon ...

In a 6-1 vote, the Shelby Village Council May 28 set its annual millage rate. The village will collect 10.7194 mills for general operations, 2.7328 for local streets and 4.5 mills for street improvement for a 17.9522 mill total.

The state is kicking in cash to help two West Michigan communities beautify streets and create a bike path.

A company that ferries riders across Lake Michigan says it's extending a promotion that allows kids to travel free.

Film animation pioneer Winsor McCay will be receiving recognition posthumously next week from his hometown of Spring Lake and the state.