The U.S. Coast Guard says a freighter is on the move after it was freed from ice that trapped it in frozen Lake Erie for days.

The U.S. and Canadian Coast Guards are continuing efforts to break up ice and free a freighter that has been trapped in a frozen Lake Erie for days, officials said.

Some storm-weary residents of the Great Lakes region have seen continued snowfall and are facing the prospect of even more accumulations this week.

Black Friday is giving way to a white weekend in parts of New York state.

Western Lake Erie is an ideal environment for the bacteria that make up algae.

Small towns and rural enclaves along the path of April’s total solar eclipse are steeling for huge crowds of sun chasers who plan to catch a glimpse of day turning into dusk in North America.

A strike has shut down all shipping on the St. Lawrence Seaway, interrupting exports of grain and other goods from Canada and the United States via the Great Lakes to the rest the world.

The NFL is relocating the Bills' home game against the Cleveland Browns to Detroit on Sunday because of a lake-effect snowstorm set to hit the Buffalo region.

An avid paddleboarder, Mike Shoreman was told he could never paddleboard again. But he didn’t pay attention to that edict and now is trying to make history.

Some parts of the Northern Great Lakes region were greeted by their first significant snowfall of the season earlier this week, but not even the arrival of the fluffy white stuff could mask these historic times for the Great Lakes themselves.

Researchers are expecting another mild algae outbreak on Lake Erie this summer.

It was 75 years ago this summer when allied forces stormed the beaches of Normandy in Operation Overlord, also known as D-Day. Friday, that heroic invasion played out on the shores of Lake Erie.

These mayflies come from the waters of Lake Erie. According to the Ohio Sea Grant research and education program. The swarm was so dense that it was captured on the weather radar of CNN affiliate WOIO on Wednesday. These mayflies come from the waters of Lake Erie. Residents may find them annoying, but the mayfly swarm is an indication of good water health in the Great Lakes, according to Ohio Sea Grant.