Emergency services collaborating on water rescue, look to fill gaps left by Coast Guard

Leadership from local emergency services met to begin planning better water rescue services on Lake Erie Thursday at the Ashtabula Fire Department. AFD Chief Geoff Cannon said in addition to himself ...
CBS News

Video shows Coast Guard cutter rescue snowmobiler stranded on ice near Mackinac Island

Paula Wethington is a digital producer at CBS Detroit. She previously held digital content roles at NEWSnet, Gannett/USA Today network and The Monroe News in Michigan. She is a graduate of the ...
Firehouse

Former Coast Guard Station to Become Park Township, MI, Fire Station

PARK TOWNSHIP, MI - A lakeshore community has completed its purchase of a vacated Coast Guard station. Park Township now owns the property at 2280 Ottawa Beach Road. The township plans to renovate the ...
mlive

Mackinac Island firefighters, Coast Guard brave whiteout conditions to rescue man lost in Straits

A daring rescue effort during blizzard conditions saw Mackinac Island firefighters teaming up with a U.S. Coast Guard crew to ...
Newsday

Coast Guard chopper deployed in dramatic rescue of 4 boaters pulled from Atlantic off Fire Island

U.S. Coast Guard rescuers deployed a rescue swimmer from a helicopter to save four boaters stranded in 12-foot ocean waves off Fire Island Saturday evening. At about 5:45 p.m., Coast Guard officials ...