County health departments routinely collect water samples to test for bacteria levels to ensure water is safe for swimming.

This weekend will be steamy, sweltering and just plain hot with “feels like” temperatures approaching 100 degrees in much of ...

LAKE MICHIGAN - In the first half of 2025, there have been 18 drownings in Lake Michigan. Of those, three have occurred in the waters off Michigan’s shoreline, according to the most recent ...

Lake Michigan is the deadliest lake in America, statistics show. Yet, there are no lifeguards at 99% of our state's public beaches, all while coastal towns rake in hundreds of thousands of dollars ...

Lake Michigan is the deadliest lake in America, statistics show. Yet, there are no lifeguards at 99% of our state's public beaches, all while coastal towns rake in hundreds of thousands of dollars ...

Why Lake Michigan is especially dangerous According to the National Weather Service, the west Michigan coastline along Lake Michigan has the most current related incidents of all of the Great ...

Potentially dangerous swimming and boating conditions are developing along several Lake Michigan beaches and in the nearshore waters. Stay with the Fox 17 Weather Ready forecast team.

So far, drownings on Lake Michigan are outpacing deaths on all the other Great Lakes. Lake Michigan has long been known as the deadliest of the Great Lakes.