The Bristol Bay, a U.S. Coast Guard cutter from Detroit, which headed Thursday toward Buffalo, New York, is attempting to free a Canadian freighter stuck in the thick ice on frigid Lake Erie.

“The situation that we are facing here on Lake Erie is that we have greater ice thickness than usual, so local ice breakers and local Coast Guard vessels don’t have the capability to break ice ...

A Canadian freighter with 17 people on board got stuck in the ice on Lake Erie while departing Buffalo, according to the Coast Guard, which arrived with icebreaking equipment Thursday to begin ...

CATAWBA ISLAND, Ohio (WJW) — The U.S. Coast Guard 9th District was called to rescue at least four people trapped on the ice on Lake Erie on Tuesday afternoon. The call came just after 4:30 p.m ...

The U.S. Coast Guard was among several agencies that rescued four people from an ice floe in Lake Erie. Air Station Detroit and Station Marblehead both received a report from the Catawba Island ...

OTTAWA COUNTY, Ohio (CBS DETROIT) - The Coast Guard's Air Station Detroit helicopter crew assisted on an ice rescue call Tuesday afternoon in Lake Erie, near Catawba Island State Park in Ottawa ...

Erie is typically the first to freeze. Right now, data shows the lake is 80% covered in ice. Freighters getting stuck in the winter is not uncommon, the Coast Guard said. Several ships already ...

The lake freighter Manitoulin is immobilized by thick ice in Lake Erie outside the Buffalo River breakwall as it awaits the arrival of U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Bristol Bay which is en route from ...

Winter Weather Advisory: Second round of snow arrives While U.S. Coast Guard ... lake actually keep the water moving, and so it takes longer for ice to form. But where there’s ice — particularly if it ...

OTTAWA COUNTY, Ohio — The Coast Guard, in conjunction with Catawba Island first responders, rescued four ice fishermen who were stranded on an ice floe in Lake Erie ... ahold of us on Channel ...