Lake Michigan

FOX6 News Milwaukee unveiled its first documentary, "Gales of November: The Final Voyage of the Edmund Fitzgerald," on Friday, Nov. 7.

"Deep Thought," the boat that sat abandoned on Milwaukee's lakefront for seven months, is now in pieces – and you can get one for yourself.

FOX6 Milwaukee will unveil its first documentary, "Gales of November: The Final Voyage of the Edmund Fitzgerald," offering an exploration into one of the Great Lakes' most enduring mysteries.

A man was rescued on Lake Michigan on Friday, Oct. 3, when he drifted a mile out from North Beach in Racine and was unable to swim back.

The City of Racine announced on Wednesday, Sept. 24 that it is enhancing water safety measures at Carre Hogle Park on Lake Michigan.

The Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District announced on Friday, Sept. 19, that roughly 20,000 gallons of wastewater escaped the treatment process and ended up in Lake Michigan.

Milwaukee Riverkeeper is suing the City of Racine, saying it ignored an open records request on projected water usage at Microsoft’s Mount Pleasant data center.

After decades of scouring the bottom of Lake Michigan, searchers have finally found the wreckage of a cargo schooner that sank during a ferocious storm almost 140 years ago off the Wisconsin coastline.

An aircraft crashed into Lake Michigan on Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025.

The end of August is serving up a taste of fall across southern Wisconsin, and with it comes a slight risk of waterspouts over Lake Michigan on Monday and Tuesday.

The body of a 24-year-old man was recovered from Lake Michigan at South Shore Park on Friday morning, Aug. 15.

Milwaukee County's auction for abandoned boat "Deep Thought" hoped to recoup removal costs. The bidding is falling far short of expectations.

The body of a 14-year-old Milwaukee boy who went missing in Lake Michigan at Illinois Beach State Park on Tuesday was found.

The large and powerful tugboat was intentionally sunk a century ago.

A Wisconsin angler discovered the wreck of an abandoned tugboat submerged in the waters of Lake Michigan for more than a century, state officials said.

Deep Thought, the boat that's been abandoned at Milwaukee's lakefront since October, cost an estimated $50,000 to remove on Tuesday alone.