Story by Petty Officer 3rd Class Omar Faba | U.S. Coast Guard Great Lakes | 08.09.2024
MACKINAC ISLAND, Mich. — U.S. Coast Guard units coordinated with local partners in a response to a capsized vessel with five persons and a dog in the water off Mackinac Island, Michigan on Friday....
Story by Chief Petty Officer John Masson | U.S. Coast Guard Great Lakes | 04.05.2022
MACKINAW CITY, Mich. — The Coast Guard and others responded tonight in the Straits of Mackinac after a Mackinac Island ferry with 144 passengers and four crewmembers aboard lost steering while on its way from the island....
Story by Chief Petty Officer John Masson | U.S. Coast Guard Great Lakes | 02.07.2022
MACKINAC ISLAND, Mich. — The Coast Guard responded to an urgent request for medical assistance on Mackinac Island today in an unusually improvisational way....
Story by Staff Sgt. Tegan Kucera | Michigan National Guard | 09.02.2020
MACKINAC ISLAND – Untouched by cars, untouched by COVID-19, and Mackinac Island would like to keep it that way.
Story by Master Sgt. Denice Rankin | Michigan National Guard | 11.06.2014
The Michigan National Guard’s 51st Weapons of Mass Destruction, Civil Support Team, based in Fort Custer Training Center in Battle Creek, Michigan, conducted a training exercise the first week in November with Michigan upper peninsula civil authorities from Mackinac Island and St. Ignace sheriff, emergency 911 personnel and medical professionals....
