Story by Chief Petty Officer John Masson | U.S. Coast Guard Great Lakes | 08.08.2022
SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. – Coast Guard Sector Sault Sainte Marie will be conducting an active shooter training exercise at the Sector facility on Water Street on Tuesday, August 9, 2022....
Story by Chief Petty Officer John Masson | U.S. Coast Guard Great Lakes | 05.15.2022
DULUTH, Minn. – With the arrival of the Navy’s USS Minneapolis-St. Paul scheduled the week of May 16 in Duluth-Superior Harbor, it’s important for the public to understand what a naval vessel protection zone is, and how it affects them....
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 | 02.24.2022
PETOSKEY, Mich. -- Coast Guard units and area partners will conduct a full scale ice mass rescue exercise at the Petoskey Municipal Marina and on the waters of Little Traverse Bay beginning at noon on Saturday, February 26....
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....
