LAKE ERIE - A day after a U.S. Coast Guard cutter arrived to break a cargo-hauling freighter free from the snow and ice that encased it, the 663-foot Manitoulin remained stuck late Friday.

As of Jan. 20, 38.42% of Lake Erie's surface was covered in ice of some form (most of it thin and slushy). On Tuesday, the ice coverage had expanded to 58.16%, a whopping 1,900 square miles of ice ...

The U.S. Coast Guard says a freighter is on the move after it was freed from ice that trapped it in frozen Lake Erie for days ...

Ice dunes form near Presque Isle State Park beaches as Lake Erie winter waves freeze. The dunes look solid but may be hollowed out underneath.

CLEVELAND - Lake Erie is more than half covered by ice ... Ice that forms from the show generally acts as protection. No ice means more waves pounding the shore all winter long, eroding away ...

Add the possibility of a half a foot of lake-effect snow to the bitter cold about to descend on northwestern Pennsylvania. The National Weather Service in Cleveland has issued a winter weather ...

Fishing on hold in Northern Ohio Big winds and waves and frigid weather have now slammed the door on fishing around the area, including Lake Erie, the lakes and reservoirs and the steelhead trout ...

The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Bristol Bay, left, breaks ice, Friday, Jan. 24, 2025, on Lake Erie around the lake freighter Manitoulin, which has been immobilized by thick lake ice since departing ...