Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Gage Downer hates being warm, so the most uncomfortable part of ice rescue drills is standing ...

A frozen Lake Erie and a Canadian Coast Guard ship on a mission created soothing sounds as thousands of tons of steel carved ...

TOLEDO, Ohio — Editor's note: This story has been updated to include the latest information made available by the U.S. Coast Guard. The U.S. Coast Guard Great Lakes escorted a freighter through Lake ...

Two Coast Guard cutters — the Mackinaw and the Neah Bay — broke ice so other ships could continue moving or reach safe harbor. Coast Guard Cutter Neah Bay breaks ice on Lake Erie in February 2015. U.S ...

The Coast Guard is set to activate a Great Lakes Regulated Navigation Area — a safety zone in the Lake Erie Islands — at 8 a.m. Jan. 30, according to a news release. The safety zone includes waters of ...

EVANS, N.Y. (WKBW) — Two ice fishermen were rescued from Lake Erie on Sunday, thanks to the United States Coast Guard and Erie County Sheriff's Office. The sheriff's office says the U.S. Coast Guard ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — The Coast Guard is searching for two people who reportedly went missing Monday after attempting to swim their inflatable raft to shore in North Kingsville, Ohio. The two people were ...

A Day in the Life is a monthly series in which we highlight some of the area's more interesting jobs and how these people interact with the community. Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Gage Downer ...

The Erie station's ice rescue team is responsible for a large area of Lake Erie and Presque Isle Bay. Downer has participated in three ice rescues, including one involving a man drinking a beer far ...