"We were having a solid fishing trip while trolling for Lake Michigan king salmon before that fateful final strike came. Then things got real interesting..."
"We didn't expect to find this — it was really just amazing," said Andrea Pierce, a 56-year-old Ypsilanti resident and citizen of the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, who was one of four women who drove the project to inspect the Straits bottom.
Local officials are discussing a plan to install a seasonal gate that would keep people off the pier during winter months when lake conditions tend to be the most dangerous.
A Michigander is experiencing some creepy things in the woods near Lake Michigan. Is someone trying to scare her? Or are supernatural entities to blame?
A number of rescues were initiated after boaters and swimmers alike got into trouble while facing the strong wave action. One rescue attempt isn’t over. But emergency crews in South Haven are more inclined at this point to view the efforts as a potential recovery operation.