County health departments routinely collect water samples to test for bacteria levels to ensure water is safe for swimming.

Seven Michigan beaches are closed or under advisory due to high bacteria levels. Closures and advisories affect beaches in Oakland, Charlevoix, Allegan, Macomb and Grand Traverse counties. E. coli ...

MUSKEGON, MI - As the heat starts to soar today, it will feel like a great day to be at the beach. But the wind is creating ...

EDT a beach hazards statement was released by the National Weather Service valid from Wednesday 5 a.m. EDT until Thursday 5 a ...

Multiple beaches throughout the state are either closed or under bacterial contamination advisories, according to Michigan ...

WASHTENAW COUNTY, Mich. – A Washtenaw County beach was closed for swimming on Wednesday due to high levels of E. coli in the ...

Health officials have issued a no-contact advisory for Richardi Park beach in Bellaire after elevated E. coli levels were ...

Here's what we know. The NWS issued a Beach Hazard statement in Lake, Northern Cook and Central Cook Counties through Friday ...

Lake Michigan faces high waves and dangerous currents, prompting swimming warnings along Illinois, Indiana, and Michigan ...

MICHIGAN, USA — A Beach Hazards Statement has been issued by the National Weather Service for many West Michigan lakeshore ...

Don’t let those sunny conditions fool you. Thursday’s brisk wind brought on another cold-water upwelling along some Lake ...

A dive team returned to Lake Michigan Wednesday morning to continue a recovery effort for a missing teenager in the north suburbs.The boy fell in the water Tuesday afternoon at Illinois Beach State ...