The shipping season is almost over. But the ice in the harbor still needs clearing, and the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Mackinaw was happy to help. She’s been assigned duty for Operation Taconite ...

The Coast Guard recently announced the closure of the waters between St. Ignace and Mackinac Island, which will take effect on Feb. 16. The Ninth Coast Guard District, which oversees all Coast ...

An ice shanty was discovered in the shipping channel between Duluth and Superior last week, which led to the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter, the Mackinaw, being sent out to investigate. “We took it ...

The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Mackinaw made an unexpected stop in the shipping channel in Superior on Thursday last week. They stopped to remove an ice shelter that had migrated into the channel.

One at a time, 1,200 Christmas trees were offloaded from the United States Coast Guard Cutter Mackinaw. The massive vessel and its crew, making the multi-day journey to deliver Christmas cheer ...

CHICAGO (CBS) --A U.S. Coast Guard ship carrying 1,200 Christmas trees from Michigan arrived Friday at Navy Pier. The cutter Mackinaw made the annual Christmas Tree Ship voyage to deliver those ...

On Saturday morning at Chicago's Navy Pier, 1,200 Christmas trees will be ceremonially unloaded from the Coast Guard Cutter Mackinaw, the Guard's only heavy icebreaker on the Great Lakes.