TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (WPBN/WGTU)— A historic tugboat is making waves at the Great Lakes Maritime Academy, providing cadets with new training opportunities. The Robinson Bay, donated by the U.S. Great ...

On Saturday and Sunday, people can catch “The Fitzgerald’s Legacy and the Power of Tugs,” the latest episode of Great Lakes Now from Detroit PBS. On this episode of Great Lakes Now, learn why the ...

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (WPBN/WGTU) -- The historic tugboat Robinson Bay is on the move with a Great Lakes Maritime Academy crew on board. The tugboat was officially handed off to the Great Lakes ...

While it might not have been a good night for fishing, Christopher Thuss went out on one evening earlier this month, hoping to catch something. It's not a tale about "the one that got away," either.

A once-retired Great Lakes tugboat, the Forney, soon will return to service in a new home: the Twin Ports. The vessel has been purchased by a Knife River family with a deep ship-handling heritage.

GREEN BAY (WLUK) -- Green Bay police responded to multiple calls for service at Lambeau Field Sunday as the heated rivalry between the Green Bay Packers and th Wisconsin DNR State Deer Specialist Jeff ...

There’s little time to get comfortable in the series premiere of the new History channel series, “Great Lake Warriors.” The first episode in the series about tugboat captains and their crews includes ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — A new shipwreck discovery has been confirmed on Lake Superior. The Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society has confirmed that teams have located the Satellite, a tugboat ...

The St. Lawrence Seaway brings huge, ocean-going freighters to the North Country’s backyard on the St. Lawrence River. But, most people don’t know about the much smaller tugboats that guide them and ...

A Wisconsin angler with a family legacy of shipwreck discoveries has discovered one of the largest tugboats to ever tow on the Great Lakes, scrapped more than a century ago off the shores of Manitowoc ...

The J.C. Ames, a 160-foot tugboat, was discovered by a Wisconsin angler near Manitowoc. The tug, built in 1881, had a long career in the lumber and pulpwood trades before being scrapped in 1923. The ...