beach closures

The Great Lakes Surf Rescue Project has been monitoring the green, yellow and red flags used to indicate surf conditions at beaches along Lake Michigan — and says they are often clearly wrong.

A new report looks at some of the most polluted beaches in Michigan. In 2019, several dozen of Michigan’s beaches tested were unsafe at one point or…

You might want to check online before heading to your favorite beaches this holiday, especially if you plan on going to beaches in Grand Traverse or Wayne…

The Great Lakes region didn't do so well last year in beach water quality, according to the annual beach report by Natural Resources Defense Council. More…

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) - About three dozen local health departments and other agencies that usually receive state funding to monitor beach waters for…

Childhood poverty rate high in MichiganThis year’s Kids Count report from the Michigan League for Public Policy and the Annie E. Casey Foundation says…

Before you head to the beach this summer, you might want to check on the conditions.There’s a free beach app you can get for your Android phone. It’s…

Michiganders don’t have to take a trip to see if their favorite beach is closed. BeachGuard is a website run by Michigan’s Department of Environmental…