EMPIRE, MI - Each year, thousands of visitors step out at stop #9 on Sleeping Bear Dune’s Pierce Stocking Scenic Drive and marvel at the view in front of them. The huge, perched dunes roll and drop ...

The Lake Michigan Overlook platform at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore has been removed due to erosion. Shifting dunes undercut the platform's supports, creating a safety hazard. The overlook, ...

A trail camera on private property in Hillman, Michigan, captured this photo of a black bear with a lid stuck on its neck. (Photo provided to Michigan Department of Natural Resources by Hillman ...

Western Michigan is full of lovely lake towns, from the storybook harbor city of Saugatuck to the charming Lake Michigan village of Pentwater. Further up the mitten, you'll find Glen Lake, a stunning ...

The Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore is a popular tourist attraction on the coast of Lake Michigan in northwest Michigan. The national lakeshore features sand, beaches, forests, inland lakes, ...

A 2-year-old black bear was finally freed from its misery after wildlife officials removed a plastic lid stuck on its neck for almost two years. Wildlife biologists in Montmorency County, Michigan, ...

WAUKEGAN, Ill. (WLS) -- What better way to jump into the new year than a dip in Lake Michigan. Hundreds of people woke up on New Year's Day to brave the 26th Annual Waukegan Polar Bear Plunge. "People ...

To claim your share of Up North nature—as in scenic views of Lake Michigan and the Glen Lakes, not to mention loads of sand in your pockets and shoes—make for the Sleeping Bear Dune Climb, west of ...