Indigenous activists ripped the plywood off the abandoned Coast Guard station in Milwaukee's McKinley Park and occupied it.

The commander of the Coast Guard’s largest station was fired June 3 for failing to follow proper procedures in the wake of harassment accusations in the command, service officials announced.

Coast Guard issues warning about lost military flares on Lake Michigan shore, urging beachgoers not to handle them.

The Coast Guard issued a warning Tuesday about three “unaccounted phosphorous pyrotechnics” that were lost in the lake during a joint exercise with the Air Force near Milwaukee. Four flares ...