CLEVELAND, Ohio — This week’s windy, warmer winter weather helped to melt the ice cover around the Western Basin of Lake Erie and its Lake Erie Island area. That prompted the U.S. Coast Guard ...

CATAWBA ISLAND, Ohio (WJW) — The U.S. Coast Guard 9th District was called to rescue at least four people trapped on the ice on Lake Erie on Tuesday afternoon. The call came just after 4:30 p.m ...

and Connie Murzyn join cleanup efforts on the shores of Lake Erie (photo: Jodi Miller). Until recent years, it was common for the people living on South Bass Island — home to the popular tourist spot ...