Keith Kompoltowicz News Today

LELAND — Rising and falling Lake Michigan water levels are nothing new at Leland Harbor, and Harbormaster Jeremy Anderson wasn’t too worried about the latest levels forecast.

In January, when Lake Michigan’s chronically low water level reached its nadir, Leland Harbormaster Russell Dzuba faced the prospect of closing the popular harbor to keep commercial fishing vessels and pleasure boats from running aground in the shallow channel. Leland is one of dozens of Great Lakes harbors that have struggled for two decades with below average lake levels that damaged boats and caused freighters to carry less cargo to avoid hitting bottom. Closing Leland’s harbor would have...

Snowmelt and recent rain have brought Great Lakes water levels up. This spring rise is normal - and water levels are projected to increase even more this month.

Lake Michigan was still 8 inches above average in July but 26 inches below the high in 2020.

This is why we love Michigan. What to expect in terms of weather, beach cover and water conditions on the Great Lakes.

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Hydraulics and Hydrology officials forecast Great Lakes water levels to continue ...

If you’re looking at the beaches every day, you’re probably seeing more sand and generally larger beaches because of just how high the water got over the last couple of years.

One of the largest water basins in the world, the Great Lakes are subject to variability. At the forefront of this variability: Water levels.

The three townships and cities bordering Lake Macatawa have enacted more restrictions on motorboat speeds on the lake.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers releases forecast of Great Lakes' water levels thru October