Finally, on March 13, 1950, the Common Council approved a design competition for a city flag. The winner, designed by 17-year ...

This has been the Milwaukee flag since 1955.The new flag would feature the sun rising over Lake Michigan. It also includes three blue bars representing the city's three rivers: Milwaukee ...

Milwaukee's current city flag reflects its history and is clearly this city on a lake, its supporters say. The People's Flag depicting the sun rising over Lake Michigan is simple, meaningful and ...

With heavy traffic expected at Michigan’s beaches this weekend, conditions are expected to be ideal in Lake Michigan. Here is ...

Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office investigators are examining human remains that were discovered Thursday morning along a remote section of Lake Michigan's shoreline near 3305 Marina Road.

Commonly known as the People's Flag of Milwaukee, the depiction of the sun rising over Lake Michigan has been organically adopted across the community, Ald. Peter Burgelis said in a statement.

After a heated hourlong debate, the Milwaukee Common Council delayed a vote Tuesday on whether to change the official city flag to "Sunrise Over the Lake," commonly known as the People's Flag. The ...

More: Abandoned boat on Lake Michigan picked apart, covered in graffiti More: All of our reporting on Deep Thought, the abandoned boat along Lake Michigan in Milwaukee.

Newspapers described how on July 9, 1868, the Milwaukee set a course to Muskegon, Michigan to pick up a cargo of lumber as a nearly identical ship, the C. Hickox, left Muskegon for Chicago with a ...

One 17-year-old was found dead and two others were rescued in Lake Michigan after they became distressed in the water while swimming. A possible drowning incident in Lake Michigan was reported to ...

In addition to the 40-pounder caught last week off Algoma, a 47.86-pounder was caught Aug. 7, 2021, off Ludington, Michigan. That fish set the Michigan and Great Lakes records for chinook salmon.

HOLLAND, Mich. — Explorers from the Michigan Shipwreck Research Association (MSRA) have discovered and identified the remains of the steam barge Milwaukee, which sank in 1886, about 40 miles ...