{"id":767442,"date":"2026-07-17T02:21:06","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T02:21:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/767442\/"},"modified":"2026-07-17T02:21:06","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T02:21:06","slug":"conservation-officers-us-coast-guard-in-dunes-national-park-rangers-porter-portage-fire-departments-searching-after-mayday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/767442\/","title":{"rendered":"Conservation officers, US Coast Guard, IN Dunes National Park Rangers, Porter, Portage fire departments searching after mayday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">PORTER, Ind. (WLS) &#8212; Emergency crews are currently searching Lake Michigan for a vessel that was heard making a mayday call, the Indiana Department of Natural Resources said Thursday evening.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The search is focused about 2 miles northwest of Indiana Dunes State Park after the call came in from a marine radio, the IDNR said.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/abc7chicago.com\/watch\/live\/11064984\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ABC7 Chicago is now streaming 24\/7. Click here to watch<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">No contact has been made since the original mayday call was broadcast.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">SEE ALSO:<a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/abc7chicago.com\/post\/department-children-family-services-dcfs-lurie-childrens-hospital-safe-kids-illinois-promote-water-watcher-campaign\/19522447\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Illinois officials, water safety advocates say designating adult to watch kids can save lives<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Indiana Conservation officers, the United States Coast Guard, Indiana Dunes National Park Rangers, the Porter Fire Department and the Portage Fire Department are searching the water, while others search from the shore.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Anyone with information is asked to call Indiana Conservation Officers Central Dispatch at 812-837-9536.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">This is a developing story; check back with ABC7 Chicago for updates.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 WLS-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PORTER, Ind. (WLS) &#8212; Emergency crews are currently searching Lake Michigan for a vessel that was heard making&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":767443,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[327825,192,79],"class_list":["post-767442","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-327825","tag-environment","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/767442","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=767442"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/767442\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/767443"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=767442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=767442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=767442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}