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Report downgrades Oak Creek bluff collapse damage The bluff failure and landslide at the Oak Creek power plant sent less coal ash and dirt into Lake Michigan than was first...
Odd trash from Chicago found in Muskegon State Park Jim Plant has found some unusual things while cleaning up Lake Michigan beaches, and wondered how on earth they got there.On...
Sunken ship in Lake Michigan is named to National Register of Historic Places SHEBOYGAN, Wis. — A Lake Michigan ship that sank in 1880 in southeastern Wisconsin has been named to the National...
Supposed site of Griffon shipwreck to be partially excavated Researchers didn't find conclusive proof that whatever is lying just under the bottom of Lake Michigan is the long-lost...
Repairs get icebreaker under way The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Mackinaw left Superior’s Fraser Shipyards on Thursday after workers repaired an oil leak...
Milwaukee divers search for missing shipwrecks in Lake Michigan WITI-TV, MILWAUKEE—There are about 2,500 shipwrecks beneath the waves of Lake Michigan, and about 1,000 of them are...
Air pollution: Chicago-area coal plant to shut down earlier than expected After deciding it isn't worth cleaning up one of the nation's dirtiest power plants, the owners of an aging coal-...
GVSU wind buoy performing well on Lake Michigan after rough-water weekend MUSKEGON — Lake Michigan waters provided Grand Valley State University's wind assessment buoy a challenging...
Bluff collapse at power plant sends dirt, coal ash into lake Oak Creek - A large section of bluff collapsed Monday next to the We Energies Oak Creek Power Plant, sending dirt...
Facility along Kewaunee RIver aids sturgeon project As part of rehabilitating the lake sturgeon population in Lake Michigan, sturgeon have been hatched, reared and stocked from...
Schuette again files Asian carp appeal with Supreme Court In its ongoing legal battle over methods to stop Asian carp, Michigan will again ask the U.S. Supreme Court to hear its...
Playing on Chicago River could make you sick The Chicago River is largely toilet water, so it would stand to reason that playing in it could make you sick. But according...
Michigan's tagging program for chinook salmon tops 2 million fish LANSING — Fisheries officials bordering Lake Michigan and Lake Huron will soon have a clearer picture of how chinook...
You haven't lived here until ... You try stand-up paddleboarding in Lake Michigan   IS THIS ANYTHING LIKE DOING STAND-UP COMEDY? Only in that you also run the risk of falling on your face. SO WHAT IS...
As mussel numbers explode and fish vanish from Lake Michigan, the last in a long line of Milwaukee commercial fishermen sets course for Alaska It's mid-April and the gray-haired fisherman and his gray-haired son are not headed out for just another day of hoisting...
Sleeping Bear Dunes Voted 'Most Beautiful Place in America' Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, tucked away in the northwest corner of Michigan's Lower Peninsula, won the title...
Behind the Scenes of Station Grand Haven GRAND HAVEN -- Area residents and boaters are used to seeing Coast Guard crews on patrol in local waterways, and responding...
Public to get chance to weigh in on lake levels study The public will get a chance next month to comment on a new U.S. and Canadian report that says it is possible to raise the...
Catching a wave on the lake In 1998, Ryan Gerard first tried surfing. The waves he glided on for the first time were not in any ocean though; they were...
New owner sought for Milwaukee lighthouse If the federal government took out a want ad, it would probably say this: Free to a good home, Milwaukee's breakwater...
Raising Lakes Huron, Michigan Costly TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — Artificially raising water levels in Lakes Huron and Michigan to compensate for drop-offs...
APNewsBreak: Raising Lakes Huron, Michigan costly TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — Artificially raising water levels in Lakes Huron and Michigan to compensate for drop-offs...
Smooth sailing for boaters in spite of high gas prices Joann Murphy used to take her 40-foot motor yacht out once a week during months when the weather was nice. This summer,...
A closer look: The dangers of Lake MI GRAND HAVEN, Mich. (WOOD) - In an unexpected embrace between perfect strangers, every year people must lock arms and comb...
Future still in doubt as S.S. Badger sets sail MANITOWOC - The S.S. Badger kicked off its 2011 season Thursday; however, the carferry is still looking for fuel...
Waukesha to be given okay for Lake Michigan water WAUKESHA, Wis. (WTAQ) - Waukesha’s application for Lake Michigan water will be pronounced complete in the next two...
Coast Guard offers tips on water, boating safety MICHIGAN CITY | The U.S. Coast Guard wants people to know how to be safe in and on the water, and the effort appears to be...
Taking advantage of Lake Michigan MANITOWOC — Tourism was a $120 million business in Manitowoc County in 2010, and taking advantage of Lake Michigan...
Offshore wind turbine issue not on Michigan's radar screen until fall HOLLAND — The controversial idea of putting huge wind turbines in Lake Michigan will take a summer vacation.
Resurgence of native Great Lakes fish welcomed LANSING — Thought to have been a lost genetic strain of native fish, the reef cisco has reappeared in Lake Michigan in...
Sunken Muskegon lumber schooner returns home, in an exhibit MUSKEGON — The long, mysterious trip of a Muskegon lumber schooner's final voyage is figuratively over.
Lakeshore Areas Look To McBain As They Decide On Large Wind Proposals Proposals to build large scale wind turbines along the coast of Lake Michigan have generated controversy in northern...
Muskegon-to-Milwaukee Lake Express ferry service to delay start of sea MUSKEGON — The start of the 2011 Lake Express sailing season will be delayed by about three weeks as work is done to...
A head start for baby salmon Grand Haven — The Lake Michigan salmon fishery will get a shot in the arm Tuesday when local charter boat captains and...
Invasive mussels causing massive ecological changes in Great Lakes Ann Arbor, Mich.—The ongoing spread of non-native mussels in the Great Lakes has caused "massive, ecosystem-wide...
What to expect as Lake Michigan water levels predicted to hover near historic lows this summer SAUGATUCK — When the 150-passenger Star of Saugatuck paddleboat churns its way into Lake Kalamazoo this summer, the...
Feds probe chronic sewage overflows into lake, streams Billed as an engineering marvel and national model, Chicago's Deep Tunnel was designed to protect Lake Michigan from...
41,000 lake trout planted in Lake Michigan at Ludington The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Jordan River Hatchery planted about 41,000 lake trout fingerlings into Lake...
Commercial Fishing Net Public Hearing Set For Bayfield Proposed changes to rules governing when and where commercial fishers can set trap nets in southern Lake Michigan, and how...
Lake Trout Recovery Efforts Bolstered Efforts to reestablish lake trout in Lake Michigan are getting a boost. Agencies that manage the fishery have agreed to...
Power company holds off on cleaning up Chicago-area coal plants The construction permits are in and the financing is ready to go, but some of the Chicago area's biggest sources of...
Bayview Yacht Club opens registrations for 87th Mackinac Race Detroit’s Bayview Yacht Club, one of the of the most storied and historic sailing club’s in the world, announced...
Port Washington seeks to convert coal docks to green space Port Washington - Where generations of city residents looked out on massive hills of coal waiting to fuel the lakefront...
Article says low levels on Lakes Michigan, Huron are a nonissue A government-funded article circulating on the Internet reports that people living on the Lake Michigan shoreline aren't...
Door Co. angler catches big perch Danny Anschutz of Sturgeon Bay caught a 16 1/8-inch perch Saturday that weighed between 2¼ and 2¾ pounds on a...
Great Lakes Memorial Marina Needs Dredging The Marina Management Group (MMG) presented its annual report to members of the Menominee Harbor and Industrial Commission...
Great Lakes: Anglers getting limits of whitefish Whitefishing remains hot, with many 10-fish limits hooked by anglers working 20 to 40 feet of water from Dyckesville to...
Lake Michigan coastal erosion and bluff failures In 2008, heavy rain triggered mudslides in Grant Park—with trees and chunks of land literally skidding down bluffs,...
10 Lake County communities can dip into Lake Michigan water The Illinois Department of Natural Resources has approved allowing 10 Lake County communities to tap into Lake Michigan, a...
UWM assists in Milwaukee windmill project The Institute of Ecological Design, a research endeavor spearheaded by UW-Milwaukee’s School of Architecture and Urban...

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