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  1. The Canadian tug boat the city hired Friday and Saturday was able to break ice just east of the 10th Street Bridge. Wind and weather concerns caused the process to be halted. More...
  2. It wasn't immediately known why the Wilhelm Baum sunk in the Black River in South Haven, where it was docked. No one was aboard tugboat at the time. More...
  3. Parasitic sea lampreys may have established a self-sustaining population in Michigan's Inland Waterway, a nearly 40-mile-long chain of lakes and rivers popular with anglers and boaters. More...
  4. Forecast increases in water use by local industries over the next 40 years is the primary reason Waukesha cannot reduce the volume of its Lake Michigan diversion request. More...
  5. Despite advancements cleaning up and controlling some types of water pollution, much work remains to restore the bay of Green Bay and protect it for future generations, a new research report has found. More...
  6. The city of Duluth will receive the first ever "Shoreline Cities, Green Infrastructure'' program grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. More...
  7. More locks in the Niagara area are moving to hands-free mooring, a system that secures a vessel during a lock transit without lines tied to a bollard. More...
  8. Niagara River Cruises has been approved to continue docking their ship in North Tonawanda, N.Y., ensuring the water shuttle service and specialty cruise line will continue operation this summer. More...
  9. If there's a silver lining to this year's invasion of the polar vortex, it's this: an even bigger Great Lakes ice show. More...
  10. Even though the vast majority of Lake Superior is frozen, researchers are continuing their attempts to see what's under those giant sheets of ice. More...
  11. We finally had an entirely clear sky over the Great Lakes that surround Michigan. As a result, we get a spectacular look at the impressive ice fields. More...
  12. Ohio's Cuyahoga Valley National Park is again home to a nesting population of great blue herons. Their migration patterns in Ohio are extremely variable. More...
  13. The owl, found trapped in the basement of a building on Jan. 16 has been successfully rehabilitated at Lake Erie Nature & Science center and released back into the wild. More...
  14. The hard temperature are keeping Local fish lovers eating Lake Erie perch like candy. In Norfolk County, Ont. a plate of Lake Erie perch, which can be fished all year round, is the de facto official dish. It appears on nearly every menu in Port Dover, Ont. More...
  15. Cuyahoga Valley National park, OH is again home to a nesting population of Great Blue Herons, visible by visiting the park. More...
  16. Rochester's harbor is among several ports along Lake Ontario scheduled for dredging this year to remove sediment deposited by Hurricane Sandy in 2012. More...
  17. North Tonawanda, NY, Common Council approved the lease agreement to allow Niagara River Cruises Inc. to continue docking their ship ensuring The water shuttle service and specialty cruise line opened last summer will continue operation this summer. More...
  18. Officials at Cliffs Natural Resources last week gave a recap of their 2013 business and a look-ahead to 2014, when the mining company expects increased demand for iron ore with a growing U.S. economy. More...
  19. Rental rates for slips at the Erie Basin Marina are going up next year, but boaters say they have been left in the dark about whether they will even have a place at the marina for the upcoming season. More...
  20. A plan to buy more than 50 new U.S. Navy ships with ties to Northeastern Wisconsin remains in question in Washington, D.C., as local lawmakers work to secure continued support for those purchases. More...
  21. On display in the Atrium Gallery at the Crooked Tree Arts Center in Petoskey, MI is the new work of Petoskey artist Anne Morningstar which depicts current invasive species of the Great Lakes. More...
  22. The town could turn to a St. Lawrence County organization for grant funding to get the Thousand Islands-St. Lawrence River region designated as a Scenic Area of Statewide Significance. More...
  23. The Crystal Beach ice caves in Fort Erie, Ont., have become somewhat dangerous as two people have been hurt in tumbles on the slippery terrain covering a frozen Lake Erie. More...
  24. Crowds of people are trekking on a frozen-over Lake Superior in Wisconsin to reach dramatic ice caves accessible on foot for the first time in several years, courtesy of the long frigid winter. More...
  25. The sailing trip we took last July across Lake Superior - from Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., to Duluth, Minn., - began in January when I discovered an e-mail with the subject line saying "Come aboard"; until then, I hadn't known it was possible to join the crew. More...
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