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Columbus has spent $723,000 to get rid of the rotten taste and smell in drinking water caused by toxic algae at Hoover Reservoir and dozens of water-treatment plants along Erie are in the same boat. More...

The St. Lawrence Seaway is raising its rates in 2014, even though its volume of business dropped during 2013, and the seaway's toll increases have been accepted by shippers and marine carriers. More...

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is proposing adding 192 waterways to a list of those that don't meet water quality standards, most of which have excessive levels of phosphorus, which spurs weed and algae growth. More...

The Great Lakes and Wisconsin's small lakes and aquifers water levels all rise and fall on a 13-year cycle, according to a new study. But that cycle is now mysteriously out of whack, researchers have found. More...

Although the ice is no fun now, the increasingly thick ice on Lake Michigan will be beneficial to the surrounding area for months to come. More...

GLIN's February Site of the Month is FLOW: For Love of Water, a non-profit organization working to ensure the Great Lakes are protected now and for future generations. Founded in 2008, their goal is to deeply educate citizens and decision makers and to advance public trust principles as solutions for the governance and protection of the waters of the Great Lakes Basin. More...

Officials want to increase the romance of the Fort Gratiot Light Station with a proposal to make events at the light station cheaper. More...

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is proposing adding 192 waterways to a list of those that don't meet water quality standards, most of which have excessive levels of phosphorus, which spurs weed and algae growth. More...

The Great Lakes and Wisconsin's small lakes and aquifers water levels all rise and fall on a 13-year cycle, according to a new study. But that cycle is now mysteriously out of whack, researchers have found. More...

Grand Valley State University, the West Michigan Environmental Action Council and the consulting firm Williams & Works are conducting a "listening session" on a Lake Michigan Water Trail. More...

Although the ice is no fun now, the increasingly thick ice on Lake Michigan will be beneficial to the surrounding area for months to come. More...

In most parts on Muskegon Lake, the ice is about two feet thick, making it a safe for anglers to go out onto. More...

Camp Perry's plan to install a commercial-scale wind turbine has been suspended indefinitely, if not halted for good, because of two bird conservation groups. More...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District, has presented a plan to invite bidders for the Lake Ontario harbors dredging projects of five harbors. More...

The propane shortage has left much of Wisconsin paying more for heat, but a town on Madeline Island is turning down the thermostat as they prepare to conserve due to the shortage. More...

A federal appeals court has kept alive a lawsuit filed by a group of Lake Michigan shoreline property owners who want compensation for erosion losses caused by the twin piers in St. Joseph, MI. More...

Marilyn Bell Di Lascio is charming, polite and quick with a joke, but she is also an international swimming legend -- the first person ever to succeed at swimming across Lake Ontario. More...

When the Canada Centre for Inland Waters officially opened in May 1972, it was described as the "finest of its kind in North America, maybe in the world," but 40 years later, critics say the sprawling agency on the Beach Strip is a shadow of its former self. More...

Some water-treatment plant operators along western Lake Erie where harmful algae blooms are a threat to the drinking water think there should be state or federal guidelines for detecting the algae inside their plants. More...

Among the many decisions that Hornblower Cruises & Events Inc. had to make as it prepares to start its Hornblower Niagara Cruises this spring from Niagara Falls, Ont., was what color will the slickers be for passengers aboard the tour boats. More...

The Great Lakes are under the largest cover of ice in 20 years causing several freighters to be stuck in the Great Lakes; six are stuck in Lake St. Clair and the Detroit River alone. More...

Residents and first nation send petition to Ontario Power Generation (OPG) and the Ministry of the Environment asking them to halt plans for a deep geologic repository (DGR) near Kincardine, Ont. that would house low- and intermediate-level waste from the Bruce nuclear plan More...

what happens in the next two months will impact water levels on Lake Michigan. Snow storms caused by lake effect are not as beneficial as storms that suck moisture from sources other than Lake Michigan. More...

About 60% of the surface of the Great Lakes is frozen solid but don't take that as an invitation to walk, sled or drive its breadth or length. There are enough cracks and pops in the ice to make any attempted cross-lake trek a life-threatening folly. More...

Marilyn Bell Di Lascio seems just a nice old lady- charming, polite and quick with a joke but she is also an international swimming legend -- the first person ever to succeed at swimming across Lake Ontario. More...