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"This has been an ongoing problem," said Commissioner Marilyn Burton, adding the customs agents have had years to respond to the delays at the south end of the International Bridge. "It's unacceptable." More...

GLIN's January Site of the Month is AsianCarp.us, the website of the Asian Carp Regional Coordinating Committee. The Committe aims to protect and maintain the integrity and safety of the Great Lakes ecosystem from an Asian carp invasion via all viable pathways. More...

The Minnehaha Creek Watershed District has found that zebra mussels have become more prominent on the east side of Lake Minnetonka and are spreading to the west. More...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will soon use $100,000 in emergency funding to dredge the St. Joseph River mouth, allowing the shipping season to continue. More...

The First Nations of the North Shore Tribal Council strongly reject the prospect of the North Shore of Lake Huron becoming a site for the long-term storage of nuclear waste. More...

Ontario's Environment Ministry is monitoring the spill of about 10,000 tonnes of gravel into the Detroit River and so far has no concerns, a spokeswoman said Wednesday. The shoreline collapsed at Lafarge Canada on the city's west end Saturday following recent heavy rainfall. More...

Construction of the largest wind farm in the state is complete, with the Glacier Hills Wind Park northeast of Madison online and generating power for We Energies. More...

Michigan counties with wind farms stand to lose millions of dollars in revenue due to a recent change in policy that reduces the tax amount from 100 percent of turbine value to 80, and finally 30, percent. More...

Representatives of Gogebic Taconite, LLC worked with various Republican lawmakers in Wisconsin to draft the proposed mining legislation that will be discussed next month at a public hearing in Ashland. More...

Congress approved $300 million in funding for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative for fiscal year 2012, keeping the ball rolling for the historic levels of federal investment in Great Lakes cleanup. More...

Experts say that the underwater site of what may be The Griffon, the first European sailing ship on the Great Lakes, warrants excavation. More...

Interested members of the public have until December 20 to comment on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's proposed rule that will regulate Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs) on a national level. More...

Hamilton Steelworkers are joining the chorus of voices calling for an end to provincial roadblocks to new offshore wind energy projects. More...

Ontario Power Generation (OPG), the public utility that owns the reactors, is seeking federal permission to construct a "vault" 680-metres below the Bruce complex. More...

The states have split. Some, led by water-ringed Michigan, have filed legal actions aimed at ending access between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River and its tributaries, where Asian carp already were flourishing. Others, including Illinois, have objected, saying any such closing would interfere with Chicago's ability to control flooding as well as with the commercial barges that haul sand, coal, cement and salt through the waterway. More...

The 9th U.S. Coast Guard District seeks to remind those in the Great Lakes Region of ice and cold water safety precautions to take this winter, according to a news release. More...

With an abundance of snowy owls in Wisconsin and other Upper Great Lakes states during these early winter days, ornithologists worry that some bird watchers and others eager to see and photograph the brilliant white birds may be causing some of them too much stress. More...

The green algal blooms that have been spreading through Lake Erie do produce toxins, but that probably shouldn't keep you from munching a perch sandwich for lunch. More...

Educators from across the region can still register their fourth through 12th grade students for a 2012 Lake Erie Science Field Trip at Ohio State University's Stone Laboratory. More...

Mark Rensel and Jennifer Silvernale made a movie about life on Mackinac Island, including the ice bridge.Go to www.icebridgemovie.com to see a preview of "Ice Bridge: Mackinac Island's Hidden Season". More...

The MacArthur Lock is closing for the winter as the Great Lakes shipping season winds down. More...

Metro Beach's name and the park have drifted apart. So the Huron-Clinton Metropark Authority is changing the Metro Beach Metropark's name to Lake St. Clair Metropark, officials said Thursday. More...

Toxic algae blooms have never been worse in Lake Erie, and the situation is threatening fish and tourism, Ohio officials said. More...

Snowy owls originating from the Arctic tundra are migrating south to winter in regions of the Great Lakes and Midwest plains, according to migratory bird biologists with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. More...

Federal agencies are looking for a replacement to Nevada's Yucca Mountain nuclear waste site, and some sights are set on the Lake Superior region of Wisconsin and Minnesota. More...