The federal budget left many groups wanting more money, but those lobbying to restore Lake Michigan and the rest of the Great Lakes are actually pretty pleased with the President and Congress. More...
The executive vice-president of the Seafarers International Union said Friday there is a drastic manpower shortage of marine workers in Niagara, and across the country. More...
Members of the Duluth-based Lake Superior Steelhead Association say not enough fish are clearing a drop on the Knife River. The LSSA has asked the Minnesota DNR to modify the falls by reshaping the riverbed, which they say would allow fish to pass more easily. More...
The Great Lakes region remained one of the strongest for new boat, engine, trailer, accessory and services sales in 2010 with six out of the eight Great Lakes states seeing growth and the remaining two seeing just single digit declines. More...
The delay, which Lake Express officials expect to be about three weeks, translates into lost revenue for the ferry, which provides service across Lake Michigan between Milwaukee and Muskegon, Mich. More...
If you watch the ferry unload at its terminal in Muskegon's Lakeside commercial district on a summer day, there's no doubt it has become an important part of the community's economy. More...
The community was the recipient of a $10 million NOAA grant through the Ann Arbor-based Great Lakes Commission. The funds, which were granted in 2009 and half spent today, are being administered locally by WMSRDC. More...
The OPG proposal, which had a low profile for six years, is now attracting attention on both sides of the border. The plan is to store low- to mid-level radioactive waste at the Bruce site. Highly radioactive spent fuel would not be deposited there. More...
We Energies is proposing to construct a power plant that would burn wood chips and other forms of biomass to produce electricity for the energy grid and steam for an adjacent Domtar Corp. paper mill in Rothschild, a suburb of Wausau. More...
Researchers aim to test a "gun" that shoots pulses of water at high velocity in hopes to deter the invasive species from entering Lakes Michigan, Superior. More...
The St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corp. on Thursday announced six winners of its Robert J. Lewis Pacesetter Award for the 2010 navigation season, including the Port of Indiana - Burns Harbor in Portage. More...
The Alliance for the Great Lakes, a Chicago-based non-profit, is looking for volunteers interested in leading beach cleanups and monitoring Lake Michigan water conditions. More...
A Superfund site on Lake Superior's shore is a step closer to getting cleaned up. The Environmental Protection Agency has identified the four parties responsible for the cleanup costs, which could reach an estimated $97 million. More...
Standing on a bridge spanning the swollen muddy waters of the Menomonee River near Miller Park, Environmental Protection Agency administrator Lisa Jackson promised Wednesday to bolster water protection laws across the country. More...
Phosphorous fertilizers will soon be restricted in Michigan as the state addresses one of the ways the nutrient infiltrates waters and spurs the creation of zones of low oxygen that harm aquatic life. More...
The photography exhibit "Ghost Ships of the Wisconsin Schooner Coast" opens Saturday in the Reddin Bridge Room at the Door County Maritime Museum. More...
While boat sales across the U.S. continued to decline in 2010, states in the Great Lakes region, including Illinois, saw increases that have helped keep the industry afloat. More...
A proposed storage site for low- and mid-level radioactive waste near Kincardine, Ont., on the eastern shores of Lake Huron, is getting attention across the water in the United States. More...