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It was a shipwreck so notorious, it inspired what many critics and listeners agree is one of the greatest songs of all time — a song that helped…
Read more 50 years later, why the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald haunts us still – National | Globalnews.caGREEN BAY, Wis., October 30, 2025 (Newswire.com) – Cruise the Great Lakes, the region’s cruise marketing program, announced today its forecast for the 2026 cruising season at a…
Read more Great Lakes Cruise Ship Tourism Expected to Have $300m Impact in 2026CHICAGO, October 6, 2025 (Newswire.com) – The region’s Governors and Premiers gathered this weekend for their biennial Leadership Summit at the historic Château Frontenac. The Summit’s focus on…
Read more Great Lakes St. Lawrence Governors & Premiers Launch Regional Agenda for GrowthData centers require massive volumes of water to operate, and the growing use of artificial intelligence means more of these centers are popping up in water-abundant regions such…
Read more Surging number of data centers around the Great Lakes could lead to water shortages, report saysMore than 600,000 people are being told to stay out of Lake Michigan for three days this week as dangerous currents create hazardous situations for swimmers. Why It…
Read more Hundreds of thousands told to stay out of this Great Lake for 3 daysThis coverage is made possible through a partnership between WBEZ and Grist, a nonprofit, independent media organization dedicated to telling stories of climate solutions and a just future.…
Read more Lake Michigan temps are breaking recordsA Michigan environmental group is addressing an appeal challenging the state’s decision to approve the enclosure of the Enbridge Line 5 pipeline. Built in 1953, this pipeline transports…
Read more Michigan environmental group responds to pipeline enclosure appealMichigan is home to 21% of the world’s fresh water, but in recent years the Great Lakes have had a problem with invasive carp. Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced…
Read more Michigan boosts efforts to keep invasive carp out of the Great LakesMARBLEHEAD, Ohio, June 25, 2024 (Newswire.com) – The newly created Main Street Marblehead Downtown Business Association and members of the Marblehead business community recently partnered to launch a…
Read more Main Street Organization Launches New Highlight Video and Theme Song for Marblehead OhioThis coverage is made possible through a partnership between IPR and Grist, a nonprofit environmental media organization. The Michigan Climate Action Network says it will join challenges to…
Read more Climate group plans legal pushback on permit for Line 5 tunnel projectThis coverage is made possible through a partnership with Grist and Interlochen Public Radio in Northern Michigan. Those involved in the Line 5 pipeline controversy have been waiting…
Read more DOJ thinks Enbridge Line 5 pipeline is trespassing on tribal landsThis coverage is made possible through a partnership between WBEZ and Grist, a nonprofit, independent media organization dedicated to telling stories of climate solutions and a just future.…
Read more Illinois and Army Corps at an impasse over building barrier to prevent invasive carpclick to enlarge Lee DeVito Activists protest Line 5 at 2021 rally along the Detroit River. This coverage is made possible through a partnership with IPR and Grist,…
Read more Tribes urge U.S. to weigh in on Line 5 case as appeal sits in courtOver 140,000 cruise passenger visits are expected in 2024, more than double a decade ago CHICAGO, March 4, 2024 (Newswire.com) – Cruise the Great Lakes, the region’s cruise…
Read more Great Lakes Cruise Ship Industry Expected to Have $200M Economic Impact in 2024click to enlarge Shutterstock Ices and ducks floated in Lake Michigan near Grand Haven. The Great Lakes region has experienced record low ice cover this winter, and scientists…
Read more Dwindling Great Lakes ice cover highlights troubling trendThe escalating political struggle over abortion is compounding the GOP’s challenges in the nation’s largest and most economically vibrant metropolitan areas. The biggest counties in Ohio voted last…
Read more Abortion Is Inflaming the GOP’s Biggest Electoral ProblemHistorical society solves century-old lake mystery The Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society has found two of three ships that sank in the same Lake Superior storm more than…
Read more Historical society solves century-old lake mystery | CNNCNN — As severe storms prompted overnight tornado reports in parts of the central US, a barrage of snow, rain and harsh wind is forecast Monday in places…
Read more Tornadoes and severe winds strike central US as another round of rain and snow is set to pummel the West and North | CNNCNN — As parts of the West and Northern US face a winter storm with blizzard conditions and significant snowfall, much of the rest of the country is…
Read more It’s never been this warm in February. Here’s why that’s not a good thing | CNNBiden calls for new protocols for flying objects Biden gives first formal remarks on Chinese spy balloon, calls for new protocols 03:01 Searches for two of the unidentified…
Read more U.S. ends search for 2 unidentified objects shot down over Alaska, Great Lakes
