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The Cheboygan Lock in Cheboygan, Michigan, is once again open to boaters following the completion of significant underwater repairs. Read the full story by WPBN – Cheboygan, MI.

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Hundreds, even thousands of dead fish are washing up along Lake Erie, catching beachgoers by surprise, but experts say there’s no need to panic. Read the full story by WGRZ-TV […]

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Collaboration on sea lamprey control research at Hammond Bay Biological Station in Millersburg, Michigan, connects today’s work with early breakthroughs, bringing several fish populations back from the brink after facing […]

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Eleven years after Toledo’s water crisis left more than 400,000 people without safe drinking water, officials, researchers and residents gathered on Lake Erie to take a closer look at the lake’s current […]

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Three of the Great Lakes are below their long-term averages through July, according to recent data, but the lower lakes, Erie and Ontario, are showing higher water levels than average. […]

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Eleven Michigan teenagers from the Grand Rapids Triathlon Club successfully completed swimming in each of the Great Lakes in 24 hours, beginning in Lake Erie and ending in Lake Superior. […]

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Long a threat to southern Ontario lakes, climate change is allowing cyanobacteria, also known as blue-green algae, to thrive in even the coldest of the Great Lakes. Read the full […]

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The sandy shorelines and fresh breezes offered by the beaches along the Great Lakes often have tourists flocking to these destinations in the summer. Check out these six travel options […]

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A cyanobacteria bloom is expanding in western Lake Erie, covering an area of about 160 square miles from the shoreline of Monroe County, Michigan, to the shoreline of Ottawa County, […]

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The Great Lakes Surf Festival nonprofit says it wants to bring people together, and promote and educate guests on water sports, particularly on the Great Lakes. Read the full story by […]

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In honor of National Lighthouse Day, celebrated on Aug. 7, Michigan lighthouse keepers who “kept the beacon burning before modern technology guided the way” will have their stories told. Read […]

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The Michigan Maritime Museum in South Haven, Michigan, will hold its final Lunch and Learn lecture of the summer next week by taking a look at the women who have […]