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After a day and a half of the Soo Locks being open, shipping has come to a standstill. Ice conditions and a lack of heavy U.S. Coast Guard icebreakers are […]
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By Justin Fox Clausen
Two insects are under consideration as Michigan's official state insect: the stonefly and, more recently, the Huron River leafhopper. The state is one of two in the country without an official insect.
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Between the U.S. and Canadian Coast Guards, 11 ice-breaking ships operate on the Great Lakes. The U.S. supplies nine of them of which 2 are down for repair and will […]
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In 1879, the 60-foot steam tug “Prince Alfred” arrived in Wiarton to replace the “O’Koura” which had burned on Colpoys Bay the previous summer. Owner Andrew Port offered travellers a daily, one-way passage from Wiarton to Owen Sound for 75 cents. The winter of 1879-80 was unusually mild and the
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The U.S.-Israeli war against Iran will likely indirectly further Russia’s war efforts in Ukraine, an expert in international relations says
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The 2026 sturgeon season on Black Lake in Michigan lasted all of 48 minutes before the annual quota – six – was reached. There were 653 anglers competing for them.
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By Lillian Williams
he shrinking number of farms in Michigan – down by about 1,300 between 2023 and 2024 – and the trend of existing farms to expand to survive is changing the culture of rural communities.
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“Breathe deeply, calm down, and don’t go running to stock up on food and matches,” President Volodymyr Zelensky told Ukrainians one month before the Russian tanks rolled across the border on Feb. 24, 2022. The American and British intelligence services knew Russia was going to invade and told Zelensky so
