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The long-term cold spell that has settled over Michigan has quickly expanded the ice cover on the Great Lakes and other waterways, forcing vessels to adapt, creating fears of ice […]

State officials are currently working to fully document the beauty, vastness, and variety of Michigan’s dunes with an enormous scientific project that could carry legal implications for coastal areas and […]

To prevent further spread of potentially catastrophic invasive species in the Great Lakes, the Canadian government is moving forward with tighter restrictions on all freighters. Read the full story by […]

Lake Erie is completely frozen over, with surveys showing an average ice thickness of about one foot, according to the U.S. Coast Guard website. The formation poses both opportunities and […]

Benton Harbor residents and business owners can push forward on their lawsuit alleging the state of Michigan knowingly subjected people in the southwestern Michigan town to lead-tainted water for years, […]

Researchers are partnering with the Michigan Department of Natural Resources to gather information on awareness, values and preferences for recreational burbot fishing within the Lake Superior basin. Read the full […]

Four people were taken to hospital early Sunday following a crash in west London. Two vehicles collided at about 2 a.m. at the intersection of Wonderland Road and Oxford Street, the London fire department said in a social media post. Firefighters freed one person who was trapped in a vehicle. Four people suffered serious injuries […]

Jesse Nurmi gave the London Knights steady defensive play up front last year.  Now, he is turning into a scoring machine.  The Finnish overager recorded the club’s second hat trick in less than a week in a 6-1 drubbing of the Otters before 5,460 Saturday at Erie Insurance Arena. The Islanders prospect joined rookie Jaxon Cover, who had London’s […]

A decade after her disappearance, her case remains active – and unresolved.

By Joshua Kim

Following the passing of new legislation by the Illinois General Assembly, the Regional Transport Authority, soon to be the Northern Illinois Transit Agency, will receive an additional $1.2 billion for its annual budget this year. The additional funding will be used to improve “frequency, reliability, and safety”

The post More funding approved to improve the Greater Chicago Area’s public transit first appeared on Great Lakes Echo.

Storytelling creates empathy, yet that empathy and human connection often are missing on the business end.

Odds always were against a happy ending for Iranian protesters against its entrenched religious dictatorship.