Should a lack of snow become its own economic disaster?

Interlochen Public Radio
A new federal bill aims to close the gap for businesses that suffered from a lack of snow last year that weren't eligible for federal loans.
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Mary Sabuda – Maritime Transportation Policy Analyst

Great Lakes Commission
Mary Sabuda covers maritime transportation policy at the Great Lakes Commission. In this role, she works to advance policy and funding priorities related to navigation
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Last year’s bad winter brought millions in aid. Here’s where it went.

Interlochen Public Radio
Big snowstorms like the ones we’ve had this month can be great news for business here in northern Michigan. But last winter was the warmest on record for most of northern Michigan, leaving businesses struggling.
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Minnesota reaps windfall from epic comeback of lake trout in Lake Superior

Great Lakes Commission
Once-rare lake trout in Lake Superior are doing so well that Minnesota Department of Natural Resources biologists will use the fish to stock the species in lakes around the state. […]
Great Lakes Commission, Department, fish, Lake Superior, Minnesota

Minnesota lakes have lost 2 weeks of ice cover in 50 years

Great Lakes Commission
Ice coverage on Minnesota lakes has declined by an average of 10 to 14 days over 50 years, with ice-in dates about nine days later and ice-out dates moving four […]
Great Lakes Commission, Minnesota, university

London hoops star Shaedon Sharpe’s NBA season, so far

London Free Press
His season debut was delayed, but Shaedon Sharpe is off to the best start in his three-year National Basketball Association career.
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Red Lake Nation and Minnesota DNR disagree on how to combat zebra mussels

Great Lakes Commission
Red Lake Nation leaders and state officials with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources disagree on how to combat zebra mussels at Upper Red Lake. Until 2018, Upper Lake and […]
Great Lakes Commission, Department, Minnesota

‘Turkey Confidential,’ other special programs on IPR News this week

Interlochen Public Radio
IPR News Radio offers tips on how to avoid Thanksgiving disasters, cooking advice and a documentary about wild rice.
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Friendly snowy owl joins Great Lakes ship crew

Great Lakes Commission
Before arriving in Two Harbors, Minnesota, a friendly snowy owl landed on the Great Lakes freighter James R. Barker on Monday, much to the crew’s delight. Read the full story […]
Great Lakes Commission, Great Lakes, Minnesota

Sport notes: Western University women win national cross country title

London Free Press
The Western women’s cross country team won its first national university title in 34 years in dominant fashion this past weekend at Mission Recreation Park in Kelowna, B.C. The Mustangs scored 60 points from their top finishers, including Ashley Maguire (fifth), Olivia Roussel (eighth), Sandra Guga (14th), Sophie Coutts (16th)
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Edmund Fitzgerald’s final voyage captured in radio play

Great Lakes Commission
After four decades, a Minnesota writer has brought a radio play capturing the SS Edmund Fitzgerald’s fateful final voyage to life. Read the full story by MPR News.
Great Lakes Commission, Life, Minnesota

Lake Superior’s most famous shipwrecks have dramatic tales to tell

Great Lakes Commission
The Edmund Fitzgerald sank nearly half a century ago in “the gales of November.” The lake has taken hundreds of other ships, too. The Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society has […]
Great Lakes Commission, Great Lakes, Lake Superior, Minnesota, Research, shipwrecks
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