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Feature HomepageGreat Lakes News CollaborativeLatest NewsMichiganNewsResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchIn world of AI, Michigan State University Extension bets on human expertise
-For 118 years, Michigan State University Extension has existed to serve the public with programs ranging from canning classes to soil testing and financial literacy workshops. Now, it aims to bill itself as an antidote to online misinformation.
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The history of taming the Great Black Swamp
-Before farms and suburbs, the Great Black Swamp thrived. Restoring it could help curb Lake Erie’s harmful algal blooms today.
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Stanton Yards development merges art, nature on Detroit River, envisions ‘thriving new community destination’
-A waterfront extension of Detroit’s Little Village cultural development is planned as a 13-acre public gathering place.
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Books, Authors, Art and MusicFeature HomepageFreightersHistory and CultureLake SuperiorLatest NewsNewsRecreation and TourismShipwrecksFifty years later: The little-known story of the families the Fitz left behind
-After the Edmund Fitzgerald sank, grieving families faced another storm: unequal insurance payouts, corporate pressure and a legal system stacked against them.
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Going Country at Farrand Hall
-How a small town dining experience is bringing the farm to the table.
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Sludge is used as fertilizer across Wisconsin. How much is tainted by PFAS?
-Sludge and septage are spread across around half a million acres statewide, but most of it has never been tested for PFAS.
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Asian CarpChicagoFeature HomepageIllinoisInvasive SpeciesLatest NewsNewsScience, Technology, ResearchIllinois one step closer to keeping invasive carp out of Great Lakes
-For decades, officials have worried the fish could wreak disaster on the world’s largest freshwater ecosystem and the multibillion-dollar tourism, boating and fishing industries that rely on it. Now, the fight might be getting easier.
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New study links seasonal pollen to higher suicide risk, experts warn
-An interview with a University of Michigan researcher who found a connection between high pollen days and mental health struggles, raising concerns about prevention and awareness.
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In “The Gales of November,” author John U. Bacon investigates the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald
-In his new book, “The Gales of November,” John U. Bacon explores the history and mysteries of the 1975 wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, a record-setting freighter ship.
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Energy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and FrackingFeature HomepageIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLatest NewsNewsOhioOhio to fast-track energy at former coal mines and brownfields
-It’s part of a new law meant to boost power production amid rising demand — and it could help renewables grow faster while putting industrial land to use.
