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Posted inAP, Article, Feature Milwaukee, Lake Michigan, Latest News, Milwaukee, News, Region, Wisconsin

Federal, local officials agree on $450 million deal to clean up Milwaukee waterways

by The Associated Press October 17, 2023
Posted inAP, Article, Featured, Lake Michigan, Latest News, Milwaukee, News, Region, Wisconsin

Milwaukee suburb begins pulling millions of gallons per day from Lake Michigan

by The Associated Press October 10, 2023
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Authors, Featured, History and Culture, Lake Michigan, Latest News, News, Recreation and Tourism, Region, Shipwrecks, Who We Are and What We Do, Wisconsin

Behind the shipwreck discovered in Lake Michigan

by Lisa John Rogers, Great Lakes Now September 15, 2023
Posted inChicago, Drinking Water, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Guest Article, Illinois, Infrastructure, Lake Michigan, Latest News, News, Region, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts

Chicago Suburbs, Running Out of Water, Will Tap Lake Michigan

by Circle of Blue September 6, 2023November 8, 2025
Posted inGreat Lakes News Collaborative, Guest Article, Lake Michigan, Latest News, Michigan, News, Region

What’s being done about plastic trash getting into the Great Lakes?

by Michigan Public August 28, 2023November 8, 2025
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Authors, Beaches, Boating, Paddle Sports and Sailing, Detroit, Feature Detroit, Featured, Ian Solomon, Lake Huron, Lake Michigan, Lake Superior, Latest News, Michigan, News, Recreation and Tourism, Region, Tourism, Who We Are and What We Do

Ian Outside: Michigan beaches you need to see

by Ian Solomon June 27, 2023
Posted inGuest Article, Lake Erie, Lake Huron, Lake Michigan, Lake Ontario, Lake Superior, Latest News, Michigan, News, Region, Research, Data and Technology, Science, Technology, Research

New NASA satellite helps scientists understand Great Lakes

by Great Lakes Echo June 19, 2023November 8, 2025
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Asian Carp, Authors, Chicago, Featured, Gary Wilson, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Guest Article, Illinois, Invasive Species, Lake Michigan, Latest News, News, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Refresh, Region, Science, Technology, Research, Who We Are and What We Do

Illinois, feds grapple with agreement that would advance billion dollar plan to stop invasive carp

by Gary Wilson, Great Lakes Now June 2, 2023
Posted inClimate Change, Fish, Birds and Animals, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Guest Article, History and Culture, Indigenous Communities, Lake Erie, Lake Huron, Lake Michigan, Lake Ontario, Lake Superior, Latest News, Michigan, News, Refresh, Region, Science, Technology, Research

Anishinaabe tribes work to save a fish significant to their culture and an important source of protein

by Michigan Public May 17, 2023November 8, 2025
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Authors, Featured, Gary Wilson, History and Culture, Lake Erie, Lake Huron, Lake Michigan, Lake Ontario, Lake Superior, Latest News, Michigan, News, Region, Who We Are and What We Do

New Great Lakes book challenges readers with mystery, facts and whimsy

by Gary Wilson, Great Lakes Now May 15, 2023November 8, 2025

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  • What’s next for Ohio’s former green steel project? More coal, it seems.
    Cleveland-Cliffs won a federal grant to install hydrogen-ready tech. Now, it wants to revamp its Middletown blast furnace, raising questions about its use of funds.
  • Spore loser: the DIY mushroom-growing trend invading Ontario forests
    Golden oyster mushrooms are spreading fast, altering how Ontario’s forests grow, decompose and nurture important native mushrooms.
  • The northern Michigan ice storm battered the electric grid. Is burying power lines the solution?
    It's been a year since the devastating ice storm. Poles and wires have since been replaced, but some residents wonder whether it makes more sense to bury them out of the reach of increasingly damaging snow, wind and ice.

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