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Posted inBooks, Authors, Art and Music, Featured, History and Culture, Lake Michigan, Latest News, News

The Lake Michigan dive that made history

by Max Gene Nohl August 5, 2025December 8, 2025

In 1937, Max Nohl braved a freezing Lake Michigan, media pressure and searing pain in a record-breaking, live-broadcast scuba dive gone awry.

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
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Authors, Books, Authors, Art and Music, Drinking Water, Featured, Gary Wilson, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Guest Article, History and Culture, Infrastructure, Latest News, News, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts, Who We Are and What We Do

Book chronicles human, water connection from nomadic to modern times

by Gary Wilson, Great Lakes Now January 25, 2023November 8, 2025

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