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How could Chicago sell Lake Michigan water to Joliet, 35 miles away? Five questions answered.
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 year agoLast month, Chicago struck a deal to sell Lake Michigan water to a city 35 miles southwest of the...
Historic winters can bring epic floods around the Great Lakes. Here's this year's forecast.
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 year agoExperts are concerned after a wet winter, with little relief in sight this rainy season, as the five...
Wreckage of merchant ship that sank in 1940 found in Lake Superior: See photos
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 4 months agoThe wreckage of a 244-foot merchant ship that sank in 1940 has been found in Lake Superior. The...
Great Lakes tribes teach 'water is life.’ But they’re forced to fight for its protection
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 7 months agoLAC DU FLAMBEAU, Wis. – John Johnson, president of the Lac du Flambeau Ojibwe Tribe in northern...
It's mid-January and the Great Lakes are virtually ice-free. That's a problem.
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIt’s the middle of January, and the Great Lakes are basically ice-free. Ice has been slow to form...
More than 3 times as many shipwrecks were discovered in Lake Michigan last year as ever before. Why?
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel via Yahoo News· 3 months agoShipwreck hunters, divers, even a little girl out fishing found some of Lake Michigan's most...
Explorers discover shipwreck of Milwaukee steamship, which sank in 1886 in Lake Michigan
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 3 months agoOn a warm summer night more than 130 years ago, a young steamship unknowingly set sail for the last...
Canada wildfire smoke targets air quality in Midwest, Great Lakes. What to know this week.
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 11 months agoWildfires in Canada are continuing to blanket its southern neighbors in smog, triggering new air...
86% of Great Lakes litter is plastic, a 20-year study shows. And the plastic is ‘just getting...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 2 months agoCHICAGO — Heads down and attentively scanning the ground, a small group of schoolchildren walked...
A look back at the record-breaking Toronto Islands floods
The Weather Network via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThis Day In Weather History is a daily podcast by Chris Mei from The Weather Network, featuring...