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Gordon Lightfoot's 'Wreck of the Fitzgerald' was an unlikely radio hit in 1976
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 12 months agoEditor's note: Gordon Lightfoot’s 1976 megahit, “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald,” held a special...
What you should know about the Edmund Fitzgerald, the Milwaukee-linked ship that sank and inspired a...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel via Yahoo News· 12 months agoOne of the best-known shipwrecks of the 20th century took place north of Wisconsin involving a ship...
Retired FBI agent who was based out of Wausau writes fictional who-dun-it with details plucked from...
Wausau Daily Herald via Yahoo News· 2 years agoMERRILL - He retired as a special agent in 1999 after more than three decades with the FBI. Tom Burg...
Michiganders pay tribute to Gordon Lightfoot, his iconic 'Wreck of the Fitzgerald' song
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 12 months agoMichiganders remembered Gordon Lightfoot, a Canadian folk singer who died Monday at 84 and who told...
Gordon Lightfoot: 12 of His Finest Musical Moments
Variety via Yahoo News· 12 months agoAs news spread May 1 of Canadian songwriting and singing legend Gordon Lightfoot’s death, realizing the full impact of his artistry and the breadth of...
Anderson: Lake Superior’s lore and legend — and fish — live on
Star Tribune (Minneapolis) via Yahoo News· 2 years agoDULUTH — If there's a monument to Ramsey Crooks near the harbor here, the four of us didn't see it...
Reusse: After 60 years, hockey writing legend still a force for the sport
Star Tribune (Minneapolis) via Yahoo Sports· 3 months agoThere was a small pay cut required to go from a part-time copy boy at the Minneapolis Morning...
Douglas County Past: Knock on door leads to robbery; 2 Wentworth boys go missing
Superior Telegram, Wis. via Yahoo News· 11 months agoJun. 9—June 9, 1933 Bay victim had $9,500 in bank Coroner Z.A. Downs was conducting an investigation Friday into the death of Peter Haugen, 57, who has resided at a rooming house at 426 Banks ...
NBA MVP Joel Embiid couldn’t start at Central Florida prep powerhouse
Orlando Sentinel via Yahoo News· 12 months agoRunning off at the typewriter … Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid may have just been awarded the NBA’s MVP, but he wasn’t even good enough to start as a high school player in Central Florida ...
EDITORIAL: Gordon Lightfoot The immortality of a shipwreck
The Free Press, Mankato, Minn. via Yahoo News· 12 months agoMay 4—Does anyone know where the love of God goes When the waves turn the minutes to hours? That evocative lyric — some claim it to be the greatest in popular music — comes from Gordon Lightfoot's ...