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Posted inFeatured, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Latest News, Michigan, News, Region, Research, Data and Technology, Science, Technology & Research

In world of AI, Michigan State University Extension bets on human expertise

by Bridge Michigan December 2, 2025
Posted inBooks, Authors, Art and Music, Culture, Featured, Lake Erie, Latest News, News

The history of taming the Great Black Swamp

by Patrick Wensink November 19, 2025
Posted inFeatured, Latest News, News

Stanton Yards development merges art, nature on Detroit River, envisions ‘thriving new community destination’

by John Hartig, Great Lakes Now November 14, 2025December 18, 2025
Posted inBooks, Authors, Art and Music, Culture, Featured, Freighters, Lake Superior, Latest News, News, Recreation and Tourism, Shipwrecks

Fifty years later: The little-known story of the families the Fitz left behind

by Thomas Nelson November 10, 2025
Posted inFeatured, Food, Latest News, Michigan, News, Recreation and Tourism, Region, Tourism

Going Country at Farrand Hall

by S. Nicole Lane November 5, 2025December 18, 2025
Posted inFeatured, Groundwater Contamination, Latest News, News, PFAS, Region, Water Quality, Wisconsin

Sludge is used as fertilizer across Wisconsin. How much is tainted by PFAS?

by Wisconsin Public Radio November 3, 2025
Posted inAsian Carp, Featured, Illinois, Invasive Species, Latest News, News, Region, Science, Technology & Research

Illinois one step closer to keeping invasive carp out of Great Lakes

by WBEZ October 29, 2025November 7, 2025
Posted inClimate, Featured, Latest News, Michigan, News, Region, Science, Technology & Research

New study links seasonal pollen to higher suicide risk, experts warn

by Lisa John Rogers, Great Lakes Now October 28, 2025
Posted inFeatured, Latest News, News

In “The Gales of November,” author John U. Bacon investigates the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald

by Michigan Public October 22, 2025November 7, 2025
Posted inFeatured, Latest News, News

Ohio to fast-track energy at former coal mines and brownfields

by Canary Media October 20, 2025

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Latest News

  • Line 5 tunnel in Michigan clears major permitting hurdle, in blow to opposition
    Despite "adverse" impacts on ecological and tribal resources, state regulators said it's better than an oil spill in the Great Lakes.
  • Air quality alerts issued for northern Michigan as wildfire smoke blankets region
    Events were canceled and people were urged to stay indoors amid warnings of health risks from the plume drifting down from Minnesota and Canada.
  • The AI Boom Is Prolonging Indiana’s Fossil Fuel Era, With Hidden Costs for Water
    Gas turbines and an old coal plant are expected to consume nearly 7 billion gallons of water annually in service of a new Amazon data center.

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