NPR's Juana Summers talks with maritime archaeologist Tamara Thomsen about the record number of shipwreck discoveries in the Great Lakes in recent years, including two just in the last several months.

The Lady Elgin didn’t pull away from a Chicago River dock until just before midnight on a late summer day 160 years ago. Passengers were reluctant to head out on the side-wheeler that had brought them ...

The high school football season kicked off in Michigan last week, and many of the top programs in the Great Lakes State were in action. Plenty of interesting results followed. Hudsonville beat Byron ...

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Some areas of Michigan's Great Lakes remained dangerous early Friday, Aug. 29, for beach-goers, with waves up to 6 feet and dangerous currents, but conditions are expected to improve for the three-day ...

High waves and strong currents will create life-threatening conditions across Michigan's Great Lakes for swimmers and boaters, the National Weather Service said as it announced advisories for Thursday ...

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What was the largest missing shipwreck in the Great Lakes has been found. The S.S. James Carruthers wrecked in Lake Huron during the catastrophic White Hurricane of 1913, which claimed at least 250 ...

CHICAGO, IL — Great Lakes states should swiftly adopt new policies to protect freshwater resources from overuse by data centers, a new nonprofit report concludes. Within five years, huge data centers ...

Michigan's beaches could see 8-foot waves and life-threatening currents on Monday, Aug. 25, and officials have issued small craft and swim risk advisories for beach-goers. "High wave action along the ...

More than 30 million people are under extreme weather alerts Sunday as a sweltering heat wave lingers across the West. Excessive heat warnings and watches were effective in parts of California, Oregon ...