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The Kohler Co. has local approval to develop about 250 acres of woodland along Lake Michigan for a tented retreat.
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Feds may consider river structures to boost lakes
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers may take another look at placing structures at the bottom of the St. Clair River to boost water levels in Lakes Huron and Michigan.
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Read More »Towns try to save harbors along Great Lakes
For more than a century, easy access to Lake Michigan has made Onekama a popular place for summer visitors and a refuge for boaters fleeing dangerous storms. Now the community itself needs a rescue, from slumping lake levels that threaten its precious link to open water.
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Read More »Lawmaker wants review of Lake Michigan outflows
A member of Congress from Michigan wants federal officials to take another look at the longstanding policy of allowing millions of gallons of water to flow out of Lake Michigan daily at Chicago.
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Read More »Planners to work on vision for Lake Michigan trail (UPDATE)
Government planners from Michigan, Indiana, Illinois and Wisconsin anticipate being among those meeting next week to work on plans for a proposed 1,640-mile trail network around Lake Michigan.
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Read More »Lake Michigan, Huron water levels near record low
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says water levels on Lakes Michigan and Huron are nearly at record low levels because of drought and evaporation.
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Read More »Sandy kicks up 20-foot waves on Lake Michigan; Badger halts service
Superstorm Sandy is so vast it’s kicking up near record-high waves of 20 feet on Lake Michigan, several hundred miles from the center of the storm that’s pounding the East Coast.
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Read More »Lake Michigan town fears losing historic ferry
On many summer evenings, Jim Fay joins dozens of onlookers on this tourist town's waterfront, exchanging friendly waves with passengers and crew members as the S.S. Badger chugs into the harbor after a 60-mile voyage across Lake Michigan from Manitowoc, Wis.
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Read More »Lake Michigan sunken ship is named historic place
A Lake Michigan ship that sank in 1880 in southeastern Wisconsin has been named to the National Register of Historic Places.
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Read More »US cities struggle to control sewer overflows
Twice in recent summers, visitors to parts of Michigan's western coast were greeted by mounds of garbage strewn along miles of sandy beach: plastic bottles, eating utensils, food wrappers, even hypodermic syringes.
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