Dreissenid mussels are notorious for outcompeting native species and multiplying rapidly, fundamentally reshaping aquatic ecosystems. They feed by filtering out phytoplankton, the microscopic algae ...

GORDON — While human hikers were out in Pattison State Park, deer were making New Year’s Day treks of their own in Gordon.

A powerful winter storm is creating near-record waves on Lake Superior, potentially reaching 34 feet. The storm is causing blizzard conditions with heavy snow and high winds across Michigan's Upper ...

The powerful storm system that’s forecast to bring blizzard conditions to the Upper Peninsula and unfurl high winds across the state could also whip up waves on Lake Superior that rival record-setting ...

In the wake of continued declines in the population and catches of lake whitefish in the Wisconsin waters of Lake Michigan, the Department of Natural Resources has recommended a 39% reduction in the ...

The SS Edmund Fitzgerald sank on Nov. 10, 1975, during a violent Lake Superior storm that claimed all 29 crew members. The ship battled escalating winds, massive waves, radar failure and severe ...

There’s something almost mythical about finding a rustic stone building nestled among the trees of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, especially when that building houses some of the best whitefish you’ll ...

MARQUETTE, Mich. (AP/WJW) — Spend enough time along the shores of Lake Superior and it won’t be long before there’s some reminder of what happened “when the gales of November came early.” The ...

PARADISE, MI — Ric Mixter of one of only a few people who can say they’ve seen the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald with their own eyes. On July 4, 1994, Mixter spent almost two hours on the bottom of ...

Fifty years ago this November 10th, the S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald freighter battled gale-force winds, nearly 100 mph gusts, monstrous 35-foot waves, and a blinding snowstorm before breaking in two and ...

Fifty years ago, on Nov. 10, 1975, the Edmund Fitzgerald sank in the icy waters of Lake Superior — a tragedy that still echoes across the Great Lakes. “The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down of ...

An angler is getting the hero’s treatment for rescuing a woman who was overwhelmed by a wave and swept 50 feet from a North Shore breakwater into the frigid waters of a Lake Superior harbor. The brief ...