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Even though the Great Lakes ice breaking season has ended, some members of congress are continuing to push for funding of a new heavy ice breaker on the Great Lakes. They say it would reduce shipping delays during the winter months.

Today on Stateside, a biologist with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) breaks down how the ongoing partial government shutdown is…

For 13 years, Terrance Clemons loaded and unloaded cargo at Midwest Terminals, the stevedoring company that leases and operates the Toledo-Lucas County…

As of today, it seems Michigan has finally managed to pack winter away, and turn toward spring and summer. That means it's time for more boating on the…

The U.S. Coast Guard has a message for us: knock it off with the prank calls. The Coast Guard is seeing a big jump in phony distress calls: more than 160…

U.S. Coast Guard stations that watch over the Great Lakes say they're seeing a huge jump in fake distress calls.The Coast Guard says more than 160 hoax…

Federal officials are figuring out a plan to safely recover a cargo vessel that’s run aground in a small channel west of Sault Sainte Marie. The…

There are many Michiganders feeling uneasy about the idea of those 62-year-old twin oil pipelines running along the bottom of the Straits of Mackinac.The…

This week, the 2nd Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in New York ordered the Environmental Protection Agency to write new rules for the ballast water in…

There are more than 180 species in the Great Lakes that are not supposed to be here. Euan Reavie is a researcher with the University of…