Tag: Lake Michigan

A Great Lakes Pipeline Tangles Politics in Two Battleground States

An icy crust on the Straits of Mackinac is melting into slush atop a shimmering, narrow waterway prized for its beauty and its role in supporting the local economy. Snaking along the bottom of the heavily trafficked Straits, which connect Lake Huron to Lake Michigan, is a four-mile section of an oil and gas pipeline […]

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Is It an Octopus? a 4-Year-Old Asks. No, a Shipwreck From 1871.

It began as a typical summer outing for Tim Wollak and his daughter, Henley, 4. On a clear morning on Aug. 13, they set out in their 22-foot boat from the eastern shore of Wisconsin. The sky was blue and the waters flat and calm, perfect conditions for them to explore the shallows of the […]

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