After yearslong litigation from residents and activists, and following recent opposition from the state of Illinois, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced Tuesday it was dropping a plan to expand ...

Kayaking on Michigan's Upper Peninsula (the UP) is a beautiful thing to do on a summer trip. From quiet bays on the Great ...

The proposed expansion along the shoreline would have taken in an additional 1 million cubic yards of contaminated sediment ...

The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency has already deemed the existing dump site an environmental justice concern.

Baxter sailed the Mississippi River and the Great Lakes for half a ... at public venues like the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum in Michigan. People told him he should write a book.

Calling all history buffs! Step back in time at one of these significant sites in each state, from Revolutionary War ...

The eight grant applications, which combined to just under $10 million, were all approved by the city council.

Garlin Gilchrist II, a Democrat from Detroit who is Michigan's first Black lieutenant governor, announced he's jumping into the crowded 2026 race for governor on Tuesday. A software engineer by ...

Garlin Gilchrist II, the first Black person elected as Michigan’s lieutenant governor, is throwing his hat in the 2026 race for governor, telling theGrio exclusively that he plans to take the ...

Garlin Gilchrist II (D), Michigan’s first Black lieutenant governor, announced Tuesday that he is running for governor. Gilchrist, a former software engineer, ran alongside Gov. Gretchen Whitmer ...

Den checks help the state gather information on Michigan's black bear population, which totals around 12,000, mostly in the Upper Peninsula. Biologists analyze sex, age and weight data and find ...

Pioneer T.D. Stimson kicked off the lumber rush in the Muskegon River Valley Michigan and leaves behind several ghost towns.