I am reporting from Detroit, where a rare piece of Great Lakes maritime history is back in the spotlight. On December 19, the city hosted an auction of a life ring and a wooden plank believed to be ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – Jerry Popiel loves music and the water, but at heart he is a storyteller. Last year he released a version of Gordon Lightfoot’s “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald” for the shipwreck ...

The SS Edmund Fitzgerald vanished in one of Lake Superior’s worst storms, later found broken in two on the lakebed. This video examines her design limits, cargo loading, weather conditions, and the ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down but something got lost in translation for the writers of “Jeopardy!” Lots of fans, particularly from Michigan, voiced their ...

In January 2020, Heather and I sat at a table full of industry VIPs at Viking's expedition cruises launch event in Los Angeles. When the Great Lakes itineraries were announced, someone at our table ...

This undated photo released by Emily Joy Schumacher shows Michael Schumacher, a Wisconsin author who produced a diverse array of works ranging from biographies of filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola and ...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Michael Schumacher, a Wisconsin author who produced a diverse array of works ranging from biographies of filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola and musician Eric Clapton to accounts of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This undated photo released by Emily Joy Schumacher shows Michael Schumacher, a Wisconsin author who produced a diverse array of ...