Jerry Popiel, a Coast Guard member and Cleveland musician, wrote a song about the “Marine Electric” disaster that killed 31 people. The ship had inspired another songwriter to write a song, but he ...

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More than 4,500 vessels pass through the locks annually, carrying 80 million tons of cargoes like iron ore, coal, limestone ...

In recent years, many Hoosiers have griped about all the out-of-towners visiting the Indiana Dunes State Park, especially ...

When you need to get away, pick a Michigan road with water on one side and quiet on the other, then just keep driving until ...

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 ...

This episode originally aired on Dec. 18, 2025. The Great Lakes are vast and vital shipping lanes, moving essential goods across North America. From the late 1950s through 1975,no freighter set more ...

DETROIT (WXYZ) — A piece of Great Lakes maritime history hit the auction block on Friday at DuMouchelles in Detroit, offering collectors a rare opportunity to own ...

DETROIT (AP) — A life ring and a piece of a lifeboat from the Edmund Fitzgerald were sold at auction Friday for $150,000, a month after the 50th anniversary of the famous ship’s sinking in Lake ...

DETROIT — A life ring and a piece of a lifeboat from the Edmund Fitzgerald were sold at auction Friday for $150,000, a month after the 50th anniversary of the famous ship's sinking in Lake Superior ...