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EMPIRE, Mich. (AP) — A man accused of diverting a national park river to ease boat access to Lake Michigan has been convicted of two misdemeanors. Andrew Howard of Frankfort was found guilty of tampering and vandalism Wednesday during a brief trial in front of U.S. Magistrate Judge Ray Kent. In August 2022, a National Park Service ranger witnessed Howard digging with a shovel so the Platte River in the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore would be diverted into one of the Great Lakes, prosecutors said in a court filing. U.S. Attorney Mark Totten said Howard had a policy dispute with the National Park Service and “took matters into his own hands.”The Park Service no longer dredges the Platte River. As a result, sediment and sand build up, reducing the ability to get boats to Lake Michigan.

Persons: Andrew Howard of Frankfort, Judge Ray Kent, Howard, Lauren Biksacky, Attorney Mark Totten, “ Organizations: U.S, National Park Service, Associated Press, Attorney, Service Locations: Mich, Lake Michigan, Platte

☆ A City Built on Steel Tries to Reverse Its Decline
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-03 | by ( Santul Nerkar | Akilah Townsend | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The home of U.S. Steel’s largest mill, Gary churned out the product that built America’s bridges, tunnels and skyscrapers. The city reaped the rewards, with a prosperous downtown and vibrant neighborhoods. Gary’s smokestacks are still prominent along Lake Michigan’s sandy shore, starkly juxtaposed between the eroding dunes and Chicago’s towering silhouette to the northwest. More than 10,000 buildings sit abandoned, and the population of 180,000 in the 1960s has dropped by more than half. As U.S. Steel stands at a crossroads — a planned acquisition would put it under foreign control — so does the city that was named for the company’s founder and helped build its empire.

Persons: Gary, Gary ” Organizations: U.S, Steel Locations: Ind, U.S, Steel’s

Winter turned its icy glare on the U.S. this week, blanketing cities and states from east to west with snow and sending temperatures into an Arctic spiral. Heavy lake-effect snow shut down city hall, canceled school in several districts and led to travel bans across multiple suburbs. Blades of grass hardened into icicles as snow fell and temperatures dropped in Houston, Texas. Pedestrians braved the cold while walking in downtown Kansas City, Missouri, and children sailed down snow drifts at the U.S. Capitol in Washington. And steam rising off of Lake Michigan in Chicago drew would-be photographers, bundled up and enjoying the view as winter settled in.

Persons: Winter, Frost, hunkered Organizations: Blades, U.S, Capitol Locations: Buffalo , New York, In Oregon, Lake Oswego, Portland, New Orleans, Houston , Texas, Chicago, Nashville, Kansas City , Missouri, Washington, Lake Michigan

☆ Best travel destinations to visit in 2024
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-01 | by ( Cnn Travel Staff | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +32 min

cdwheatley/iStockphoto/Getty Images Angola: Beyond the capital city of Luanda, pictured, Angola has some jaw-droppingly spectacular scenery and cultural treats. David ChiaFF/Alamy Stock Photo Mérida, Mexico: Yucatán state's capital city showcases a blend of Mayan and colonial heritage. Pavel Tochinsky/The Image Bank RF/Getty Images Morocco: This North African country is home to nine UNESCO sites, including the historic city of Meknes, pictured. Panama City is also the only world capital with a tropical rainforest within its city limits. And a historic city forever entwined with the famed Camino de Santiago.

Persons: you’d, Tengguo Wu, Gabriele Thielmann, Turkey's, Gary Ennis, Matevz, Bill Bachman, Christian Kober, Gonzalo Azumendi, David ChiaFF, Pavel Tochinsky, Terry Kelly, Raul Rodriguez, iStock, Anton Petrus, –, — Karla Cripps Turkey’s, — Barry Neild, Mana Kaasik, — Maureen O’Hare, — Maggie Hiufu Wong, Deb Snelson, Glen Arbor, Marnie Hunter, — Forrest Brown, — Forrest Brown Angola Cristo, Eric Lafforgue, it’s, King, Eric Carr, John’s, Saint John, New Brunswick —, —, Tuul, Bruno Morandi, — Julia Buckley, Groenewald, Alamy, — Lilit Marcus, Alexander the Great, Philip II of Macedon, — JB, Bogdan Lazar, — Tamara Hardingham, Gill, Hercules, Francesca, Lazarus, ”, David Casanova, Megan Sequeira Casanova, “, Kuka y Naranjo, medina, Gordon Sinclair, Yvette Cardozo, — FB, Pierce Ingram, Stefan Tomic, Fujairah, who’ve, Samarkand —, It’s Organizations: CNN, United, CNN Travel, Getty Images, Town, Getty, Northwest, Saint, New Brunswick Tourism, UNESCO, Heritage, Alamy, Parque Nacional Volcán Barú, Galicia, Tercera Orden, Parque, Bank, Wakulla Springs, Texas, United Arab Emirates, AP, Rock, of Culture, Estonian National Museum, — Maggie Hiufu Wong Northwest Michigan, Bear, Farm, Riders, Lubango, — BN Saint John, Canada Tourists, St, Saint John City Market, Historic, Saint John Arts Centre, Carnegie, Carnegie Library, — KC, Korea, Folk, Netflix, South Korea, Adriatic, Nacional Glaciares, Australian Sea Lions, Panama, Spain Santiago de, Spain Santiago de Compostela Cathedral, Islas, Camino, Mexico People, YouTube, US State Department, Morocco, Regis Hotels, Resorts, — FB Texas, Travel Texas, Krause, Gruene, Fujairah, Icefjord, FS, Tuul, ” Locations: United States, Sumba, Indonesia Sumba, Indonesia, Bali, Getty Images Tartu, Estonia, Tartu —, European, Tainan, Taiwan, Northwest Michigan, Traverse City, Lake Michigan, iStockphoto, Western Balkans, Culebra , Puerto Rico, Flamenco, Culebra, cdwheatley, Angola, Luanda, , New Brunswick, Fundy, New Brunswick, New Brunswick Tourism South Korea, Korea Albania, Albania, Chile, mauritius, Western Australia, Greece, Macedonia, American, Panama, Spain, Camino, Santiago, St, John's, Mexico, Parque Hidalgo, Morocco, Meknes, Florida, Spicewood, Anton, Greenland, Denmark, AP Uzbekistan, Bukhara, Indonesian, Sumela, Turkey's, — Barry Neild Tartu, Estonia Tartu, of Culture Tartu, Tartu, “, Baltics, — Maureen O’Hare Tainan, Taiwan Tainan, Taipei, — Maggie Hiufu Wong Northwest, Lake, Traverse, Leland, Glen, perusing, Balkans, Slovenia, Bosnia, Herzegovina, North Macedonia, Serbia, transdinarica.com, —, Puerto Rico, It’s, — Forrest Brown Angola, Lubango, Barra, Cabo Ledo, — BN Saint John , New Brunswick, Canada, Hopewell, Newfoundland, Saint, Canada’s, Korea Andong, South Korea, Sanga, Korea, Seoul, Busan, Andong, Albania Albania, Berat, Montenegro, Vlorë, Gjirokastër, — Julia Buckley Chile, Atacama, Patagonia, Coral Coast, Geraldton, — Lilit Marcus Macedonia, Thessaloniki, Greece's, Hemis, Athens, Vergina, Veria, Naousa, Greece’s, Thrace, Philippi, Kavala, Panama . Panama City, Gill Galicia, Spain Santiago, Spain Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Galicia’s, Santiago de Compostela, Cabo, Fisterra, Galicia —, Singapore, John’s, Paseo, Montejo, Mérida, Yucatán, getaways, there’s, Marrakech, Rabat, Fes, Resorts Morocco, Wakulla, Ginnie, Fredericksburg, Texas, Marble Falls, Meanderers, New Braunfels, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Wadi, Nuuk, Ilulissat, West, FS Uzbekistan, Samarkand, Uzbekistan, China, India, Khiva, Uzbek, Sentob, Tashkent

☆ Best Banks and Credit Unions for 2024
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-18 | by ( Martha C. White | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +13 min

While its checking interest rate is set much lower, you do earn interest on every dollar of your balance—its flagship checking account was also Buy Side’s top pick in the Best Checking Account category. CaveatsCapital One’s savings account APY beats most national banks and is competitive among online banks. The Ally Online Savings and Ally Spending accounts (the latter is the bank’s flagship checking account) were our top picks for digital banks in Buy Side’s Best Checking and Best Savings rankings. In Buy Side’s roundups, Alliant took the top spot among credit unions in our Best Checking and Best Savings rankings. How we pickedTo pick Buy Side from WSJ’s Best Banks, we evaluated dozens of banks and credit unions, looking for institutions that offered the best combination of high interest, low fees and flexible account options for savings, checking and CDs.

Persons: Martha C, you’ll, —, Ally, Ivy, Ivy doesn’t, Ivy Bank’s, Alliant, Foster, — Alliant, Banks Organizations: Wall, Best, Capital, American Express, Ally, Savings, Synchrony, Alto, Ivy Bank, Cambridge Savings Bank, Ivy, Bank5 Connect, CIT Bank, First, Alliant, Bank, Foster Care, Credit Union, Lake, Best Bank, Best Credit Union, National Credit Union Administration Locations: U.S, American, Massachusetts, California, Golden State, Lake Michigan

☆ 'Powerful' storm dumps heavy rain over East Coast with 59M under flood alerts
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-18 | by ( Angela Yang | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

The East Coast is reeling from the impacts with almost 700,000 people across New England and New York without power as of 1 p.m., according to PowerOutage.us . "The associated heavy rain will create mainly localized areas of flash flooding, with urban areas, roads and small streams the most vulnerable," the weather service said. In New York City, a travel advisory is in effect due to flooding conditions on roads, power outages and high winds on bridges. In New York City, a travel advisory is in effect because of flooding conditions on roads, power outages and high winds on bridges. By the end of today, every single state on the East Coast will have experienced at least 2 inches of rain.

Persons: There's, Eric Adams, Sean Smith, Warden Stefan Pratt, Yasmeen Persaud Organizations: Charleston, Big Apple, NYC Emergency Management, New, New York City Emergency Management Office, Danbury Emergency Management Office, Boston's Massachusetts College of Art, Amtrak, Central Maine Power, Hillsdale Fire Department, NBC News, LaGuardia, Boston Logan International Airport, Boston Logan International Locations: Elmsford , New York, New England, New York, Florida, Carolinas, Charleston, Gainesville , Florida, South Carolina, Virginia, Maine, New York City, Manhattan, In Connecticut, Danbury, Providence , Rhode Island, Boston, New Jersey, Hillsdale , New Jersey, Glendale, Moretown , Vermont, Brookhaven Calabro, Shirley , New York, Canada, Lake Michigan, Michigan, Indiana, Lake Erie, Ohio, West, Sierra Nevada

☆ The Aral Sea’s Demise Is a Parable of Our Environmental Hubris - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-28 | by ( Jacob Dreyer | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Walking toward the shrinking remnants of what used to be the Aral Sea in Uzbekistan was like entering hell. I reached the edge of one of the scattered lakes which are all that remain of this once-great body of water. In the nearby town of Muynak, black and white newsreels in the local museum, and pictures in the family photo albums of residents, tell of better times. During the Soviet era, fishing communities like Muynak ringed the sea, thriving off its bounty: sturgeon, flounder, caviar and other staples of Soviet dinner tables. But over the decades, Soviet authorities diverted rivers that flowed into the sea to irrigate cotton and other crops.

Persons: Oktyabr Dospanov, ” Locations: Uzbekistan, Muynak, Michigan

☆ This Wisconsin county has voted for the winning presidential candidate since 1996, one of the longest such streaks in the country
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-26 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Sticking out into Lake Michigan, Door County is one of Wisconsin's most picturesque jurisdictions. Door County is also a presidential bellwether, having backed the winning candidate since 1996. In 2020, now-President Joe Biden defeated then-President Donald Trump in Door County 49.9%-48.5%, or by roughly 1.4 points. Door County has a habit of making itself stand out among the state's 72 counties, backing the winning presidential candidate in every election since 1996, one of the longest such streaks in the country. (Like many communities in the Midwest, Door County has long had seasonal workers work on farms and in other local businesses.)

Persons: —, Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Biden, Hillary Clinton, Clinton, Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton's, George W, Bush's, Barack Obama's Organizations: Service, Trump, Wisconsin, GOP, Midwest, The Washington Post Locations: Lake Michigan, Wisconsin, swingiest, Door County, Door, Sturgeon

LA CROSSE, Wis. (AP) — Wildlife officials across the Great Lakes are looking for spies to take on an almost impossible mission: stop the spread of invasive carp. Kayla Stampfle, invasive carp field lead for the Minnesota DNR, said the goal is to monitor when carp start moving in the spring and use the tagged fish to ambush their brethren. Political Cartoons View All 1256 ImagesFour different species are considered invasive carp: bighead, black, grass and silver. There is no hard estimates of invasive carp populations in the U.S. but they are believed to number in the millions. Wildlife agencies are still consolidating data on how many invasive carp that real-time tracking has helped them remove, U.S.

Persons: Kayla Stampfle, Fritts, Janet Lebson, Mark Fritts, Marc Smith, “, " Smith, James Stone, Stampfle, It's Organizations: —, U.S . Fish, Wildlife Service, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Agency, Minnesota DNR, Press, Fisheries, Water Resources Reform, Survey, Chicago Sanitary, The Minnesota DNR, Minnesota -, La Crosse, Fish, Wildlife, Cities, Lakes Regional Center Locations: LA CROSSE, Wis, U.S, Mississippi, Wisconsin, Lake Erie, Lake Michigan, Lake Ontario, St, Croix, Gulf, Mexico, Illinois, Ohio, Missouri, Chicago, Davenport , Iowa, The, Des Plaines, Sandusky, Minnesota, Minnesota - Wisconsin, La, Iowa, La Crosse

☆ Amtrak Train Derails in Michigan After Striking Vehicle on Tracks
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-17 | by ( Mike Ives | More About Mike Ives | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

An Amtrak passenger train carrying more than 200 passengers derailed in Michigan on Thursday night after striking a vehicle on the tracks; there were no immediate reports of injuries, the national railroad company said. Amtrak said the accident happened about 10 p.m. near New Buffalo, Mich., a township near Lake Michigan, about an hour east of Chicago. The train, with six crew members and an estimated 218 passengers aboard, had been traveling west to Chicago from Pontiac, Mich., and remained upright after the derailment, the company said. A police dispatcher for Berrien County, where New Buffalo is located, declined to comment. Experts say derailments usually happen when a train takes a turn too fast — one reason that automatic-braking technology has been installed on many passenger railroads across the United States in recent years.

Organizations: Amtrak Locations: Michigan, New Buffalo, Mich, Lake Michigan, Chicago, Pontiac, Berrien County, United States

☆ I grew up in Milwaukee, but I discovered the beauty of this hidden-gem hiking trail for the first time as an adult
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-14 | by ( Talia Lakritz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Seven Bridges Trail is a 2-mile loop in Grant Park in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. While visiting my hometown of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, a family friend recommended I take some time to hike Seven Bridges Trail. I grew up in the area and have visited many of its parks and hiking areas, but I'd never heard of that one. Upon further research, I found that Seven Bridges Trail is located in South Milwaukee's Grant Park, a 381-acre oasis with 2 miles of shoreline along Lake Michigan, according to Milwaukee County Parks. My dad also grew up in Wisconsin and has ridden his bike through Grant Park dozens of times, but even he had never heard of Seven Bridges Trail.

Persons: hadn't, who's, —, I'd, Frederick C, Wulff Organizations: I'm, Service, Milwaukee County Parks . Horticulture, Works Progress Administration Locations: Grant Park, Milwaukee , Wisconsin, Wisconsin, hadn't, South Milwaukee's, Lake Michigan, Grant

☆ Megan Rapinoe, Emma Hayes and a Women’s Soccer Crossroads
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-10 | by ( Rory Smith | More About Rory Smith | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Emma Hayes first met Megan Rapinoe before she was Megan Rapinoe. Or, rather, just as she was becoming Megan Rapinoe. Rapinoe was not even a professional soccer player back then, not quite. In 2008, she had been appointed head coach and director of soccer operations of the Chicago Red Stars, one of the inaugural franchises in the start-up league Women’s Professional Soccer. The Red Stars drafted Rapinoe second overall ahead of the league’s first season.

Persons: Emma Hayes, Megan Rapinoe, Rapinoe, Hayes Organizations: Chicago Red Stars, Women’s Professional Soccer, University of Portland, Red Stars Locations: California, Chicago, Lake Michigan

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A former Indiana lawmaker has agreed to plead guilty to a federal charge alleging that he accepted promises of lucrative employment from a gaming company during his time in public office, federal prosecutors said Friday. Sean Eberhart, 57, agreed to plead guilty to conspiracy to commit honest services fraud, according to court documents filed Thursday. The former Republican state representative represented central Indiana's House District 57 for 16 years before leaving office in November 2022. In 2022, longtime casino executive John Keeler was sentenced along with a former Indiana state senator, Brent Waltz, for their role in the illegal funneling of gambling money into the lawmaker's unsuccessful 2016 bid for congress. Keeler, who was a Republican legislator for 16 years in the 1980s and 1990s, was sentenced to two months in federal prison and fined $55,000.

Persons: —, Sean Eberhart, ” Eberhart, Eberhart, Todd Huston, Eberhart's, Huston, John Keeler, Brent Waltz, Keeler Organizations: INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, Republican, central, General, Spectacle Entertainment, Lake Michigan, Public, Spectacle, Attorney's, Associated Press, FBI Locations: central Indiana's, Lake, Gary , Indiana, Gary, Indiana's Vigo County, U.S, Indiana, Greenwood

☆ These are the 10 best places to buy a vacation house in the U.S. based on rental performance, yearly expenses and more
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-31 | by ( Celia Fernandez | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Evolve, a vacation rental company, ranked the best places in the U.S. to buy a vacation house right now. In October, Evolve, a vacation rental company, released its ranking of the best places to buy a vacation house right now. 1 place to buy a vacation house right now, according to Evolve. 2 best place to buy a vacation house right now. The Evolve report states that the median rental revenue for Holland is $44,577, the example cap rate is 8.8% and the median listing price is $355,544.

Persons: Peter Unger, , New York Holland , Michigan Hocking Hills , Ohio Palo, Deb Snelson Organizations: Stone, U.S . News, , New York Holland , Michigan Hocking Hills , Ohio Palo Pinto , Texas Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin Savannah , Georgia Michigan City, Evolve, Holland State, Istock, Getty Locations: U.S, , New York, New York, Lake Ontario, Finger, Napa Valley, HomeToGo, , New York Holland , Michigan Hocking Hills , Ohio, , New York Holland , Michigan Hocking Hills , Ohio Palo Pinto , Texas, Wisconsin Savannah , Georgia Michigan, Wisconsin Savannah , Georgia Michigan City , Indiana Vernon Township , New Jersey Dover , Vermont Sevierville, Tennessee Holland , Michigan, Holland, Lake Michigan, Southeast Ohio, Hocking Hills

☆ Obama’s Presidential Center Is Rising, Finally, in Chicago
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-29 | by ( Mitch Smith | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

More than eight years have passed since Barack Obama proclaimed that his presidential center would be built on Chicago’s South Side, where he got his start as a community organizer and politician. The announcement brought a swell of pride to the city, which beat out Honolulu, Mr. Obama’s birthplace, and New York City, where he attended college, to land the museum honoring America’s first Black president. Two presidents and multiple lawsuits later, the center is finally taking shape, its half-finished concrete skeleton rising along Stony Island Avenue near Lake Michigan. The planned opening?

Persons: Barack Obama, Obama’s, America’s Locations: Honolulu, New York City, Stony, Lake Michigan

Would some deny the results of the last presidential election? But since then, election conspiracy theories have taken root in the rural, heavily Republican county in northeastern Wisconsin. When she’s defended the election process, Pytleski, a lifelong Republican, has been called a RINO — a Republican in Name Only. The group's efforts come as distrust in elections has gained a persistent foothold across the country, especially in rural areas. Even with that level of local trust, the false belief that the 2020 presidential election was stolen permeates the community.

Persons: — Kim Pytleski, didn’t, Pytleski, Donald Trump’s, she’s, ”, Barack Obama, you’re, denialism, Reid Ribble, Joe Biden's, Kathy Bernier, ” Bernier, “ I’ve, ” It’s, Bernier, Trump, there’s, “, Mike Lindell, Douglas Frank, Meagan Wolfe, Wolfe, that’s, Connie Streckenback, Mary Verheyen, Michelle Bartoletti, Bartoletti, “ It’s, who’ve Organizations: Republican, U.S . Capitol, The Associated Press, NORC, for Public Affairs Research, Republicans, House, Republic, GOP, Local, Associated Press, AP Locations: Wis, Wisconsin, Green, Oconto County, Oconto, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Trump, House . Wisconsin, Suamico, Lake Michigan, Wisconsin —, Howard

BEAVER ISLAND, Mich. (AP) — A pilot's error during landing caused a 2021 plane crash that killed four people on a Michigan island, federal investigators concluded. The National Transportation Safety Board, which investigated the Nov. 13, 2021 crash on Beaver Island, said in a report released Thursday that the pilot lost control during landing and crashed 300 feet (91 meters) from the airport's runway. While approaching the airport, the plane was observed flying slowly and “‘wallowing’ as if nobody was flying,” the report said. The pilot and three others were killed in the crash; a young girl survived. The pilot was flying for Island Airways, which takes travelers between Beaver Island in northern Lake Michigan and Michigan’s northern Lower Peninsula.

Organizations: National Transportation Safety Board, NTSB, Island Airways Locations: BEAVER, Mich, Michigan, Beaver, Lake Michigan, Lower

David Willard has been checking the grounds of Chicago's lakefront exhibition center for dead birds for 40 years. Researchers estimate hundreds of millions of birds die in window strikes in the United States each year. When they see plants or bushes through windows or reflected in them, they head for them, killing themselves in the process. Pre-dawn rain forced the birds to drop to lower altitudes, where they found the McCormick Center’s lights on, Willard said. The first buildings at McCormick Center were constructed in 1959.

Persons: David Willard, ”, Willard, we've, Matt Igleski, it's, Stan Temple, They’ve, Temple, they’ve, “, McCormick, Anna Pidgeon, ” Willard Organizations: Chicago Field Museum, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, U.S . Fish, Wildlife Service, Chicago Audubon Society, University of Wisconsin, University of Wisconsin -, University of Wisconsin - Madison ., World Trade Center, National Audubon Society, McCormick Center Locations: McCormick, United States, U.S, Galveston , Texas, Chicago, Madison, Michigan, University of Wisconsin - Madison, New York City, Toronto , New York, Boston, San Diego, Dallas, Miami

PORT WASHINGTON, Wis. (AP) — Five flamingos that showed up in Wisconsin to wade along a Lake Michigan beach attracted a big crowd of onlookers eager to see the unusual visitors venturing far from their usual tropical setting. The birds stood quietly 25 feet (7.6 meters) off Lake Michigan’s western shoreline as waves lapped against their thin legs. Wildlife biologists hypothesized that the flamingos were pushed north in late August by the strong winds of Hurricane Idalia, the Journal Sentinel reported. Debbie Gasper of Port Washington made the short trip to the lakefront with her husband, Mark. She said that before Friday the only flamingos she has seen have been on the couple’s trips to Aruba.

Persons: Mark Korducki, Jim Edelhuber, Ryan Brady, Idalia, Debbie Gasper, Mark, Gasper, “, ” Organizations: Wisconsin Society for Ornithology, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources ., Journal Sentinel Locations: PORT WASHINGTON, Wis, Wisconsin, Lake Michigan, Port Washington, Milwaukee, Lake, Waukesha, Indiana , Kentucky , Ohio, Pennsylvania, flamingo, Florida, Caribbean, South America, Aruba, Georgia

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Great Lakes’ frigid fresh water used to keep shipwrecks so well preserved that divers could see dishes in the cupboards. Quagga mussels, native to Russia and Ukraine, were discovered in the Great Lakes in 1989, around the same time as their infamous cousin species, zebra mussels. Scientists believe the creatures arrived via ballast dumps from transoceanic freighters making their way to Great Lakes ports. They consume so many nutrients at such high rates they can render portions of the murky Great Lakes as clear as tropical seas. After 30 years of colonization, quaggas have displaced zebra mussels as the dominant mussel in the Great Lakes.

Persons: Tamara Thomsen, Wayne Lusardi, ”, they're, quaggas, Harvey Bootsma, Edmund Fitzgerald, Gordon Lightfoot, Daniel J, Carl D, Bradley, Frank H, Moody, Brendon Baillod, Bob Jaeck, Baillod, Milwaukee's Bootsma, “, ” Baillod Organizations: Tuskegee, “, University of California, Riverside’s, Species Research, Biologists, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee's, Freshwater Sciences, Tuskegee Airmen, Tuskegee Army Air Field, UW Locations: MADISON, Wis, Canadian, Ontario, ” Wisconsin, Superior, Lake Huron, Swiss, Russia, Ukraine, Great, Great Lakes, Lake Michigan, Lake Superior, Cedarville, Straits, Mackinac, Alabama, Madison, Trinidad, Algoma , Wisconsin, Michigan, Milwaukee, Detroit, Chicago, Toledo , Ohio

Local public health officials say the potential loss of funding could severely impact several essential services, including vaccines, cancer screening and testing for sexually transmitted infections. A national public health expert said the situation is unique in the U.S. and a threat to the entire public health field — especially going into an election year when health officials and their department could again become political targets. “I’m hoping this isn’t the start of a new trend of retroactive punishment against public health departments.”More than than 300,000 people live in Ottawa County, making it Michigan's seventh largest county. “You should not be at war with your health providers.”The Network for Public Health Law and the National Association of County and City Health Officials filed amicus briefs in support of Hambley’s lawsuit last month. And Freeman said her organization is keeping a close eye on Ottawa County: “This isn't something we want on the books for other county commissioners to consider in the future."

Persons: COVID, they’ve, ”, Lori Freeman, “ I’m, Herman Miller, Joe Moss, Sylvia Rhodea, — Moss, Rhodea, John Gibbs, Adeline Hambley, Jacob Bonnema, it's, Hambley, “, ” Hambley, Gibbs, Moss, —, Freeman, Robert Wood Johnson Organizations: National Association of County, City Health, Ottawa, Republican, Diversity, Equity, Associated Press, AP, Hambley, Grand Haven, Public Health Law, Associated Press Health, Science Department, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Locations: Mich, Michigan, U.S, Ottawa County, Ottawa, Grand

☆ Reading Sad Books Is Good for Your Kids
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-08 | by ( Craig Fehrman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Last summer, my wife and I took our kids to Reader’s World, a wonderful bookstore in Holland, Mich. I watched my son and daughter head straight to the children’s section, where they began pulling down options and building small sand castles of books. Eventually Henry, our oldest, brought over a paperback I hadn’t heard of, a novel much thicker than the chapter books he usually read. He climbed into our bed and onto my chest, his small body shaking, his crying so intense he couldn’t speak. Finally, he managed a single sentence: “Dad, why did ‘The Wild Robot’ have to be sad?”

Persons: Henry, he’d Locations: Holland, Mich, Lake Michigan

☆ A Ship That Sank in 1881 Is Found Nearly Intact in Lake Michigan
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-02 | by ( Orlando Mayorquin | More About Orlando Mayorquin | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

On the early morning of May 11, 1881, Capt. John Higgins and his eight-man crew scurried onto a lifeboat and caught a final glimpse of their schooner, Trinidad, as it disappeared into the icy waters of Lake Michigan. After 142 years, its wreckage has finally been discovered. Trinidad was built at Grand Island, N.Y., in 1867 and was used as a cargo ship in the lucrative grain trade between Milwaukee, Chicago and Oswego, N.Y., according to a news release. “A lot of these schooners were built for one thing,” Mr. Baillod said in a phone interview on Friday evening.

Persons: John Higgins, Brendon Baillod, Robert Jaeck, Baillod, Mr, ” Locations: Trinidad, Lake Michigan, Algoma, Wis, Grand, N.Y, Milwaukee, Chicago, Oswego

☆ Shipwreck hunters found a schooner that sank in 1881 intact in Lake Michigan
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-02 | by ( George Glover | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Maritime historians found a schooner that sank in 1881 intact in Lake Michigan. Brendon Baillod and Robert Jaeck found the shipwreck of the 156-year-old vessel back in July. The vessel is so well-preserved that its crew's possessions are still present. Baillod and Jaeck found the vessel by reading historical accounts of the shipwreck by survivors, then deploying side-scan sonar to track its location more accurately. AdvertisementAdvertisementLake Michigan shipwrecks are often found intact due to the lake's cold and fresh waters, which tend to preserve many items found onboard the sunken vessels.

Persons: Brendon Baillod, Robert Jaeck, Jaeck Organizations: Service, Lake Michigan —, Associated Press, AP, Wisconsin Historical Society and University of Wisconsin Sea Grant Institute Locations: Lake Michigan, Wall, Silicon, Wisconsin, Trinidad, Milwaukee, Chicago, Oswego , New York, Sturgeon, Port Huron, Algoma, Ontario, Canada, Michigan

☆ Forget snowbirds: 'Sweat birds' flee the heat of Texas and Arizona to spend summer in cooler northern climates
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-30 | by ( Jordan Pandy | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

It allows them to partake in outdoor activities in the summer and provides a change of scenery. "I have never been happy with the heat," Woudenberg told Insider. "Sweat birds" — or "fire birds," which Woudenberg prefers — ditch the heat and opt for a cooler experience in the summer by relocating north. Northern California provides some relief from the Dallas heat for one sweat birdChuck Anderson is originally from Nebraska but has lived in Dallas since 1980. He naturally gravitates toward warmer climates, he said, but Dallas' summer weather has become a bit too much.

Persons: Cindy Woudenberg, Woudenberg, it's, Mike Pennekamp, Galia, Mike, Chuck Anderson, Kim Anderson, Chuck Anderson Anderson, Anderson, Kim, Dallas, Realty Anderson Organizations: Service, Midwest, Dallas, Anderson, Realty Locations: Wall, Silicon, Phoenix, Woudenberg, Baldwin , Michigan, Grand Rapids, Arizona, Arizona and Michigan, Michigan, In Michigan, Lake Michigan, Florida, Idaho, Miami, snowbirds , Florida, South Florida, Driggs , Idaho, Jackson , Wyoming, North Carolina, Teton, California, Nebraska, Dallas, Colorado , Idaho, Montana, Truckee , California, Nevada, Reno, Lake Tahoe, Truckee

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