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Indiana ports looking to become maritime districts as they recover from pandemic

On: October 13, 2020

The Ports of Indiana and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers are working to have the northern and southern portions declared as maritime districts; the alignment will create one district for Lake Michigan shipments and one district for Ohio River shipments, allowing the state to be better represented in national rankings. Read the full story by The Center Square.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20201013-ports-martime

Patrick Canniff

Corps of Engineers completes Fort Sheridan restoration project

On: October 13, 2020

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Chicago District, has completed construction for the final phase of the Fort Sheridan Great Lakes Fishery and Ecosystem Restoration project at Fort Sheridan Forest Preserve in unincorporated Lake County, including 60 acres of shoreline and placement of artificial underwater reefs. Read the full story by the Daily Herald.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20201013-fort-sheridan-restoration

Patrick Canniff

Company fined $60,000 for dock collapse, material spill in Detroit River

On: October 13, 2020

The owner of a Detroit River dock that collapsed in November 2019, spilling large piles of gravel-type rocks into the river, has been fined $60,000 by state regulators for violating state environmental laws. Read the full story by the Detroit Free Press.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20201013-detriot-dock-collapse

Patrick Canniff

Duluth cancels plans for Lakewalk extension

On: October 13, 2020

The Duluth City Council approved a resolution that will halt any further work to advance the path and redirect $915,000 in federal disaster aid that had been earmarked to repair a crushed stone shoreline path, to be used to help fund repairs of other storm-damaged areas. Read the full story by the Duluth News Tribune.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20201013-duluth-construction

Patrick Canniff

After 2018 anchor strike, Consumers Energy takes cables out of Straits of Mackinac

On: October 13, 2020

Consumers Energy spent from May through mid-September pulling four to eight 46 kV cables from the water. The cables had been installed in 1956 to carry electricity to the Upper Peninsula. Read the full story by MLive.com.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20201013-mackinac-energy

Patrick Canniff

Detroit aims to end basement flooding and cut water pollution with sponge-like medians

On: October 13, 2020

The project on Detroit’s Oakman Boulevard will drain 64 acres to prevent flooding by installing permeable medians as much as 15 feet below the street surface. Read the full story by the Detroit Free Press.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20201013-green-infrastructure

Patrick Canniff

Great Lakes ports experiencing pandemic-caused dip

On: October 13, 2020

According to the Chamber of Marine Commerce, from April through the end of August, cargo volumes in the St. Lawrence Seaway, was down 8% compared to 2019’s figures. Read the full story by NPR.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20201013-shipping-slowdown

Patrick Canniff

Dams Across the Great Lakes: End of the line for aging infrastructure?

On: October 13, 2020

More than 91,000 dams impede the passage of rivers all around the United States. Most dams have a lifespan of about 50 years, and many that exist in the United States were built long before the 1970s—including the Edenville Dam in Michigan, which failed earlier this year. Read the full story by Great Lakes Now.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20201013-aging-dams

Patrick Canniff

Rising waters threaten Great Lakes communities

On: October 13, 2020

The ongoing disaster striking the coastal communities of the Great Lakes has not captured national attention like hurricanes and wildfires in other parts of the country, but those communities are reeling from untold billions in damage and the prospect that climate change will make things worse in the years to come. Read the full story by Wisconsin Examiner.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20201013-coastal-damages

Patrick Canniff

Researchers want invasive aquatic critters out of Great Lakes ballast water

On: October 12, 2020

University of Wisconsin-Superior researchers are trying to figure out how to better regulate small invasive organisms that stow away in the ballast water of large vessels traversing the Great Lakes Basin. Read the full story by Great Lakes Echo.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20201012-ballast-water

Flint celebrates grand opening of free water testing laboratory

On: October 12, 2020

Community members, local officials and supporters celebrated the grand opening of a free water testing lab in Flint, Michigan, that fosters STEM education, job-skill training, and trust in the community amid the Flint water crisis. Read the full story by MLive.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20201012-flint-water-testing

Scientists learn how other invaders keep foreign mussels in Lake Michigan in check

On: October 12, 2020

A new study reveals that other invasive species may be impacting invasive mussel populations in the Great Lakes. Read the full story by the Capital News Service.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20201012-invasive-mussels

Some Michigan rivers dump almost 3 years worth of water into Lakes Michigan and Huron in 2020

On: October 12, 2020

Record setting amounts of water flowed through some Michigan rivers this year on the way to Lake Michigan and Lake Huron. Read the full story by MLive.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20201012-michigan-rivers

Locals await information on Michigan water infrastructure investment

On: October 12, 2020

Michigan’s Upper Peninsula residents are waiting to see how much of the $500 million for water infrastructure upgrades announced by Michigan Gov. Whitmer last week will make it to the region. Read the full story by Your Daily Globe.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20201012-indrastructure-investment

Environmental, health groups call for mandatory PFAS testing in water systems

On: October 12, 2020

Nearly three dozen public health and environmental organizations are calling on Wisconsin state officials to require thousands of public water systems to test for hazardous chemicals known as PFAS. Read the full story by Kenosha News.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20201012-pfas-testing

What’s that smell? Health Department explains odor in some Saginaw tap water

On: October 12, 2020

A smell that some residents in Saginaw, Michigan, have noticed in their tap water is due to a seasonal turnover in the city’s water source out of Lake Huron. Read the full story by MLive.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20201012-tap-water-odor

Kaptur, Joyce urge support for Great Lakes

On: October 12, 2020

Lawmakers in Washington are again making bipartisan efforts to push for funding to protect the Great Lakes. Read the full story by the Port Clinton News Herald.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20201012-great-lakes-support

Lake Michigan property values in Indiana are climbing despite erosion issues. One possible cause: Residents fleeing Illinois

On: October 12, 2020

Lakefront erosion is not hurting property values for communities along Lake Michigan’s shoreline, where housing prices have been on the rise since months after the COVID-19 pandemic. Read the full story by the Post-Tribune.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20201012-lake-michigan-property

Toronto-based research center confirms record number of waterspouts over the Great Lakes

On: October 12, 2020

Storm chasers and meteorologists observed a record number of waterspouts over the Great Lakes this month, according to the Toronto-based International Centre for Waterspout Research. Read the full story by Michigan Radio.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20201012-waterspouts

Michigan DNR: Telling Michigan’s Anishinaabe history

On: October 9, 2020

The Anishinaabe people lived along the Great Lakes for centuries before European explorers arrived, however the history of indigenous people is overlooked by many. Organizations in Michigan are working to include more details about the lives of Native Americans in exhibits, museums, and statewide historical markers. Read the full story by Upper Michigan’s Source.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20201009-anishinaabe

Great Lakes’ ore trade ‘feeling the pinch’ of COVID-19, falling 30% off normal pace

On: October 9, 2020

The American shipping industry has kept itself safe on the Great Lakes during the pandemic, but the shippers are feeling the economic impact of the shutdown that caused declines in manufacturing output. Read the full story by Duluth News Tribune.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20201009-ore-down

Michigan PFAS activist has cancer, says she’s not surprised

On: October 9, 2020

A western Michigan woman honored by the federal government for her environmental activism is attributing her recent cancer diagnosis to toxic PFAS chemicals that polluted her community’s drinking water supply. Read the full story by The Associated Press.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20201009-pfas-activist

The fight over Sleeping Bear Dunes

On: October 9, 2020

Sleeping Bear Dunes turns 50 this month and is a cornerstone of tourism in northern Michigan. But it took nearly a decade to establish the National Park site because of heated opposition from residents. Read the full story by Interlochen Public Radio.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20201009-sleeping-bear

Tough bugger: Western Lake Erie algae still out there, even as temps plunge

On: October 9, 2020

Western Lake Erie’s summer 2020 algal bloom is still present and visible from space. With fall temperatures dropping, the remaining toxic microcystin chemicals will soon deteriorate. Read the full story by The Toledo Blade.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20201009-tough-bugger

IDEM to hold virtual seminars on public watershed protection and restoration

On: October 9, 2020

The Indiana Department of Environmental Management will host a free virtual webinar series to teach about watershed protection and restoration efforts within the Lake Michigan basin. Read the full story by the Indiana Environmental Reporter.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20201009-idem

Michigan sponsors unmanned boat research

On: October 9, 2020

Researchers at Michigan Technological University have partnered with a Canadian shipping company to develop autonomous marine vessels to use for cargo shipping on the Great Lakes. Read the full story by State Scoop.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20201009-boat-research

A beleaguered stretch of Lake Erie shore braces for autumn trouble

On: October 9, 2020

Temperamental fall weather and high lake levels threaten a beleaguered stretch of shoreline road in Chatham-Kent, Ontario, that has been closed due to erosion. Read the full story by The Community Press.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20201009-lake-erie-autumn

Couple, denied state help after flooding, worries about water supply

On: October 9, 2020

An upstate New York couple is scrambling to protect their water supply after they were denied state funding to repair damages from record flooding on Lake Ontario in 2019. Read the full story by WWNY – TV – Watertown, NY.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20201009-ontario-flooding-dw

‘Swim at your own risk’ Lake Michigan drownings at a 10 year high

On: October 9, 2020

To make beaches safer, the Great Lakes Surf Rescue Project confronts the issue of drowning on five fronts: gathering statistical data, education, support and advocacy for drowning victims and their families, lifeguard and service training and first responder training. Read the full story by the Petoskey News-Review.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20201009-swimming

Saugeen Shores tackles shoreline erosion

On: October 9, 2020

It’s just the beginning, but Saugeen Shores, Ontario, is taking its first crack at protecting part of its shoreline from erosion. Hardening the shoreline is happening up and down the Lake Huron coast, as record setting lake levels batter the water’s edge. Read the full story by CTV News.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20201009-saugeen

Shipwreck Life: How fish and other aquatic species utilize Great Lakes shipwrecks

On: October 8, 2020

Together, the five Great Lakes contain upwards of 6,000 shipwrecks. These vessels are scattered across the entire Great Lakes from the Thousand Islands on the eastern end of Lake Ontario to Duluth on the western end of Lake Superior and provide habitat for fish and other aquatic species. Read the full story by Great Lakes Now.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20201008-shipwrecks

Trent Port Marina participates in Great Lakes Plastic Cleanup project

On: October 8, 2020

The Trent Port Marina in Trenton, Ontario is using cutting-edge technology to filter plastic waste out of the water and stop more plastic from finding its way in. Read the full story by The Intelligencer.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20201008-plastics-cleanup

Researchers at UWindsor use underwater robot to collect Great Lakes data

On: October 8, 2020

Researchers at the University of Windsor have been using an underwater robot to study harmful algal blooms and low oxygen levels in Lake Erie. Read the full story by CTV News.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20201008-uwindsor-robot

EPA administrator visits Cleveland announcing delisting of Ashtabula River AOC

On: October 8, 2020

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) officials visited Cleveland, Ohio Wednesday announcing they will start the process to delist the Ashtabula River as an Area of Concern (AOC) “as final beneficial use impairment is removed.” Read the full story by WEWS-TV -Cleveland, OH.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20201008-ashtabula-river

UT, BGSU land major Lake Erie algae grants

On: October 8, 2020

Both the University of Toledo and Bowling Green State University are recipients of large federal grants announced this week to address the national rise of harmful algal blooms and the toxins they create which can endanger public health. Read the full story by The Toledo Blade.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20201008-lake-erie-algae

NMC freshwater studies students help track fish movement for FishPass project

On: October 8, 2020

Northwestern Michigan College students aided in the multi-million dollar FishPass Project on Wednesday in Traverse City, MI. Scientists implanted radio trackers in some fish, and the students scanned the river to find them and monitor their movement. It will serve as baseline data before the systems installed. Read the full story by WWUP-Cadillac, MI.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20201008-fishpass

Black River Watershed Conference reflects on decade of work; environmental groups looking ahead

On: October 8, 2020

For more than a decade, dozens of agencies and millions of dollars in state funding have supported the Black River Watershed Initiative in New York, and stakeholders continue to push for environmental remediation in the mostly-forested north country drainage basin. Read the full story by Watertown Daily Times.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20201008-black-river

Cuyahoga River to be preserved by making it more crooked, federal authorities say

On: October 8, 2020

The federal government is about to spend $15 million on a new push to restore the Cuyahoga River by adding more twists and turns to its sections that traverse Cuyahoga Valley National Park in Ohio. Read and hear the full story by The Plain Dealer.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20201008-cuyahoga-restoration

Lake Michigan falls below record level for second month, lakeshore impacts far from over

On: October 8, 2020

The water level on Lake Michigan continued its seasonal decline and had fallen below record stage as of early October. September marked the first month of 2020 in which the Lake Michigan-Huron basin did not set a record for the highest monthly average water level. Read the full story by WWMT-TV – Kalamazoo, MI.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20201008-lake-micihgan

Lake Huron shoreline project in Bright’s Grove delayed

On: October 8, 2020

One of three shoreline projects in Bright’s Grove, Ontario meant to prevent Old Lakeshore Road from falling into Lake Huron wasn’t done this year and must be retendered. Read the full story by The Sarnia Journal.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20201008-shoreline-restoration

Saving the lake shouldn’t take a stunt

On: October 7, 2020

The Lake Erie Bill of Rights, the surprisingly successful ballot measure that conferred legal rights on Lake Erie, is hanging on by a legal thread. Read the full story by The Toledo Blade.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20201007-lake-stunt

Northeastern Minnesota’s wild areas key to climate resilience

On: October 7, 2020

Large swaths of Northeastern Minnesota’s wild country — including the Superior National Forest and North Shore state parks — are potential safe zones for nature to adapt to climate change, but only if they remain protected and undeveloped. Read the full story by the Duluth News-Tribune.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20201007-wild-areas-MN

Michigan Maritime Museum purchases historic family property in South Haven

On: October 7, 2020

A family property with a long history of Great Lakes maritime heritage is now under the control of the Michigan Maritime Museum. Read the full story by MLive.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20201007-maritime

Generous lighthouse lovers rally to keep iconic sculpture

On: October 7, 2020

In Port Clinton, Ohio, members of the Port Clinton Lighthouse Conservancy raised $47,000 to keep a bronze statue near the shores of Lake Erie. Read the full story by The Beacon.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20201007-lighthouse

Painesville sets record for longest microtunneling project in U.S., with new Lake Erie intake pipe

On: October 7, 2020

Painesville, Ohio, is celebrating its new $14 million, 4,000-foot raw water intake pipe in Lake Erie, which has been in the works since November 2016. It was the longest microtunneling project in the United States by tunneling 25 feet below the bottom of Lake Erie’s shale and clay for a total of almost 4,000-feet for the 60-inch pipe. Read the full story by The Plain Dealer.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20201007-microtunneling

Fall bird migration fills the skies at Lake Erie Metropark in Brownstown

On: October 7, 2020

With fall now in full swing, animals are preparing for the winter and birds have begun their migration. At Michigan’s Lake Erie Metropark, you can view the great migration, at a designated watch site for raptor migration. Read the full story by The News-Herald.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20201007-migration

Freighter brings 20,000 tons of road salt to Upper Peninsula town

On: October 7, 2020

In preparation for the winter months, a freighter dropped 20,000 tons of salt in Hancock, Michigan, last week. It’s the first of two deliveries to the forming mining town in the Keweenaw Peninsula. Read the full story by MLive.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20201007-freighter

Waterspout outbreak over the Great Lakes sets world record: ICWR

On: October 7, 2020

The highest number of waterspouts/funnels ever recorded took place recently over the Great Lakes during a seven-day period. Read the full story by CTV News.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20201007-waterspout

Steel production rises a little in Midwest but remains down significantly this year

On: October 7, 2020

Great Lakes steel production ticked up by 5,000 tons last week but remains depressed by nearly a fifth so far this year, according to the American Iron and Steel Institute. Read the full story by the Northwest Indiana Times.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20201007-steel

Green Bay has officially replaced all city’s lead pipes

On: October 7, 2020

Green Bay officials gathered Tuesday to celebrate the completion of the city’s five-year effort to remove more than 2,000 lead pipes. Read the full story by Wisconsin Public Radio.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20201007-lead