Latest Lake Superior News
Fewer fish and more algae? Scientists seek to understand impacts of historic lack of Great Lakes ice
RACINE, Wis. (AP) — Michigan Tech University biologists have been observing a remote Lake Superior island's fragile wolf population every winter since 1958, but they had to cut this season's planned seven-week survey short after just two weeks. The ski plane they study the wolves...
Why are clocks set forward in the spring? Thank wars, confusion and a hunger for sunlight
DALLAS (AP) — Once again, most Americans will set their clocks forward by one hour this weekend, losing perhaps a bit of sleep but gaining more glorious sunlight in the evenings as the days warm into summer. Where did this all come from, though? How we came to move...
Wreck of ship that sank in 1940 found in Lake Superior
WHITEFISH POINT, Mich. (AP) — Shipwreck hunters have discovered a merchant ship that sank in Lake Superior in 1940, taking its captain with it, during a storm off Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. The Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society and shipwreck researcher Dan Fountain...
Fire destroys Minnesota's historic Lutsen Lodge on Lake Superior
LUTSEN, Minn. (AP) — Fire destroyed a historic lodge on Lake Superior in northern Minnesota early Tuesday, with the manager quickly pledging it would be rebuilt in the same design. The fire at the Lutsen Lodge was reported around 12:30 a.m. The only staffer on duty spotted smoke...
Warm weather forces park officials to suspend Isle Royale wolf count for first time in decades
A stretch of unusually warm weather has forced federal officials to suspend researchers' annual wolf-moose count in Isle Royale National Park for the first time in more than six decades. Isle Royale is a 134,000-acre (54,200-hectare) island situated in far western Lake Superior...
