Lake Michigan

We’ve come to the point in the cycle of the year when the two great lights, Sun and Moon, trade places in the celestial hemispheres.

About 20 feet down on the bottom of Lake Michigan, there’s a white marble crucifix from Italy. Diver Denny Jessick uses a trail of rumors to search for its origin story.

About 20 feet down on the bottom of Lake Michigan, there’s a white marble crucifix from Italy. Diver Denny Jessick uses a trail of rumors to search for its origin story.

Two ferries currently service the island. One vessel is more than 60 years old. The other was built in 1997.

It takes a special breed to head to a Great Lakes beach during the windiest months of the year. But storm photographers are up for the challenge.

It takes a special breed to head to a Great Lakes beach during the windiest months of the year. But storm photographers are up for the challenge.

For the past three and a half decades, zebra and quagga mussels have fundamentally altered the ecology and hijacked the food web of the Great Lakes.Now scientists are trying new ways to put the mollusks in check, including infecting them with parasites and even crushing them with huge rollers. But will it be enough?

For the past three and a half decades, zebra and quagga mussels have fundamentally altered the ecology and hijacked the food web of the Great Lakes. Now scientists are trying new ways to put the mollusks in check, including infecting them with parasites and even crushing them with huge rollers. But will it be enough?

Last year, about 650,000 Chinooks were released from state hatcheries. Public comment at a hearing this week overwhelmingly supported increasing that number to 1 million.

To discuss this proposal and receive public feedback, the DNR will host a virtual meeting Monday, Sept. 19, from 7 to 8:30 p.m.