Once a shimmering 68,000-square-kilometer (26,000-square-mile) inland sea straddling Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan, the Aral Sea ...

Lake Minnetonka, the Minneapolis Chain of Lakes, Minnehaha Creek and Minnehaha Falls – have been the foundation of life in here for centuries. The Minnehaha Creek Watershed District has been ...

The National Weather Service says a strong storm will bring moderate to heavy snowfall across parts of the Upper Great Lakes and Northeast this weekend.

A Journey Through America's Heartland The Mississippi River, often referred to as the "Father of Waters," offers a majestic ...

At 88, historian David Levering Lewis, a biographer of W.E.B. DuBois, has filled in gaps in his knowledge of his own family line, and he takes readers along on the journey.

President Trump tangled with its forecasters during his first term. As he slashes government spending, many wonder what that ...

One of the signs Driver-Bender designed includes blurbs of information on such significant historical figures as James ...

The ongoing insurgency in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo by M23 rebels threatens to ignite renewed conflict in the ...

The Alcona Historical Society and the Alcona County Library present the Cabin Fever Lecture Series, starting on Thursday, Feb. 20. All programs are free of charge, and light refreshments will be ...

The “piece de resistance” was the display showing over 100 years of F.W. Wakefield’s “Tobermory II,” “Champion” and now “Gerald D. Neville.” ...

When the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement was passed in the 1970s, eutrophication was the big problem. Eutrophication occurs when too many nutrients enter a body of water, increasing the amount of ...

Executive Director Bruce Lynn discussed the story of the Western Reserve, a steel freight steamer that sank in Lake Superior ...