The Latest Breaking News from Great Lakes

Massive salt mine 1,800 ft under Lake Erie works overtime to meet winter road demands

Many municipalities have already depleted their typical winter salt reserves, which usually last well into spring

The Independent UK · Mar 25

First to bike on all five Great Lakes: One army veteran’s extreme winter cycling feat

Battling subzero windchills, cracking ice and mechanical failures, Eric McKinney became the first rider to bike across lakes Erie, Ontario, Huron, Michigan and Superior

Cycling Weekly · Feb 6

PFAS are turning up in the Great Lakes, putting fish and water supplies at risk – here’s how they get there

No matter where you live in the United States, you have likely seen headlines about PFAS being detected in everything from drinking water to fish to milk to human bodies.

The Conversation · Jan 28

Winter storm snarls U.S. holiday travel across Northeast, Great Lakes

More than a thousand flights were canceled or delayed across the Northeast and Great Lakes as a winter storm disrupted one of the busiest travel weekends of the year between Christmas and New Year’s

The Independent UK · Dec 27, 2025

‘It’s an open invasion’: how millions of quagga mussels changed Lake Geneva for ever

The molluscs are decimating food chains in Switzerland, have devastated the Great Lakes in North America, and this week were spotted in Northern Ireland for the first time

The Guardian - UK · Dec 18, 2025

Federal judge blocks Whitmer from shutting down submerged Great Lakes pipeline

A federal judge has blocked Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer from revoking an easement that allows Enbridge to run an oil pipeline through a Great Lakes channel

The Independent UK · Dec 17, 2025

Water levels across the Great Lakes are falling – just as US data centers move in

Region struggling with drought now threatened by energy-hungry facilities – but some residents are fighting back

The Guardian - US · Dec 16, 2025

Some Native Americans draw shocked response over contract to design immigration detention centers

The Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation that was uprooted from the Great Lakes region in the 1830s is facing widespread outrage over plans to profit from another forced removal

The Independent UK · Dec 13, 2025

Crews restoring power in Wisconsin while Iowa airport tries to reopen after plane left icy runway

Utility crews are working to restore power to thousands of people in Wisconsin, the consequence of a weekend storm in the Great Lakes region that brought down power lines

The Independent UK · Nov 30, 2025

Lake effect snow piles up in Great Lakes region, impacting Thanksgiving travel

Strong lake effect snow bands are expected to dump several inches of snow across the Great Lakes region Thanksgiving Day, with the most accumulation hitting the Upper Peninsula of Michigan

The Independent UK · Nov 27, 2025