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• Solutions for Ashland, Twin Ports harbor bacteria problems

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  DULUTH (WPR) Researchers say they’ve solved part of the mystery of the bacteria that’s eating steel docks in Lake Superior ports: the biological organism apparently is not from outer space. Not that there’s anything funny about the damage this bacteria is causing to several Lake Superior ports. Duluth-Superior has 14 miles [...]

  Posted: November 25, 2009, 5:02am EST
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• Missing kayaker Douglas Winter committed suicide on Lake Superior

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  TWO HARBORS — Douglas Winter, the Lake Superior kayaker whose body was found washed ashore Nov. 5 just north of Two Harbors, committed suicide, his death certificate states. The St. Louis County Medical Examiner’s Office, which performed an autopsy in Hibbing, has officially declared that Winter suffered a “self-inflicted gunshot wound to [...]

  Posted: November 16, 2009, 5:02am EST
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• Warmer, windier Lake Superior?

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  New paper out of the U-W and University of Minnesota-Duluth.

  A wide temperature differential between water and air makes for a more stable atmosphere with calmer winds over the relatively cold water. However, as warming water closes the gap, as in Lake Superior's case, the atmosphere gets more turbulent.

  "You get more powerful winds," [...]

  Posted: November 15, 2009, 12:52pm EST
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• Effort to save the old freighters is underway

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  A relative of a crewmember of the sunken ore carrier Edmund Fitzgerald is on a mission to save other ships that were out on the lake that night 34 years ago. On Nov. 10, 1975, the Edmund Fitzgerald foundered on Lake Superior, taking the lives of all of its crew of [...]

  Posted: November 12, 2009, 9:00am EST
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• The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, Nov 10 1975

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  Posted in Lake Superior, Video Tagged: Edmund Fitzgerald [...]

  Posted: November 10, 2009, 7:25pm EST
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• Body of missing kayaker, Douglas R. Winter washes ashore in Beaver Bay

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  Duluth, Minn. — Authorities say a body found Thursday afternoon on the north shore of Lake Superior was that of a missing kayaker and former Milwaukee school teacher. The medical examiner confirmed that the body is that of 48-year-old Douglas R. Winter, Lake County Sheriff Carey Johnson said Friday. The official [...]

  Posted: November 08, 2009, 5:58am EST
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• Lake Superior Wave Map – Nov 7 2009

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  Posted in Lake Superior Tagged: Lake Superior Wave Height Map [...]

  Posted: November 07, 2009, 7:59am EST
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• Shipwreck presentation in Washburn

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  The Washburn Public Library will host a presentation and discussion about Lake Superior shipwrecks 7 p.m. Thursday, November 12. DVDs will be available for purchase. Snacks and refreshments will be served. Anyone needing special assistance to attend the program should contact the library 24 hours prior to the start. The program [...]

  Posted: November 06, 2009, 4:58pm EST
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• Lake Superior Wave Height Map – Nov 6 2009

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  Posted in Lake Superior Tagged: Lake Superior Wave Height Map [...]

  Posted: November 06, 2009, 8:58am EST
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• A buyer for Al Capone’s place?

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  HAYWARD, WIS. (AP) A northern Wisconsin tribe near the former hideout of Chicago mobster Al Capone that’s now for sale says the tribe is always interested in reacquiring one-time Indian lands. But the attorney for the Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa said Thursday no decision had been made [...]

  Posted: November 06, 2009, 4:58am EST
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• Federal taxpayer money helps restore Apostle Islands lighthouses

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  APOSTLE ISLANDS (WPR) Congress is sending a second multi-million dollar package to the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore to restore its 19th century lighthouses. 150 years’ worth of the wrath of Lake Superior can take its toll on the eight light towers standing as sentinels among the Apostle Islands.   Apostle Islands National [...]

  Posted: November 04, 2009, 4:58am EST
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• Lake Superior Wave Height Map – Oct 31 2009

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  Posted in Weather Tagged: Lake Superior Wave Height Map [...]

  Posted: October 31, 2009, 1:04pm EDT
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• Lake Superior Wave Height Map – Oct 30 2009

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  Posted in Weather Tagged: Lake Superior Wave Height Map [...]

  Posted: October 30, 2009, 5:04pm EDT
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• KUWS looks at the upcoming winter

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  The weather outlook for this winter is the focus of “Final Edition” Friday on KUWS-FM 91.3. Meteorologists from the area also talk about the challenges of covering the weather in the Lake Superior region. National Weather Service Warning Coordinator Carol Christenson appears with television meteorologists Chris Snider of Fox 21 and WDIO-TV’s [...]

  Posted: October 29, 2009, 5:04pm EDT
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• Gale Watch Friday and Saturday on Lake Superior

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  MARQUETTE, Mich. – The National Weather Service has issued a Gale Watch for open waters of Lake Superior, which will be in effect from Friday afternoon through Saturday afternoon. Sustained gale force winds or frequent gale force gusts are possible from Friday afternoon through Saturday afternoon. Full Story Posted in Lake Superior, [...]

  Posted: October 29, 2009, 8:58am EDT
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• Doug Winter’s GPS found

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  Two more items believed to belong to missing Wisconsin kayaker Doug Winter have surfaced on the Lake Superior shore in Lake County. The Lake County Sheriff’s Office received a tip Monday that a paddle had washed ashore along the lake. Then they received a second call about another, more valuable item: Someone [...]

  Posted: October 27, 2009, 12:58pm EDT
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• Wallet of missing kayaker washes ashore

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  Authorities searching for a 48-year-old Milwaukee Public Schools teacher, missing after kayaking on Lake Superior in Minnesota, said a life jacket and wallet containing the man’s identification washed ashore early Saturday afternoon. The items were found near the Split Rock Lighthouse near Two Harbors, an area where Douglas R. Winter had [...]

  Posted: October 27, 2009, 9:02am EDT
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• How Many States Border Michigan?

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  First to e-mail the correct answer gets one copy of Great Lakes for Sale and a small bag of Cheez-Its.

  ANSWER:  Five:  MN, WI, IL, IN, OH.  Minnesota borders Michigan over Lake Superior and Illinois touches Michigan over Lake Michigan.

  
  

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  Posted: October 26, 2009, 2:39pm EDT
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• Life jacket, pill bottle of missing kayaker found

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  Authorities searching for a 48-year-old Milwaukee Public Schools teacher, missing after kayaking on Lake Superior in Minnesota, said a life jacket and a pill bottle with the man’s name on it washed ashore early Saturday afternoon. The items were found near the Split Rock Lighthouse near Two Harbors, an area where [...]

  Posted: October 25, 2009, 5:52pm EDT
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• Missing Lake Superior kayaker’s family wants answers

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  A man who claims to be the brother of a missing Lake Superior kayaker is looking for answers. Ric Winter, 56, of Appleton, Wis., said his brother, 48-year-old Douglas Winter of Milwaukee, has been missing since last week. Ric Winter believes his brother was staying at Cove Point Lodge in Beaver [...]

  Posted: October 24, 2009, 4:09am EDT
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• Lake Superior Wave Map – Oct 23, 2009

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  Posted in Lake Superior, Weather Tagged: Wave Height [...]

  Posted: October 23, 2009, 12:00pm EDT
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• Super Fund Site Closer to Clean Up

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  The Chequamegon bay is one of Lake Superior prettiest vistas; unfortunately it’s also one of the most contaminated. The relatively small area is contaminated by Coal Tar from a coal gasification plant that operated in the city more the fifty years ago. The toxic sludge resting on the bottom has [...]

  Posted: October 22, 2009, 3:27pm EDT
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• Fascinating Lake Superior shipwreck story

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  I don't usually post on wrecks, but this story has everything: a wild storm, military secrecy, and an unknown outcome. Good Sunday reading. [...]

  Posted: October 18, 2009, 12:51pm EDT
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