Catch of the Day
Michigan Press Association honors Echo in news contest
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Great Lakes Echo recently placed second in the College Newspaper of the Year category of a Michigan Press Association contest.
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Great Lakes Echo recently placed second in the College Newspaper of the Year category of a Michigan Press Association contest.
It’s part of an effort to increase visibility and experiment with news delivery.
Park staff say the structures disrupt the natural beach habitat and can even be damaging to some animal species, like the piping plover.
Some Michigan lawmakers and environmental advocates want to create a hotline to stop retailers from fraudulently cashing in on the state’s beverage container deposit law.
By Hannah Brock
Author Timothy Kneeland was 14 years old when snow piled 20 to 30 feet high over four days in his small town outside of Buffalo, New York. The Great Lakes’ snow belt brought havoc to the Buffalo area on Jan. 28, 1977. The storm was the first to be declared a federal emergency disaster declaration for snow. More than 40 years later, Kneeland documented the experience and how it impacted public policy with his book “Declaring Disaster: Buffalo’s Blizzard of ‘77 and the Creation of FEMA” (Syracuse University Press, $24.95).
A recent study revealed unsafe working conditions in some Michigan nail salons, the consequence of working with hazardous chemicals and not knowing how to handle them properly.
After an unusually warm and stormy summer, the Great Lakes region has in store a “frosty flip-flop” winter, according to the 2021-22 Farmers’ Almanac forecast.
Mark Benjamin has been coming up and creating mazes since he was young, making it a lifelong passion.
Great Lakes Echo is one of 23 newsrooms in a climate collaborative representing both long-standing and emerging media groups.