Transportation
Groups work to stop Michigan pedestrian deaths by trains
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More than 10 pedestrians were fatally struck by trains in Michigan in the past three years.
Energy
Michigan lawmakers look at more solar panels for homeowners, businesses
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Solar rooftop programs have been growing in Michigan, but they’ve hit a cap on customer participation.
Echo
On course for a ‘phenomenal year’: Charter captains hope for boom in 2021
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As the COVID-19 pandemic has upended much business as usual in the last year, charter fishing ventures on the Great Lakes say they’ve experienced higher demand for their services and look to this summer with anticipation.
Catch of the Day
The best-read Great Lakes Echo stories last year
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Take a look at Echo’s top 16 stories from 2020.
Catch of the Day
Breweries repurposing waste to feed people and animals
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How breweries are using the leftover grain from the brewing process.
Echo
Maritime museums brave the pandemic
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This spring, Michigan’s maritime museums are striving to rise above last year’s calamity caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Echo
Folk songs preserve memories of Great Lakes shipwrecks
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A new study focuses on songs about the Edmund Fitzgerald and three other well-known wrecks.
Catch of the Day
Collaborators build eagle aviary and rehabilitation center
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A tribal aviary located north of Harbor Springs will be the first of its kind east of the Mississippi River.
Agriculture
Rising fuel prices might cause Southern horses to vote ‘neigh’ on Michigan hay
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Michigan-grown hay is traveling south to feed horses in Florida.
Echo
‘We now have a seat at the table:’ Michigan tribes embrace new Interior secretary
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With the recent confirmation of Deb Haaland to lead the Department of the Interior, the nation has its first Native American cabinet member.