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Daily Republic earns 10 first-place awards in 2013 Great Plains Newspaper Contest
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. The Daily Republicof Mitchell, S.D., took first place in 10 of the 15 categories in its division of the 2013 Great Plains Newspaper Contest. The Daily Republic competes in the Mediu...
Posted on 5/9/13 at 9:17 AM
No...not again...when will we learn?
In my early days in emergency management I compiled a report about what has come to be known as the "Great White fire". That was the fire that was started when pyrotechnics were used in a Great White ...
Posted on 1/28/13 at 12:12 PM
A Great-Grand Perspective!
Since my last blog, A Moved Mom, I have been receiving several requests via email, my website, blog comments, etc. all with one very specific request: that my grandmother share her writings referenced...
Posted on 4/28/12 at 2:14 PM
Ice jam in lower Great Lakes could delay shipping season
The Detriot Free Press is reporting a ice-clogged St. Clair River that could delay the start of the Great Lakes shipping season: By AMBER HUNT FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER Slow-moving chunks of ice in the ...
Posted on 2/23/10 at 9:02 AM
GUEST EDITORIAL: Proposed vessel permit language raises concerns
We understand the tremendous value of the Great Lakes to the State of Wisconsin, and especially to our community, as an environmental and economic resource.By By Andy Lisak/Executive Director/The Development Association , March 12, 2009
Great Lakes Compact advances unanimous committee vote
WASHINGTON — Both chambers of Congress took steps Wednesday to advance an agreement among eight states to prevent outsiders from tapping into water from the Great Lakes.By By DIANA MARRERO/Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , July 31, 2008
Compact heads to Congress
Great Lakes residents have spoken. So have their governors and state lawmakers.By By JOHN MYERS/Duluth News Tribune , July 24, 2008
Michigan lawmakers reach accord on Great Lakes compact
Legislative negotiators reached a deal Monday to regulate large-scale water withdrawals in Michigan.By By DAVID EGGERT / Associated Press Writer , June 23, 2008
Doyle to act on water compact
Gov. Jim Doyle is expected to sign legislation Tuesday to strengthen protection for the Great Lakes.By Shelley Nelson , May 23, 2008
CDC says health report inconclusive
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — After researching the question for seven years, a federal agency said Wednesday it cannot draw broad conclusions about how industrial pollution in the Great Lakes region has affected human health.By By JOHN FLESHER/AP Environmental Writer , May 01, 2008
House passes ballast treatment bill
The U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a bill Thursday that would for the first time require all ships entering U.S. waters to treat their ballast water to kill unwanted hitchhikers.By By DAN EGAN / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , April 25, 2008
House could vote on ballast regulation
The U.S. House of Representatives appears close to finding a compromise on a ballast water law intended to prevent the Great Lakes from the sustained onslaught of freighter-borne invasive species.By By DAN EGAN/Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , April 24, 2008
Experts warn of future attempts to raid Great Lakes water
TORONTO (AP) — Canadian and American experts say it would be realistic to expect that parched U.S. states could start “water wars” in the years ahead and fight for access to Great Lakes resources.April 24, 2008
City could gain in Great Lakes plan
Great Lakes cities stand to reap billions of dollars in benefits if federal lawmakers ever decide to fund the Great Lakes restoration planBy By DAN EGAN/Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , April 17, 2008
EPA urges Great Lakes residents to drop off old meds
BUFFALO, N.Y. — With trace amounts of pharmaceuticals showing up in the drinking water of major cities, consumers around the Great Lakes are being encouraged to drop off leftover and expired medicine at collection centers to keep from adding to the problem.By By CAROLYN THOMPSON/Associated Press Writer , April 16, 2008
Compromise doesn’t reduce strength of water compact
The Great Lakes Compact will remain 100 percent intact and be passed by wide majorities in both the Wisconsin Senate and Assembly, State Sen. Bob Jauch said in Superior today.April 14, 2008
Compact heads to special session
MADISON — Gov. Jim Doyle on Wednesday called a special legislative session to ratify an interstate treaty designed to prevent parched states from sucking water out of the Great Lakes.By By TODD RICHMOND/Associated Press Writer , April 10, 2008
Great Lakes Compact compromise likely
Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle plans to make what his office called a “major announcement” regarding the Great Lakes Compact that has stalled in the Legislature under Republican opposition.By Shelley Nelson , April 09, 2008
Great Lakes shippers take steps to halt deadly fish virus spread
DETROIT (AP) — Great Lakes shippers say they’re taking steps to keep a deadly fish virus from spreading into Lake Superior through ballast water.April 08, 2008
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