Great Lakes

Today, what a federal investigation uncovered about missing money at Detroit’s Riverfront Conservancy.Also, the free ride that never seems to end for companies bottling and selling Michigan water.And for your Pride Month enjoyment, artist Orion Story, whose offbeat style and references made her a hit on "RuPaul’s Drag Race."

Despite being on the Great Lakes, the cities of Cleveland, Chicago, Detroit, Milwaukee, Windsor, and Toronto have all been labeled urban heat islands.

In Canada, no rule or law prevents many unmonitored and invisible substances -or "contaminants of emerging concern"- from entering our water, including the Great Lakes.

The biggest takeaways from an annual report on racial disparities in educational outcomes for Michigan students. A preview of a trio of botanical art installations blooming in Detroit this spring and summer. Plus, the Michigan man behind one of the most iconic innovations in processed food - the Pop-Tart. And, just how warm will the Great Lakes get this summer.

What climate change is doing to Michigan's allergy season, two scientists team up to find ways to help kids living with autism sharpen their social skills, and the Great Lakes sailing adventure that changed writer Jerry Dennis’ life.

A look at state legislative races, Great Lakes fisheries learning Icelandic techniques, the best advice on drawing, when U.S. women lost their citizenship, and remembering the push to divest Michigan from apartheid-era South Africa.

Mobile home residents file Federal lawsuit, an introspective painting sparks conversation in Gross Pointe, and an attempt to restore a once common Great Lakes fish

What reopening the Palisades nuclear power plant might mean for nearby communities, where hemlock wooly adelgids are found in Michigan and how they are managed, and a look at the Laurentide Ice Sheet's history in the Great Lakes.

A food co-op opening in Detroit, the best advice on resilience, the mystery behind the SS Arlington, and election year analysis of the issues facing and enthusiasm of Black voters from a longtime Detroit journalist.

All fishing license fees will be waived for both days on Saturday, February 17 and Sunday, February 18. A recreation passport will not be required to get into a state park or boating access site during the weekend. But you still have to abide by all of the fishing regulations that are in place across the state.