Thousands of people have no power in Wisconsin and northern Michigan after freezing rain brought down trees and power lines.

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Northern Michigan is set for a wintry mix starting Friday, bringing ice and snow, the National Weather Service forecasts.

WHITEFISH POINT, Mich. — In August of 1892, Captain Peter G. Minch was taking his family on a summer cruise en route to Two Harbors, Minnesota, on the Western Reserve. Captain Minch, a ...

THUNDER BAY – Nestled along the rocky shores of Lake Superior, the lighthouses of the Great Lakes stand as silent sentinels, guiding mariners through treacherous waters for more than a century.

CORRECTS DATE This image provided by Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society shows the broken mast from the Western Reserve, a merchant ship that sank in Lake Superior in 1892 off Michigan’s ...

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MADISON (AP) — Twenty years before the Titanic changed maritime history, another ship touted as the next great technological feat set sail on the Great Lakes. The Western Reserve was one of the ...

Explorers Discover Wreckage of Cargo Ship That Sank in Lake Superior Storm More Than 130 Years Ago MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Twenty years before the Titanic changed maritime history, another ship ...

After 132 years, the final resting place of the 300-foot steel steamer Western Reserve has been discovered roughly 60 miles northwest of Whitefish Point in Lake Superior. The Great Lakes Shipwreck ...

The bell aboard the Western Reserve at the bottom of Lake Superior. Photo: Courtesy of the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society On Monday, the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society announced ...

The remains of the steamer Western Reserve have been confirmed to be located in Lake Superior. The Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society recently made that report, citing an initial discovery ...