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The 25th annual Hooked on a Hobby Kids’ Fish Derby was held at Long Lake in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin. Volunteers took out 58 participating children to try their luck at fishing. Read the full story by the Herald Times Reporter. View the full article

Labatt USA, makers of Labatt Blue, the top-selling Canadian beer in the United States, is releasing limited-edition “Loving Ohio” cans featuring popular summer destinations throughout Ohio, including Perry’s Victory and International Peace Memorial on Put-in-Bay. Read the full story by the Port Clinton News Herald. View the full article

One of the final forecasts for the Lake Erie algae bloom was just issued, but the impacts of weather on the Lake and potential bloom continue to be monitored. Read the full story by WTOL-TV – Toledo, OH. View the full article

In Ohio, a local charity director said that more trash cans along the shoreline has made a difference, but volunteer litter grabbers also help keep Sandusky’s waterfront clean. Read the full story by The Sandusky Register. View the full article

Isle Royale National Park may be known for its wolf and moose populations, but it was the pelican that stole the spotlight over the weekend. Read the full story by MLive. View the full article

Nearly two years after they were charged with crimes tied to the Flint water crisis, preliminary examinations for two Michigan employees are scheduled for Wednesday in Genesee District Court. Read the full story by MLive. View the full article

The Federal Emergency Management Agency is conducting a Great Lakes Coastal Flood study. The study will be used to update flood maps for coastal communities and define areas most at risk of flooding. Read the full story by Wisconsin Public Radio. View the full article

After a 32-year career in foreign service, U.S. Consul General Juan Alscace plans to return to the Great Lakes and continue advancing water issues. Read the full story by The Buffalo News. View the full article

A massive floating waterpark has officially opened on Lake Michigan for the summer — and the operator says it’s 25 percent larger than last year. Read the full story by WTMJ-TV – Milwaukee, WI. View the full article

The Foxconn project is billed as transformational for Wisconsin’s economy. But by 21st century environmental standards, it is out of date. Read the full story by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. View the full article

Living by the St. Lawrence River comes with a certain responsibility. The river can’t take care of itself and relies on us to make sure it is clean and free from invasive species. Read the full story by the Standard-Freeholder. View the full article

The bright, green water in the bay was all too familiar to the visiting scientists from Bowling Green State University. It indicated a harmful algal bloom. But, instead of Ohio’s Lake Erie or Sandusky Bay, this bloom was in Kisumu Bay in Kenya’s Lake Victoria. Read the full story by The Blade. View the full article

The battle occurred on September 10, 1813, near South Bass Island in Ohio, when British forces stationed near Detroit traveled to the area to fight American forces. Read the full story by the Sandusky Register. View the full article

EDITORIAL: Congress must keep up its pressure to make sure the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers sets an aggressive schedule to guard against Asian carp migration out of the Mississippi River system into the Great Lakes. Read the full story by The Blade. View the full article

The project’s expected cost is $15 million — $5 million more than when officials announced the plan in February. And now it’s proposed to be constructed 5,000 feet larger than originally planned. Read the full story by the Detroit Free Press. View the full article

Snowy owls were seen eating the critically endangered plovers in locations along the Great Lakes, including Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore in northwest Lower Michigan and in the Upper Peninsula. Read the full story by Great Lakes Echo. View the full article

Low water temperatures have authorities warning residents to dress for the water temperature and not the air temperature. Water below 77 degrees Fahrenheit is dangerous and capable of quickly causing hypothermia, according to a statement from the U.S. Coast Guard 9th District of the Great Lakes. Read the full story by the Democrat & Chronicle. View the full article

The Great Lakes is one of the most heavily invaded freshwater systems in the world, with more than 185 non-native species. Some estimates suggest invasive species cause $5.4 billion in damages to the Great Lakes every year. Read the full story by Cleveland.com. View the full article

In Wisconsin, aquatic invasive species coordinators created a video called “Boatbusters!” set against the musical backdrop of the “Ghostbusters” theme song. Read the full story by Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. View the full article

A Michigan Tech scientist says that following similar historic storm events in 2012 and 2016, the extreme weather that recently wreaked havoc on parts of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula “should be considered the new normal.” Read the full story by Great Lakes Now. View the full article

In Ontario, Saugeen Ojibway Nation is sounding the alarm after it says Trent University researchers verified “extremely high concentrations of cancer-causing pollution” in the Owen Sound harbour’s sediment. Read the full story by Owen Sound Sun Times. View the full article

Of the estimated 10,000 ships believed to have been lost on the Great Lakes over the past four centuries, only about a third have been found and identified. Read the full story by Detroit Free Press. View the full article

Wisconsin DNR officials say testing is still ongoing near Lake Michigan after Tyco Fire Products found new evidence of groundwater pollution at its manufacturing plant in Marinette. Read the full story by Wisconsin News Connection. View the full article

Bacteria is back at Ohio’s Maumee Bay State Park and other western Lake Erie beaches, fouling water enough for health officials to temporarily post no-swimming signs again. Read the full story by the Toledo Blade. View the full article

In Ohio, fisheries biologists from multiple state, federal and provincial agencies as well as conservation groups conducted an extensive search for grass carp on the Sandusky and Maumee rivers last week, hoping to assess their ability to capture grass carp, study some captured specimens, and release others after implanting tracking devices to follow their future movements. Read the full story by the Toledo Blade. View the full article