Shantytowns come alive in the night, as anglers use bright lights to draw Northern Michigan smelt up from the dark bottoms of inland lakes. A frozen lake in the dead of night is a desolate place ...

LANSING, MI — It turns out that rainbow smelt and some panfish in Michigan are not as highly contaminated with toxic ‘forever chemicals’ as previously thought. This week, the Michigan Department of ...

The state is recommending that Michigan residents lower how much smelt they eat from some local bodies of water. New guidelines for smelt consumption were included in the state health department’s ...

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ASHLAND - I was buoyed by a literal and figurative tailwind April 30 as I traveled from Milwaukee to Ashland. A warm, south breeze pushed temperatures into the 60s across most of the state. Spring had ...

CHICAGO (AP) -- American Legion Post 82 in Port Washington, Wis., stands along Lake Michigan, a beacon for big-eating Midwesterners this time of year as members get ready to host the post's 57th ...