Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. Now, the Great Lakes Compact faces its first big test. In January, the city of Waukesha, Wisconsin, located a few miles west of Milwaukee, ...

Built in 1896, the Appomattox was the Great Lakes' largest wooden bulk steamboat, according to Wisconsin Shipwrecks. The ship sank in November 1905 when it was towing a smaller boat, the Santiago.

Wisconsin Maritime Museum has released a limited-edition beer called "Run Silent, Run Sweet" to support the USS Cobia's dry ...

The research has the attention of the Great Lakes Fishery Commission, an Ann Arbor-based agency created in 1954 under a treaty between the U.S. and Canada to combat invasive sea lampreys.

From tiny unnamed lakes to the Great Lake Michigan, the water bodies of northeastern Wisconsin are a deep part of our culture. Yes, Lake Michigan and its inlet, Green Bay, dominate the water scene ...