Lake Superior

Great Lakes states renew push for new lock at critical point

Seattle Post Intelligencer

Date: 9/19/2017 12:54:00 AM

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Officials from Great Lakes states are making a renewed push to win approval of a long stalled proposal for adding a new lock to the Soo Locks complex, a critical chokepoint that connects Lake Superior to the lower Great Lakes…

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Soo Locks rebuild urged: Unexpected closure would produce ‘nightmare scenario,’ Great Lakes Commission member says

Duluth News Tribune

Date: 9/19/2017 12:01:00 AM

Marie, Mich., which connect Lake Superior with the rest of the Great Lakes. It hasn't yet been determined how much the new lock would cost, but early indications are the number will be at least $1 billion, Nolan said. To hear Nolan and a group of Great…

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New Study Rekindles Push For Adding New Soo Lock

9&10 News

Date: 9/18/2017 10:42:00 PM

Results from a new study are re-igniting the push for adding a new lock to the Soo Locks complex. The locks are critical, connecting Lake Superior to the lower Great Lakes. A Homeland Security study says an unplanned six-month closure of the aging Poe Lock…

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Great Lakes States Renew Push for New Lock

WDIO-TV

Date: 9/18/2017 9:17:00 PM

DULUTH (AP) - Officials are making a renewed push for a long stalled proposal for adding a new lock to the Soo Locks complex, a critical chokepoint that connects Lake Superior to the lower Great Lakes. A Homeland Security study says an unplanned six-month…

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Former nursing home employee gets 2 years probation in patient's death

Chicago Tribune

Date: 9/18/2017 2:50:00 PM

On the day her jury trial was scheduled to begin in Lake Superior Court, Sonya Denise Johnson, 52, formerly of Gary, submitted a plea agreement in the death of Margaret Engle, 89, who was a patient at St. Anthony Home in 2014. In court records, Johnson…

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