GLIN Daily News RSS Feed for Minnesota http://www.great-lakes.net/news/ 2010-02-09T07:01:01-04:00 http://www.great-lakes.net/news/ http://www.glin.net/news/rss.gif text/html 2010-02-03T08:05:50-04:00 http://www.businessnorth.com/kuws.asp?RID=3263 The deadly fish virus viral hemorrhagic septicemia, or VHS, in Lake Superior is threatening one of the Anishinaabe people's most valuable resources. text/html 2010-02-02T08:05:50-04:00 http://www.startribune.com/local/83214917.html?elr=KArksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4O:DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aULPQL7PQLanchO7DiUsX In a warning to humans, eagles along the St. Croix National Scenic Riverway are showing scientists to what extent certain chemicals are polluting water, fish and small animals. text/html 2010-02-01T08:05:50-04:00 http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/event/article/id/158978/ Now that VHS (viral hemorrhagic septicemia) has been found in waters at four locations on Lake Superior, fishery officials say boaters and anglers need to be increasingly careful not to inadvertently transfer VHS-contaminated waters or fish to inland waters. text/html 2010-01-28T08:05:50-04:00 http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/event/article/id/158746 Lake Superior's newest troublesome invasion won't come from a giant Asian carp after all, but from a tiny virus that already has caused big fish die-offs along the eastern Great Lakes. text/html 2010-01-18T08:05:50-04:00 http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/event/article/id/157823/ In late October, a local crew was part of a 16-day mission to bring a retired tugboat named Ares from a scrap yard in Texas to Lemont, Ill., to Duluth. The tug, which has been renamed Nels J., will begin its career as an icebreaker in the spring. text/html 2010-01-14T08:05:50-04:00 http://www.businessnorth.com/kuws.asp?RID=3232 The Duluth Seaway Port Authority says as the recession hammered construction, auto, steel and appliance industries, so it also hammered port trade. text/html 2010-01-08T08:05:50-04:00 http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2010/01/07/asian-carp-court/ Shipping canals near Chicago will stay open at least another week, while the U.S. Supreme Court prepares to consider a lawsuit seeking to keep Asian carp out of the Great Lakes. The court, which was to hold a conference Friday on the suit, is expected to take it up in closed conference on Jan. 15. text/html 2010-01-07T08:05:50-04:00 http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/event/article/id/156513/ The French River Hatchery near Duluth will significantly reduce the number of Kamloops trout it produces, fisheries officials with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources said Monday. text/html 2010-01-07T08:05:50-04:00 http://www.twoharborsmn.com/event/article/id/19546/ The daughter of Franklin Covell, one of only two head Split Rock lighthouse keepers, died New Year's Day, leaving behind stories and photos of what life was like perched high above Lake Superior. text/html 2010-01-06T08:05:50-04:00 http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2010/01/06/dempsey/ In the end, if we want to protect the Great Lakes, citizens will have to do the job -- by holding elected officials who talk a good game to their word.