In Part 1, we examined several ways that opening the Great Lakes to an ecological invasion of species began with the earliest attempts to ease transport of goods from the Atlantic Coast inland. Using Dan Egan’s book The Death and Life of the Great Lakes as a guide, we looked at how opening the door, […]
Prior to 1900, the Chicago River flowed into Lake Michigan carrying with it a feted cargo of sewage from the growing metropolis of the same name. Lake Michigan also served as the Chicago’s source of drinking water. The movers and shakers in the city decided the best way to solve their sewage/fresh water problem […]
“The group weren’t waiting for long before Max Faget walked into the room. Carrying a garment bag, the impish chief engineer, five feet six inches in his bow tie, jumped up on a desk in front of them. They had seen this kind of thing before from their boss, Faget was prone to performing […]
Is there a pivotal year in one’s four years of high school? Freshman year is always a swirl of new activities and if one keeps their head down and eyes open, one can learn a lot from those mature upperclassmen. Sophomore year is less of a mystery because at least some of the school […]
WOAS-FM volunteers are again conducting a month long STRIVE 4 A SAFER DRIVE public service campaign to call attention to the dangers of texting and driving. Don’t be Disracted III (or DbD3) jump started the local campaign by distributing DARK BLUE w/ LIME GREEN wristbands to everyone in the Ontonagon Area Schools K-12 building. Poster, […]
Paging through the January 3, 2018 issue of Radio World, a bunch of cartoons jump off the page and caught my eye. My first thought was, “This guy’s style reminds me a lot of Dan Rosandich’s work. A glance at the articles byline told me why: the cartoons were drawn by Rosandich and used […]
Marius Jensen and the two Eskimo sledge drivers, Mikael and William, surprised two German hunters at a wayside hut at Germania Harbor on Sabine Island. The surprised Germans fled on foot to their secret weather station at Hansa Bay, some five miles away. After a quick examination of the hunter’s hut, Jensen knew that […]
Our friends at the Planetary Society are still at it. Do you think the PS President Bill Nye might be up for a visit to the UP?
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Let’s play World War II trivia: Who was Eli Knudson? If you rightly guessed from the title above that he had something to do with the Battle of Greenland, you are in the bonus round. For a chance to choose between curtain number one or the box of fabulous prizes . . . what would […]