On Jan. 23, Team Kari Lake leaked her now-infamous 10-month-old tape of state GOP Chairman Jeff DeWit’s clumsy attempt at bribery. The secretly recorded, heavily edited tape that — depending upon your interpretation of the parts of the Feb. 28 conversation we can hear — amounts to either outrageous skullduggery or a state party leader […]
It’s about time for stout. A while back, David D’Allesandro, who with wife Meagan owns Frequentem Brewery in Canandaigua, put it this way when it comes to stouts and wintertime. Part of the appeal, besides taste, is the warm-up that comes from enjoying a dark, big-bodied stout. “The big roasty character of stouts l think […]
Fresh from his victory in Iowa, Donald Trump took to the stage and … kicked Arizona smack in the teeth. Or more specifically, his No. 1 fangirl, Kari Lake. “She’s terrific,” Trump told his supporters. “She’ll be a senator — a great senator, I predict, right? You’re going to be a great senator.” Oh, the […]
*The above video shows a heavy snow squall in Rocky River earlier this winter* CLEVELAND (WJW) — Considering the Great Lakes are the largest body of fresh water in the world, the question this winter is: where’s the ice? The amount of ice is nearly non-existent, and at its lowest rate since record-keeping started 50 […]
The Great Lakes — known for ice fishing and frozen winter waves — rang in the New Year almost naked. Ice covered less than 0.4% of the Great Lakes on New Year’s Day, according to the Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, which uses satellite data to measure ice concentrations. “It’s basically nothing,” said James Kessler, […]
LAND O’ LAKES, Fla. (WFLA) — The Florida Highway Patrol is seeking anyone who may have witnessed a motorcycle crash that left a 19-year-old man dead on Saturday night. According to FHP, the 19-year-old from Land O’ Lakes was riding on a Kawasaki motorcycle going north on Collier Parkway around 8:56 p.m. when the crash […]
The parking lot at Lakes Park in south Fort Myers was full as visitors enjoyed the last day of 2023 on Sunday. Families rolled by on surrey bikes, couples got in brisk morning walks and kids filled the playgrounds under azure skies. Along with that, the wildlife went about its business as ibis, pelicans and […]
In September, I took my yearly trip to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in northeastern Minnesota. While I’ve been there a half dozen times now, this last time left a much different impression. After reporting about the Great Lakes for more than a year, I have a much greater awareness that all water is […]