The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District, through its Great Lakes Hydraulics
and Hydrology Office reports a preliminary new record low water level for Lake Michigan-Huron for the second month in a row.

To continue ongoing efforts toward improving water quality in northwest Ohio, the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) has hired Justin McBride of Dola to serve as an agricultural engineer for the Western Lake Erie Basin.

There was a gathering of birds and ice this morning off the Marblehead lighthouse.

U S Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla 16-12 will be conducting the About Boating Safely Class at the US Coast Guard Station Marblehead, 606 Prairie Street, Marblehead, on Saturday, Feb. 16.

Black Swamp Conservancy has acquired an 80-acre tract of land and donated it to Danbury Township in Ottawa County. The property, located on the Marblehead Peninsula, is adjacent to the township’s existing 111-acre Meadowbrook Marsh Preserve and will expand the size of the preserve to more than 190 acres.