News 8 is producing a series of stories that will be published in the days leading up to Nov. 10, the 50th anniversary of the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald. It will culminate with a WOOD TV+ special ...

A stern shot of the Edmund Fitzgerald taken in the St. Marys River not long before she sank.

MARQUETTE, Mich. (WBUP/WJMN) — Lake Superior means a lot to Ric Mixter. "Lake Superior is my backyard," said Mixter. "This is where I would come up riding my ten speed all the way into Marquette from ...

The SS Edmund Fitzgerald sank on Nov. 10, 1975, during a violent Lake Superior storm that claimed all 29 crew members. The ship battled escalating winds, massive waves, radar failure and severe ...

Fifty years ago, the Edmund Fitzgerald disappeared beneath the waves of Lake Superior - and a legend was born. The iron ore freighter, one of the largest and most well-known ships on the Great Lakes, ...

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