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Officials: Hodges man drowns on Lake Hartwell during fishing tournament | Breaking
A Hodges man participating in a weekend fishing tournament on Lake Hartwell drowned, Anderson County authorities said on Sunday. Robert Lee Carroll, 69, failed to report to a 3 p.m. weigh-in on Saturday following the contest’s morning start, prompting organizers to call the Anderson County Sheriff’s Office. Officials from that agency along with the Anderson …
Israeli technology chosen to ease Lake Chad water crisis
An Israeli invention that pulls water from air will be deployed in Nigeria following a meeting at United Nations headquarters in New York regarding the freshwater crisis in the Chad Basin of Africa. Lake Chad is the main source of drinking water for millions of people in Chad, Cameroon, Niger and Nigeria. The Watergen atmospheric …
Lake Effect Weekend: Road Diets, Gardening For Your Health, Bubbler Talk, Milwaukee Music Roundup
Gardening can have a huge impact on your health. Digging holes, pulling weeds, and tilling the soil are great exercise for your body. Plus, it can lead to lower levels of stress. And at the end of it all, you have a new source of healthy and delicious foods. Lake Effect gardening contributor Melinda Myers offers helpful …
Police investigate break in at Willow Lake Campground: Brunswick Hills Township Police blotter
BRUNSWICK HILLS TOWNSHIP, Ohio Breaking and entering: Substation Road Police responded to a possible break-in at Willow Lake Campground at 9:14 a.m. July 15. The campground owner reported that someone had tried to enter the campground office between 9 p.m. July 14 and the morning of July 15. Police noted “fresh saw marks” on the …
Fantasy Lake water park: Rare brain-eating amoeba kills swimmer at Hope Mills water park
HOPE MILLS, N.C. (WTVD) — A man from Guilford County has died from a brain-eating amoeba contracted at a water park in North Carolina, according to the state’s department of health. The victim, Eddie Gray, got sick after swimming at Fantasy Lake Water Park in Cumberland County on July 12. “I am representing Ms. Beverly …
Health advisory issued for Black Lake | News, Sports, Jobs
ALPENA — Health officials with District Health Department No. 4 are keeping an eye on an algae bloom in Black Lake near Onaway, which has been identified as a cyanobacterial algal bloom, meaning it produces toxin. Environmental Health Director Scott Smith told the health department board on Tuesday testing from the Michigan Department of Environment, …
BREAKING: Rescue Crews Searching for Missing Elderly Man on Round Lake
The Mecosta County Sheriff’s office went out to Round Lake in Morton Township around 5:00 p.m. to search for an elderly missing man. According to a deputy, a 68-year-old man intentionally jumped off a boat this afternoon but did not resurface. Since then, the Mecosta County Dive Team, the Mecosta County Marine Patrol, Morton Rescue …
Remote Mount Michael volcano hosts persistent lava lake
Image copyright USGS/NASA/LANDSAT-8 Image caption This satellite image has been coloured to highlight the lava lake Satellite pictures confirm there is a persistent lava lake inside the crater of a remote British Overseas Territory (BOT) volcano. Few enduring lava lakes are known globally; the one at Mount Michael on Saunders Island in the South Atlantic …
The Deeper Dig: Can technology save Lake Carmi?
The 80-point aeration system launched on Lake Carmi last week is the culmination of a year of planning — and decades of frustration. Residents and campers around Vermont’s fourth-largest lake have faced toxic cyanobacteria blooms in late summer for as long as many can recall. Caused by phosphorus runoff from nearby farms, roads and septic …
Lake Health plans next in Cooking for Wellness Series | Health
Lake Health’s next installment of its Cooking for Wellness Series will take place 6 to 7 p.m., July 23, at the Brunner Sanden Deitrick Wellness Campus, 8655 Market St. in Mentor. Lake Health registered dietitian Melinda Wivell will discuss how to prepare mouthwatering marinades, without all the sugar and additives, while making a chicken and …
