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Lake Superior

Arcs in the news about Lake Superior from the outlets we track, each followed from its first story to its last, with who covered it.

Subject · 42 stories · 170 articles · earliest story we hold Jan 12, 2024

Right nowactive arcs, newest development first

Nothing ongoing.

All arcs0 named arcs in 2026

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No named arcs in 2026 yet.

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Coverage over timeindependent sources per week, by side, every year we hold

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Feb 12, 202443335
May 20, 2024514444
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Mar 10, 202513113
Jun 9, 202524213
Oct 27, 20251207
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Dec 29, 202512111
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Jul 6, 202603115
Jul 13, 2026407320835
Jul 20, 202601112
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Aug 10, 20260112
Aug 17, 2026811450
Aug 24, 202615011
Sep 7, 202622112
Sep 14, 202615330
Sep 21, 202603015
Sep 28, 20260102

Stories before June 28, 2026 come from archived pages, so who covered them is limited to the outlets we recovered for that period.

Everything else10 stories in 2026 not part of any arc, newest first

Stories about Lake Superior that are not part of any arc yet

  1. Sep 10– 1470-year-old hiker missing for a week found alive but injured on island in Lake Superior34 articles · 12 independent sources
    1 left, 5 center, 3 right

Stories that name Lake Superior

  1. Aug 25– 26Homes evacuated after Line 5 pipeline leak in Wisconsin5 articles · 4 independent sources
    1 left, 2 center, 0 right
  2. Aug 25– 27Piping plovers nest on Wisconsin Point for first time in 49 years5 articles · 4 independent sources
    0 left, 4 center, 0 right
  3. Aug 18– 20Trump moves to strip protections from 44M acres of national forest51 articles · 34 independent sources
    8 left, 11 center, 4 right
  4. Jul 22– 23Minnesota DNR looking for new state parks license plate design12 articles · 11 independent sources
    0 left, 1 center, 1 right
  5. Jul 13– 19Wildfire smoke still an air hazard841 articles · 137 independent sources
    40 left, 71 center, 20 right
  6. Feb 17Apostle Islands ice caves closed due to winter storm10 articles · 3 independent sources
    0 left, 3 center, 0 right
  7. Jan 3Helicopter crashes in Arizona mountains, crews working to reach remote site: Authorities11 articles · 6 independent sources
    1 left, 2 center, 1 right

Local coverage

  1. Sep 15Copperwood Mine foes sue to block $50M grant for project near Lake Superior1 articles · 1 independent sources
    1 left, 0 center, 1 right
  2. Jul 7Body of Duluth man found at base of 300-foot cliff11 articles · 11 independent sources
    0 left, 2 center, 1 right
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