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Chicagoans jump into frigid Lake Michigan
WLS-TV (Chicago) (1/30)
Dozens of brave souls plunged into the frigid waters of Lake Michigan Saturday to take part in the Lakeview Polar Bear club's ninth annual Polar Plunge.

Madison Twp. officials review plans for park
The News-Herald (1/22)
Work probably will begin by late summer on a $475,000 cleanup at Madison Township Park on the Lake Erie coastline as a start toward even bigger projects.

Mercyhurst professor to expand testing of Presque Isle water
Erie Times-News (1/18)
The swimming advisories issued each summer at Presque Isle State Park are triggered in part by storms, which bring more surface water -- and more E. coli bacteria -- into Lake Erie. Other chemicals wash in with it.

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