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 ...

TOLEDO, Ohio — Modern day freighters are massive - the Edmund Fitzgerald stood more than 700 feet long and weighed over 13,000 tons. Today’s ships are designed off the back of generations of shipping ...

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 ...

MARQUETTE, Mich. — Spend enough time along the shores of Lake Superior and it won’t be long before there’s some reminder of what happened “when the gales of November came early.” This year marks the ...

Captain Ernest McSorley and his crew were fighting for their lives in a battle against the "Witch of November" when his final words went out over the radio. “We are holding our own." Less than 15 ...

John U. Bacon, best-selling author of ‘The Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald,’ joins John Williams to talk about the history of the ship Edmund Fitzgerald, why the man ...

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, ...

MADISON (WKOW) — November 10 marks a tragic chapter in Great Lakes history. The freighter Edmund Fitzgerald sank in a vicious storm on Lake Superior, taking 29 crew members with her. For many in ...

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