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Steam shovels dredge the Kankakee Marsh in the 1870s
HISTORY

We Lost Our Wetlands Once. Let's Not Do It Again.

On February 16, Gov. Eric Holcomb signed Indiana State House Bill 1383 into law, further reducing an already eroded set of protections for Indiana's already diminished wetlands. It's a disaster we've been through once before, and this time, the results will prove just as catastrophic.

Aaron Helman revisits the Grand Kankakee Marsh that used to be and wonders what else is left to take away.

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Mystery man in Harbert, Michigan
TRAVEL

This Story Ends with a Naked, Famous Poet

A failed South Bend cheese run leads to an unexpected high school reunion; a spontaneous trip to the beaches of Lake Michigan; and yes, a wild historic encounter with a naked, famous poet.

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George Thomas
LOCAL FIGURE
SPORTS

Everybody Is Somebody at the U.S. Open

Michiana's very own George Thomas was the feature of a 1966 Sports Illustrated article called "The Nobody at the Open". It's a catchy headline, but it's not quite true, and anyway, the real story is even more fascinating.

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