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Great Lakes shipping season underway

SAULT STE. MARIE, MI--   The Soo Locks are now open for business.

They opened Sunday, marking the beginning of the 2018 Great Lakes shipping season.

The locks in Sault Ste. Marie were officially closed on January 15. Crews performed repairs and maintenance during the ten-week-long winter shutdown. Work on the Poe lock operating system are completed. MacArthur lock work will continue through April.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says the locks are a critical connection in the Great Lakes navigation system, and the Corps is dedicated to their reliability.

Nicole was born near Detroit but has lived in the U.P. most of her life. She graduated from Marquette Senior High School and attended Michigan State and Northern Michigan Universities, graduating from NMU in 1993 with a degree in English.