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Loreen Niewenhuis (who walked around Lake Michigan in 2009) reveals the 1000-mile hike she will do this year. In her next book, she will explore all aspects of the five Great Lakes and take readers along on her adventure.

Author Loreen Niewenhuis walked completely around Lake Michigan in 2009. Her bestselling book, A 1000-MILE WALK ON THE BEACH, chronicles her adventure. Her book tour takes her to Mt. Pleasant and Lansing in October.

Michigander Loreen Niewenhuis walked completely around Lake Michigan in 2009. Her book, A 1000-MILE WALK ON THE BEACH, chronicles her adventure. Her book tour heads south in September with an appearance at the Decatur Book Festival in Georgia.

RSM McGladrey, Inc. and McGladrey & Pullen, LLP, leading providers of accounting, tax and consulting services, announced today the selection of Mike Kirley as the firms’ Great Lakes region leader, replacing Joe Adams.

In 2009, Michigander Loreen Niewenhuis walked completely around Lake Michigan. Her book, A 1000-MILE WALK ON THE BEACH, chronicles her journey around the world’s fifth-largest lake. She expands her book and lecture tour to Allen Park this month.

Lorain County company to craft a refined brand of micro-batch organic artisan ice creams, sorbets and confections using only the freshest, purest ingredients from the Ohio countryside, the Great Lakes region and around the world.

Chicago-area B&B Appeals to Cyclists and Urbanites.

In 2009, Michigander Loreen Niewenhuis walked completely around Lake Michigan. Her book, A 1000-Mile Walk on the Beach, chronicles her journey around the world’s fifth-largest lake. The book will be released nationwide March 1, 2011.

Nicholas Hayes, author of the book Saving Sailing, will be speaking about how to build a better future for sailing as a popular pastime, at Strictly Sail Chicago, with his Saving Sailing seminars offered every day (Thurs. through Sun.), at Navy Pier.

Writer and adventurer Loreen Niewenhuis completed her 1,000 mile walk around Lake Michigan on September 26 in Chicago. The Lake Trek took a total of 64 days, and she tackled the hike in ten segments over a seven month period.

Having completed 900 miles of her 1,000 mile walk around Lake Michigan, writer and adventurer Loreen Niewenhuis will complete the last 100 miles September 21-26.

Coca-Cola Buffalo Bottling has been selected as the beverage supplier for the Lake Erie Seaway Trail Center on Route 5 in Hamburg, New York.

The Lake Erie Seaway Trail Center has installed an information kiosk about the Seaway Trail with maps and listings of regional and local attractions. The kiosk is publicly accessible on the grounds of its Route 5 Hamburg, NY property.

The Lake Erie Seaway Trail Center has installed a roof-top WeatherBug weather station to provide live Lake Erie weather conditions from the Hamburg, NY shoreline. Live Lake Erie weather data can be accessed at www.lakeerieseawaytrail.com.

Hilda and Emily Demuth, co-authors of Plank Road Summer, a new middle-grade historical novel, will be appearing at the Racine County Fair on Saturday, August 1, 2009, to celebrate pioneer heritage and sign copies of their new book.

Having completed 500 miles, writer Loreen Niewenhuis continues her walk around Lake Michigan. July will find her on the shore of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, along the west side of Green Bay, then crossing the Door Peninsula to Manitowoc, Wisconsin.

Wal-Mart contributes $500 to the 2009 Season of Lake Erie Seaway Trail Center in Hamburg, New York for traveler services and tourism promotion along the Great Lakes Seaway Trail

Having completed over 350 miles, writer Loreen Niewenhuis prepares for the sixth segment of her walk around Lake Michigan. June 8-16 she continues the journey, walking the rest of Michigan’s Lower Peninsula from Suttons Bay to Mackinaw City.

Having completed over 250 miles, writer and adventurer Loreen Niewenhuis prepares to embark on the fifth segment of her walk around Lake Michigan. On May 14 she continues the journey, walking north to the city of Suttons Bay.

Plank Road Summer is a middle-grade historical novel, set in 1852, a story of two girls’ friendship, with an Underground Railroad sub-plot.

Having already completed 175 miles, writer and adventurer Loreen Niewenhuis is preparing to embark on the fourth segment of her walk around Lake Michigan. On May 6 she will pick up the journey, walking north to the city of Ludington by May 10.

Having just concluded the second of her ten segment trek around Lake Michigan, writer and adventurer Loreen Niewenhuis is preparing to embark on the third segment of her walk around the Great Lake. Niewenhuis has now walked a total of 125 miles.

Loreen Niewenhuis, writer and adventurer, began her walk all the way around Lake Michigan with a 72 mile segment stretching from Chicago, IL to Union Pier, MI. The Lake Trek continues this week up the west coast of Michigan.

Loreen Niewenhuis, writer and adventurer, will set out Monday, March 16, to do what no woman before her has done. The Michigan native, who has had on-going love affair with Lake Michigan since childhood, will walk all the way around this Great Lake.

This Thanksgiving weekend families will have the chance to view, interact with, and touch a caribou, a Golden Eagle, a skunk and a Turkey vulture! All of these species are native to the Great Lakes region.