When East Ascension High seniors make their annual pond jump in early May, their toes wiggling under the water might sense something different about the pond bottom this year — and be a little safer.

Harrison Township’s state representative has introduced a bill that would allow residents to remove the disdained muck that forms every year along the shore of Lake St. Clair. Alicia St. Germaine, who ...

A dormant malaise lies in the liquid heart of Florida. Muck — an oozy, viscous blanket the consistency of black mayonnaise — smothers the majority of the 730-square-mile floor of Lake Okeechobee. What ...

Agencies agree to speed the permit process so residents can remove muck while lake levels are low. County officials have negotiated a way for residents to remove the muck from lakes without jumping ...

When the Waukegan Park District built the pond in 1969 in what is now Bevier Park, it was 100% water with no sediment. Now, it is 39% sediment and 61% water. By the time the sediment is removed this ...

On Monday, workers will try to remove an excavator that got stuck in the mud at Owen Park. The city says the excavator got stuck last week as crews were working to remove muck and debris from the pond ...