(NewsNation) — On this day 50 years ago, one of the largest freighters ever to set sail in the Great Lakes region went down in a violent storm, killing all 29 crewmembers on board. The shipwreck ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Edmund James Fitzgerald comes from a long line of Edmund Fitzgeralds. His father was named James Edmund Fitzgerald, and his grandfather was Edmund McCarron Fitzgerald.

You may know it was a powerful storm that sank the Edmund Fitzgerald 50 years ago today. In the video below, I try to give you some insights into what the weather and Lake Superior may have looked ...

DETROIT (AP) — A life ring and a piece of a lifeboat from the Edmund Fitzgerald were sold at auction Friday for $150,000, a month after the 50th anniversary of the famous ship’s sinking in Lake ...