December 24, 2016 – Times Herald Capt. Joseph Ruch will be home for Christmas — but that’s not always been the case for the Fort Gratiot resident. Ruch is the master of the M/V Hon. James L. Oberstar, one of the nine active vessels traveling the Great Lakes for the Interlake Steamship Co. He got his first ship in 1977, so he’ll have been a Great Lakes sailor for 40 years come the new year.
