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The Michigan Messenger going forward

By Staff Report | 11.16.11

I am writing today to announce the closure of the Michigan Messenger. After four years of operation in Michigan, the board of the American Independent News Network, has decided to shift publication of its news into a single site, The American Independent at Americanindependent.com. This is part of a shift in strategy, towards new forms [...]

Colorado-based abstinence program provided false and misleading information to Michigan students

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By Todd A. Heywood | 11.16.11

An abstinence-only presentation provided to numerous school districts in Calhoun and Eaton Counties in October of this year provided false and misleading information to students about HIV, experts allege.

Class action lawsuit filed against MERS over unpaid taxes

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By Todd A. Heywood | 11.15.11

Two county registers of deeds filed a class action lawsuit Monday on behalf of Michigan’s 83 counties alleging that the Mortgage Electronic Registration Services owes millions of dollars in property title transfer taxes.

Schuette fights important mercury regulations

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By Eartha Jane Melzer | 11.14.11

Despite evidence of the impact of mercury on children and public health, Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette last month joined with 24 other state attorneys general in filing a lawsuit to scuttle new EPA regulations that would reduce mercury emissions from power plants.

Nestle wants pipeline to supply water bottling facility

By Eartha Jane Melzer | 06.04.08 | 4:08 pm

The Nestle corporation is asking the state to approve plans to drill miles of pipe to supply a facility in Stanwood that bottles water under the Ice Mountain brand.

The plan involves directional drilling of more than three miles of 5-inch wide stainless steel pipe.

Pipes for the well, which will be sited at Osceola County’s Spring Hill Bible Camp, will extend under private land and will cross several wetlands and streams including the Twin Creek, according to Department of Environmental Quality environmental engineer Susan Conradson.

The project would mark the first time a water bottling company practiced directional drilling under wetlands in Northern Michigan.

Conradson said the DEQ will consider whether the plan involves “unacceptable disruption, loss of habitat or loss of the wetland itself.”

Comments

  • tusk

    winter, wonder, water-for-a-dollar-land This water flows to the Great Lakes. The Great Lakes are protected. Can anyone imagine letting water companies bottle Lake Michigan water?

  • beaware

    boring water companies wonder why it’s in the christian camp? everyone in Michigan, not to mention the whole country should boycott all nestle company products. With a 5in pipe, they could damn near drain a fair sized lake real quick.this will more than likely have skids greased by lansing, due to the economic state of the state. This story should be front page of the mainstream papers, along with the sulfide/uranium mining in the Yoop, but it isn’t. This Country needs to wake up to what’s happening here. stop corporations like nestle’s from stealing this most vital of all Resources to make a profit. if nestle’s were sending this bottled water to places like Darfur, or ANYWHERE where the people do not have access to potable water, I’d carry the cases for them. I’d not be surprised to learn that amway was selling bottled water as a beauty aid. Shame on every sonofabitchin’ bastard that buys “their” water and their candy bars. jetskis, power boats, mudbog truck/orv races, monster truck rallies, etc. show the World how shallow and vapid most of America is. Midland Dow poisons the waters of Huron, Erie, St. Clair and the Saginaw River and gets a slap on the wrist fine for it. The Canadians continue to pollute the st. mary’s w/human waste, and plan on building a nuke waste dump on the shores of Lake Huron, I think it was. what the hell is wrong with us? Thank You E., and Mich. Messenger for getting the Truth out to some of us.

  • tusk

    winter, wonder, water-for-a-dollar-land This water flows to the Great Lakes. The Great Lakes are protected. Can anyone imagine letting water companies bottle Lake Michigan water?

  • LoRayne Apo-Joynt

    Not to mention the damage this will cause Nestle is trying to get around this issue by drilling through private property, but we're not hearing how long this pipeline actually is, nor is the public hearing about the process.

    This line is going to have be bored like a sewer line or water line, below the frost line; even though the line may be stainless steel, it's still subject to corrosion and will need monitoring for leakage or water will be lost into the soil.  The boring could also disrupt groundwater flows — especially if it's running under a stream bed.

    Craziness, and likely being done to avoid trucking water by tanker truck.

  • beaware

    boring water companies wonder why it's in the christian camp? everyone in Michigan, not to mention the whole country should boycott all nestle company products. With a 5in pipe, they could damn near drain a fair sized lake real quick.this will more than likely have skids greased by lansing, due to the economic state of the state. This story should be front page of the mainstream papers, along with the sulfide/uranium mining in the Yoop, but it isn't. This Country needs to wake up to what's happening here. stop corporations like nestle's from stealing this most vital of all Resources to make a profit. if nestle's were sending this bottled water to places like Darfur, or ANYWHERE where the people do not have access to potable water, I'd carry the cases for them. I'd not be surprised to learn that amway was selling bottled water as a beauty aid. Shame on every sonofabitchin' bastard that buys “their” water and their candy bars. jetskis, power boats, mudbog truck/orv races, monster truck rallies, etc. show the World how shallow and vapid most of America is. Midland Dow poisons the waters of Huron, Erie, St. Clair and the Saginaw River and gets a slap on the wrist fine for it. The Canadians continue to pollute the st. mary's w/human waste, and plan on building a nuke waste dump on the shores of Lake Huron, I think it was. what the hell is wrong with us? Thank You E., and Mich. Messenger for getting the Truth out to some of us.

  • LoRayne Apo-Joynt

    Not to mention the damage this will cause Nestle is trying to get around this issue by drilling through private property, but we’re not hearing how long this pipeline actually is, nor is the public hearing about the process.

    This line is going to have be bored like a sewer line or water line, below the frost line; even though the line may be stainless steel, it’s still subject to corrosion and will need monitoring for leakage or water will be lost into the soil.  The boring could also disrupt groundwater flows — especially if it’s running under a stream bed.

    Craziness, and likely being done to avoid trucking water by tanker truck.

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