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 [...]
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.
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.
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.
A plume of contaminated groundwater that is six miles long and up to one and a half miles wide is moving toward the Cedar River which is a source of drinking water for the Northern Michigan town of Mancelona, AP reports.
The water contains high levels of trichloroethylene (TCE) which was used to degrease machinery at a factory operated by Mount Clemens Industries Inc. from 1947-1967. In those days workers disposed of chemicals by dumping them on the ground.
TCE is linked to nervous system and organ damage and the state has spent more than $14 million to address the contamination.
Along the contaminated stretch of water, state officials have transferred the use of well water to municipal water for 200 homes, 400 condominium units and the resorts. Now the municipal water supply is threatened because much of it comes from the Cedar River.
TCE has already been discovered in those waters at levels considered safe for people to drink but DEQ tests indicate that in 10 years or less, levels will rise to the point that the water becomes harmful.
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