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.
BATTLE CREEK– Officials from Enbridge Energy apologized to residents of Marshall Tuesday for the impact of the oil disaster there. “I’d like to begin with an apology,” Enbridge CEO Patrick Daniels said Tuesday afternoon. “We have negatively impacted your lives.”
The company also issued a press statement Tuesday from Steve Wuori, Executive Vice-President, Liquids Pipelines, Enbridge Inc.
“We’d like to acknowledge the impact this has had on the people of Marshall and the surrounding community,” continued Mr. Wuori. “We extend our apologies to the people who have been affected by this. Enbridge understands that the leak has disrupted people’s lives and had a major impact on the people in this community, on the environment and on wildlife. We ask you for your patience and your input as we work to clean up this leak.”
Meanwhile, at least 30 Marshall area families have been temporarily relocated by Enbridge because of the stench hundreds of thousands of gallons of crude oil has caused in the surrounding community. In addition, Enbridge and emergency management teams have shut down numerous roads, bridges and parks that cross the Kalamazoo river or have beaches, to allow the clean up to proceed. Officials also say doing so will protect public safety.
“On Monday night I was up in a helicopter surveying the scene,” says Durk Dunham, Emergency Management Coordinator and Director for Calhoun County Sheriff Department. “People were parking their cars and lining the bridge. That became a safety issue because there were too many people on foot.”
Dunham said this was the reason Michigan Messenger was turned away from the Ceresco dam and bridge on Tuesday afternoon. However, the move to close the bridge down did not stop curious neighbors from parking cars on the grassy knoll overlooking the dam. Many stood around watching oil recovery efforts, while smoking. The air was thick with the stench of raw crude oil.
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