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.
Fresh on the heels of the Calhoun County oil spill that spewed a million gallons of crude oil into the Kalamazoo River and another oil spill in Illinois on the same pipeline, the Coast Guard reports that it is responding to an oil leak in Cheboygan State Park and Duncan Bay on Lake Huron.
Pollution investigators and marine inspectors from Coast Guard Sector Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., are responding today at the scene of an oiled beach at Cheboygan State Park in Cheboygan, Mich., and a sheen in Duncan Bay reported to the Coast Guard Oct. 5, 2010.
A concerned citizen contacted watchstanders at Station St. Ignace at about 3:20 p.m.
Contracted cleanup crews are en route, and state park rangers have closed off affected areas of the beach to safeguard the public.
Marine Pollution Control, the contracted oil spill response organization, and Sector Sault Ste. Marie’s response trailer are expected to be on scene at first light to begin cleanup operations.
The area of contaminated beach is estimated to be 25 by 300 yards. According to pollution investigators, the substance appears to be weathered/used heavy oil.
The source of the oil is not yet determined, but there are apparently two marine vessels in the area, one anchored and one aground, that could be the source of the used oil.
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