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 Wisconsin man has been arrested and charged with a felony and three misdemeanors after boats that he owned dumped an estimated 30 gallons of diesel fuel into Lake Michigan’s Duncan Bay off Cheboygan.
Scotland Stivers, 50, of Superior, Wisconsin, was charged after a Department of Natural Resources and Environment and U.S. Coast Guard joint investigation found that boats owned by Stivers ran aground during an windstorm last October and spilled oil that washed up on the beach area of Cheboygan State Park.
According to the DNRE:
The felony charge carries the possible penalties of up to two years in jail, and fines ranging from $2,500 to $25,000 per violation, plus $25,000 for each day the unlawful discharge of oil occurred.
The misdemeanor counts include:
Altering or modifying water or land related to the Great Lakes submerged lands with a permanent structure without first receiving permission from the state. This is punishable by up to 92 days in jail and/or a $500 fine;
Watercraft pollution-littering from a vessel by discharging, dumping, throwing or depositing garbage, litter, sewage or oil from a watercraft. This is punishable by up to 92 days in jail and/or a $500 fine;
And watercraft pollution-oil discharged into/onto the waters of the state. This is punishable by up to 92 days in jail and/or a $500 fine.
A pre-trial conference is set for Feb. 7 in 88th District Court in Cheboygan County, with a preliminary exam set for Feb. 9.
Michigan has not yet announced any criminal charges against Enbridge Energy which spilled an estimated million gallons of tar sands crude oil into the Kalamazoo river system last August.
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