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.
Officials in Calhoun County are trying to figure out how to negotiate with Enbridge for funds to pay for a long term study of the health effects of last year’s oil spill.
Despite public promises to compensate residents for losses associated with the summer oil spill, in Calhoun county court Enbridge is arguing that it is not legally liable for damages from the spill.
Hundreds of people who live and work near Talmadge Creek and the Kalamazoo River experienced headaches, trouble breathing, and nausea or vomiting after an Enbridge oil pipeline spilled an estimated million gallons of heavy tar sands crude into the Kalamazoo River this summer.
MARSHALL — State officials on Saturday revealed that civilian members of National Guard programs from three states have been deployed to assist the ongoing oil cleanup in Calhoun county. Bonnie Kanicki Wilson of the Michigan State Police told press gathered for the daily briefing that civilian units from Ohio, West Virginia, and Louisiana have been [...]
MARSHALL — The Calhoun County Health Department has issued a recommendation that people around the area of the Kalamazoo River oil spill evacuate the area. County health officials say they have detected “higher than acceptable levels of benzene” in air quality studies. The area affected by the recommendation are directly north and northwest of the [...]
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