Mid-Michigan dam restorations are picking back up, with residents to pay nearly $218M
Dam rebuilding is moving forward in Midland and Gladwin counties after a legal appeal against the project’s financing was denied, but some still say there needs to be a better way to fund these kinds of projects.
Effort to plant 250M trees across Great Lakes region by 2033 began with 27M in 2024
The massive campaign to plant 250 million trees across the Great Lakes region by 2033 is off and running, with an estimated 27 million planted during the first full year of the initiative, the conference of Great Lakes St. Lawrence Governors & Premiers announced Monday.
Judge blasts driver for police chase from Grand Bend to Windsor
SARNIA — A young Windsor man who led various police units throughout Southwestern Ontario on a wild high-speed chase from Grand Bend to his hometown last summer called it an extremely foolish mistake. “I’ve learned a very valuable lesson through all this,” Jakob Monforton said to a Sarnia judge as he was being fined $4,000 […]
Michigan sunk $67M into self-driving car test track. Now, some fear bankruptcy
The American Center for Mobility at the old Willow Run bomber plant was supposed to position Michigan on the vanguard of auto technology. Now, itâs in forbearance on a $35 million loan, and an audit warns bankruptcy is an option….
Photos: See history of Willow Run, from B-24 bomber and Corvair to bankruptcy
The Willow Run bomber plant helped the US win World War II and was the birthplace of the Chevrolet Corvair and Nova. Can it find a third act as a mobility hub?…