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Audit: Michigan must do better monitoring recreational trails
By Eric Freedman Capital News Service Michigan boasts thousands of miles of trails for snowmobilers, hikers, off-road vehicle operators, dog-walkers, bicyclists, snowshoers and horseback riders, but the Department of Natural Resources needs to improve how it monitors them. That’s the conclusion of the state Auditor General’s Office, which said DNR fell short in monitoring and […]
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Man faces multiple charges, including spousal assault, after crash: OPP
A Middlesex County man faces nine charges, including spousal assault, after a crash sent two people to hospital, provincial police say. Two people in a vehicle that collided with a second vehicle on Ilderton Road in Middlesex Centre at about 6 p.m. on Nov. 7 were taken to hospital with injuries not considered life threatening, […]
OPP seek driver after rollover crash that flattened vehicle
Romayne Smith Fullerton was walking her dog with a friend in a wildlife preserve southwest of St. Thomas Tuesday morning when she heard an âenormous thump.â
24-year-old killed in crash involving car, flatbed truck
A 24-year-old Oxford County resident was killed Sunday when a car and a flatbed truck collided in Zorra Township. The crash occurred on Oxford County Road 68, formerly called Highway 2, between Lines 29 and 31, east of Thamesford, at about 6 p.m., Oxford OPP said. The driver of the car, a 24-year-old whom police […]
Drivers drew attention, got charged with impaired
City police say a driver was texting, driving with an open beer and a bag of pot before they charged him Friday. Then Saturday, a woman who drew attention by driving around the same block repeatedly and failed to obey stop signs, also attracted police attention. Owen Sound police said in a news release Monday […]
Non-profit leader speaks out as city politicians mull cuts to community grants
London’s non-profits shouldn’t pay the price for a rubber-stamped bloated police budget that’s raising taxes, a 350-organization network says as it launches a campaign against community grant cuts. Pillar Nonprofit Network is calling on organizations, including the biggest ones with the biggest voices, and all Londoners to push back against a city proposal that could […]
Two suspects sought in probe of vehicle fire in London
London police are asking for the public’s help as they try to identify two suspects at the scene of a vehicle fire early Friday. Before the fire near Commissioners Road and Highland Heights that broke out around 12:40 a.m., video surveillance showed two people in a vehicle pull into a driveway of a residence, leave […]
Truck licensing and registration remain an ag industry uphill battle
Efforts continue to modify the existing Commercial Vehicle Operator Registration rules for larger trucks
Energy News Roundup: More energy transition ups and downs
Ford is suspending production of the F-150 Lightning electric pickup truck at its plant in Dearborn, Michigan, from mid-November until early 2025 as EV sales continue to lag behind expectations. Since the electric pickup’s launch a couple of years ago, when Ford fielded more demand than it was able to meet, momentum has slowed, and the automaker has this year halved production of the Lightning and reduced its hourly workforce at the Dearborn plant by two-thirds.