Tag: Michigan
Fight over renewable energy hits home for Michigan farm family
AZALIA, Mich. — Turf battles over commercial-scale renewable energy projects are on the rise across North America as Earth’s climate continues to become more unstable.
Snow worries
For northern Michigan businesses that count on snow, last year stunk. Federal disaster loans were a short-term help for many, but what about warmer winters ahead? That’s this week on the Up North Lowdown.Plus, the Lions roar, area music festivals face an uncertain future and we remember the arrest that sparked a change in fishing rights.
Funding for UP copper mine held up in Senate Appropriations Committee
The $50 million grant was advanced by the House Appropriations Committee last week.
Pioneer lands $10.5 million USDA loan to build solar energy field east of the village
PIONEER, Ohio — The tiny Williams County village of Pioneer — about a hour’s drive west of Toledo and near the Michigan-Ohio-Indiana states lines — is ending 2024 with a major announcement that will soften the blow from its experience of trying to get one of the nation’s biggest indoor salmon-rearing facilities built nearby.
Michigan transparency plans die again, keeping public in the dark
Michigan is one of only two states in the nation that fully exempts its governor and Legislature from public records requests. That wonât change after majority Democrats fail to finalize a plan by the end of the two-year session….
Bridge Michigan News Quiz: Dec. 20, 2024. âTis the season for trivia
Hark the herald, spin the dreidel and honor the ancestors: Itâs time to test your knowledge of all things news in Michigan….
Michigan DNR collects 6.5 million wild coho salmon eggs
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources recently collected nearly 6.5 million wild coho salmon eggs in less than three weeks. The collection was part of a fall effort to accumulate […]
$50M grant for copper mine project in Upper Peninsula in limbo after lawmaker no-vote
On Wednesday, a Michigan senate committee declined to vote on $50 million in grant funding for a massive mining project in the Upper Peninsula, leaving the money in limbo. Environmental […]
MacArthur Lock at Michigan’s Soo closes. Here’s when shipping ends on Great Lakes
One of the Great Lakes’ famous locks at Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, has closed for the season to allow maintenance, but visitors can still see the system’s larger lock in […]
Lake Michigan, Superior warmer than average going into winter
For the last two winters, historically low ice coverage on the Great Lakes made ice-fishing trips impossible for Wisconsin charter companies. This year, with winter just days away, Lake Michigan […]