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Michigan aims to tackle clean energy goals in Upper Peninsula

By Izzy Ross, Interlochen Public Radio

This coverage is made possible through a partnership with IPR and Grist, a nonprofit independent media organization dedicated to telling stories of climate solutions and a just future.

Michigan’s new climate laws require utilities to transition to entirely “clean” electricity sources by 2040.

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Owen Sound Sun Times

Police lay domestic mischief charge at music festival

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Police charged someone with domestic mischief at the annual Lucknow Music in the Fields festival Friday.  Police investigated a report of intimate partner violence on Aug. 23 at a campsite at the weekend concert in Huron-Kinloss, and charged a 48-year-old Owen Sound resident with domestic mischief, a South Bruce OPP news release said.  Const. Melissa […]

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Three boaters rescued after canoe capsizes

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Three people wearing life-jackets were rescued after their canoe capsized on Lake Huron south of Kincardine Friday night.  One person was taken to hospital for observation but otherwise no injuries were reported, a South Bruce OPP news release said.  About 8:35 p.m., three people were reported overdue by family. South Bruce OPP was contacted about the incident, […]

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Clothes dryer causes fire in Owen Sound

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A clothes dryer malfunction is being blamed for a fire at a home on Owen Sound’s west side on Sunday.  The Owen Sound fire department responded at approximately 12:30 p.m. to a report of a structure fire with heavy smoke coming from a second-floor window of a home in the 1000 block of 6th Avenue […]

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City fire dept. puts out dryer fire

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A dryer fire was contained to a small area of the basement of a two-storey home in Owen Sound Sunday.  The home sustained about $10,000, including minor smoke damage, in the fire which was reported about 12:30 p.m., a city fire department news release said.   Owen Sound Fire and Emergency Services responded to a […]