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Michigan awarded $3.67 million to six townships under EGLE’s Renewables Ready Communities Awards, funding solar power projects while boosting local public safety, parks, and roads.
The Michigan Senate considers sweeping pollution reforms, with emotional testimony from PFAS victims and growing bipartisan calls to make polluters pay cleanup costs.
At the northern edge of Little Bay de Noc stands Gladstone, Michigan. This small Upper Peninsula town played a much larger role in Michigan’s industrial rise than its size suggests. Known for shipping, railroads, sawmills, and precision manufacturing, Gladstone Michigan history …
Before automobiles, Michigan’s interurban electric railways addressed transportation challenges in small towns, offering reliable, affordable travel and freight services, thus connecting communities, enhancing local economies, and transforming daily life until the rise of cars in the 1920s.
Attica, Michigan, founded in 1851 around a sawmill, grew with the arrival of the railroad. The town developed modestly, fostering community life, where logging and lakeside recreation shaped its lasting identity despite economic challenges.
This rare photo shows a busy moment at the Huron Canning Company in Port Austin, Michigan, established in July 1910 with $20,000 in capital. The factory processed a range of produce grown across Michigan’s Thumb, including peas, kidney beans, sauerkraut, red …
Michigan Senate and House Democrats introduce legislation to update cleanup rules, ensure transparency, and make polluters pay for contamination costs LANSING, Mich. — June 7, 2025 — A sweeping legislative package introduced this week by Michigan Senate and House Democrats seeks …
Huron County Democrats will host a rally on June 6 in Bad Axe to support veterans’ rights and constitutional protections, coinciding with D-Day’s anniversary, as part of the grassroots 50501 Movement for civic engagement.
Illegal Voting Case at University of Michigan Triggers Federal Charges Against Chinese National. FBI alleges international student cast ballot in 2024 election, then fled Michigan before prosecution. Illegal Voting by Foreign National Sparks Federal Case in Michigan DETROIT — Federal prosecutors …
Two Chinese nationals face federal charges for allegedly smuggling a dangerous agricultural pathogen into Michigan from China. Chinese Nationals Accused of Smuggling Pathogen into Michigan Lab DETROIT — Two researchers from the People’s Republic of China have been charged in a …
