Great Lakes Echo

By Eric Freedman 

 The Michigan Court of Appeals has cleared the city of South Haven of liability in the 2020 drowning of an 18-year-old swimmer at a public beach on the Lake Michigan coast.

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London Free Press
A development quashed by city council 4 years ago over height and sewage capacity concerns is back on the table amid a new housing reality.
London Free Press
A prominent building providing services for the homeless, located between London’s downtown and Old East Village, has had an encampment on its lawn cleared, but that’s pushed people deeper into the surrounding neighbourhood, a city hall memo says. Ward 4 Coun. Susan Stevenson made an official inquiry at the Sept. 23 city council meeting to […]
London Free Press
Eleven shots were fired during a downtown shooting that sent one person to hospital, video reviewed by The Free Press shows, leaving nearby residents unnerved by the latest case of gunfire in the city. “Evidence of a firearm being discharged” was found in the area of John and Richmond streets after “multiple reports” of possible […]
London Free Press
The “Blackfriars Bridge Bash” runs Sunday from 3 to 7 p.m. The free event is open to all.
Great Lakes Echo

By Emilio Perez Ibarguen
Michigan's attempt to adopt new home energy efficiency standards is facing more delays because of stiff resistance from homebuilders. The new standards were supposed to go into effect in August but are on hold while a lawsuit filed in June by representatives of the construction industry plays out in court.

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Interlochen Public Radio
Bradford Gille was charged with 11 counts of assault with intent to murder and one count of terrorism. A judge says he could still stand trial if treatment changes his condition.
London Free Press
A Free Press reader asks if the Conservatives - who blame the Liberals for wildfires in Atlantic Canada - are the same Conservatives "who deny the seriousness of climate change which has made these fires worse?"
London Free Press
Just days after politicians gave their approval to an apartment building in a west-end mall's parking lot, a London entrepreneur is proposing another building nearby.
Interlochen Public Radio
All 11 of the people stabbed at a Traverse City Walmart over the weekend are expected to survive. The suspect is expected to face charges including terrorism,
London Free Press
ays after London politicians approved a village worth of homes in the southwest, a new application for nearly 1,000 homes is in the works