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After oil spill in Pigeon River Country, cleanup efforts continue

Fri, 04/25/2025 - 08:45 Interlochen Public Radio

Workers first discovered the spill last week. Remediation work is ongoing.

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Ahead of federal disaster aid request, teams survey ice storm damage

Thu, 04/24/2025 - 21:04 Interlochen Public Radio

State and federal authorities are assessing damage to private property this week in 12 counties in northern Michigan.

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State grant to fund generators for northern Michigan counties

Wed, 04/23/2025 - 16:06 Interlochen Public Radio

The Michigan Economic Development Corporation is allocating over $1 million to pay for generators and food for counties hit by last month's ice storm that brought widespread destruction to the region.

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Mail carriers worry privatizing postal service would mean less service in rural communities

Sun, 04/20/2025 - 05:35 Interlochen Public Radio

In recent weeks, President Donald Trump and Elon Musk have floated the idea of privatizing U.S. mail services. But letter carriers say that would be detrimental to rural areas like northern Michigan.

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Letters to the Editor: April 19, 2025

Sat, 04/19/2025 - 01:00 London Free Press

Cars cost cities

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40-year-old man, teen charged in huge blaze at vacant warehouse

Thu, 04/17/2025 - 14:58 London Free Press

A 40-year-old man and a teenager are charged in a suspicious fire at a vacant warehouse in St. Thomas earlier this week, police said. A 40-year-old St. Thomas man is charged with arson and failing to comply with a probation order in the fire at the former Weatherhead Co. of Canada Ltd. property at 100 […]

After ice storm’s devastation, a long road ahead for those who rely on northern Michigan forests

Tue, 04/15/2025 - 13:59 Interlochen Public Radio

By some estimates, tens of millions of trees could be damaged.

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Fire hits neighbouring London houses, causing $500K damage

Tue, 04/15/2025 - 12:19 London Free Press

A fire that started at one house and jumped to another on Tuesday morning caused $500,000 damage, fire department officials say.

Some residents advised to leave as fire rages in vacant factory

Mon, 04/14/2025 - 23:00 London Free Press

ST. THOMAS – A raging fire in a vacant factory sent thick black plumes of smoke into the air and drew onlookers from across the city on Monday. The fire at the former Weatherhead Co. of Canada Ltd. plant at 100 Woodworth Ave. began at about 4 p.m. About 50 to 60 St. Thomas firefighters […]

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Is city hall’s push for infill development here to stay?

Mon, 04/14/2025 - 08:51 London Free Press

There’s an increasingly common housing trend in London: infill development. Much of the city’s new development is rising on existing lots, not undeveloped land. LFP’s Jack Moulton looks at why infill has taken off recently, and if may be here to stay. WHAT’S HAPPENING? Infill has become a focus of most meetings of council’s planning […]