City vehicle collides with notorious Talbot Street bridge: ‘She’s a big one’

City vehicle collides with notorious Talbot Street bridge: ‘She’s a big one’
London Free Press
he Can Opener has claimed another one.
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NRC close to decision on Palisades re-opening, environmental coalition vows to fight

Interlochen Public Radio
he owner of a shut-down nuclear power plant in southwest Michigan could try to bring it back online by the end of the year.
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Michigan public health agencies axe programs amid federal cuts

Interlochen Public Radio
A cloud of uncertainty hangs over Michigan’s local public health departments as they prepare their fiscal year 2026 budgets.
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Politicians back site for police-fire training hub amid farmland concerns

Politicians back site for police-fire training hub amid farmland concerns
London Free Press
A city council committee has unanimously endorsed plans for a training centre for police and firefighters just outside London’s southern boundary. Councillors Corrine Rahman, who chairs the infrastructure and corporate services committee, Jerry Pribil, Anna Hopkins, Paul Van Meerbergen, Skylar Franke and Mayor Josh Morgan voted on Wednesday in favour of the proposal. It must […]
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Exeter’s Graham Bedard to perform at Lucknow’s Music in the Fields

Exeter’s Graham Bedard to perform at Lucknow’s Music in the Fields
The Lucknow Sentinel
Winner of the 2025 Emerging Artist Showdown, Graham Bedard takes the stage ahead of Jordan Davis and Tenille Townes in Lucknow on Aug. 23.
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Letters to the Editor: July 3, 2025

Letters to the Editor: July 3, 2025
London Free Press
LETTERS: A Free Press reader suggests moving Santa's house to Storybook Gardens, as it would fit in perfectly and stay there for the Christmas season.
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Siblings buy London’s Bag Lady cafe: ‘A good, happy place’

Siblings buy London’s Bag Lady cafe: ‘A good, happy place’
London Free Press
After more than 16 years of running the Bag Lady in London’s Woodfield neighbourhood, Jane Beattie is passing the torch and believes the beloved brunch spot is in good hands.
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Ca-ching! London city hall expects Queen’s Park housing-target cash

Ca-ching! London city hall expects Queen’s Park housing-target cash
London Free Press
London has won its share of Queen’s Park funding for meeting housing targets last year, but exactly how much remains up in the air. Provincial data has not been updated since December and only shows progress between January and October of 2024. Still, Mayor Josh Morgan said the city has reached roughly 95 per cent […]
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Suttons Bay Schools sells sports fields for housing

Interlochen Public Radio
Peninsula Housing, the community land trust that operates within Leelanau County, will buy nine of the school’s 40 acres, and plans to develop attainable housing there.
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Santa’s House in London feeling heat of uncertain future

Santa’s House in London feeling heat of uncertain future
London Free Press
There’s no place like home for the holidays – unless it’s Santa’s House in London. With only about 180 days until Christmas, Santa Claus has been at least temporarily evicted and his house is boarded up and on a trailer in a Ridout Street parking lot. Its next destination, if there is one, isn’t clear. […]
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Crystal Lake Watershed Association drops lawsuit against Benzonia Twp.

Interlochen Public Radio
The association is still suing the developer of Sunkissed Hills, a housing development which violated a soil erosion permit in 2023.
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London city councillors could see big pay raise: Task force

London city councillors could see big pay raise: Task force
London Free Press
London civic politicians' pay should be bumped up, but by how much? Probably by a pretty penny, an independent task force believes.
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