Michigan’s abundant water has turned into a cash cow for private bottled water companies who are making large profits off publicly owned water, while paying next to nothing for water […]
Bridge Michigan has spent the past several months chronicling the demise of the lower Great Lakes whitefish, investigating causes, consequences and potential solutions. Now, they’re teaming up with Detroit PBS […]
Huron County OPP is investigating vandalism that forced the closure of the Wingham trail walking bridge. On Nov. 18, police were called to the bridge, located west of Josephine Street, and found that sections of railing had been broken and cut, most likely by using power tools, according to an OPP news release. Police said […]
More than five years after first announcing stricter controls on industrial farm pollution meant to keep pollutants out of Michigan’s waterways, state environmental regulators will finally start enforcing the controls. […]
Fifty-nine per cent of farmers meet the classifications for anxiety and 35 per cent meet the classifications for depression.
Once numbering in the thousands, now only dozens of commercial fishers remain in lakes Michigan and Huron as whitefish stock collapse; and unlike other fish crises, this one can’t be […]
By Maya Moore
Blight Hernandez is a master of turning everyday trash into something of value. A Southwest Detroit native, Hernandez has called himself an artist since he was 6. Now a full-time working artist for five years, his sustainable business is called Be The Light. It’s born out of intention and focused on higher consciousness, keeping things out of the landfill, and making things that people love, Hernandez said.
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By Eric Freedman
The iconic Blue Water Bridge has received a clean bill of operational health from the Michigan Auditor General’s Office. Based on its preliminary survey of procurement, fleet vehicles, employee training and toll transactions, the office said it saw no need to do a full performance audit of the bridge’s effectiveness and efficiency.
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There’s something terrible about the way life can sometimes imitate art.
London police said they were notified about the “hate-related” graffiti shortly after 7:30 p.m. Tuesday.
As whitefish disappear from the lower Great Lakes, scientists are hatching emergency rescue plans. One idea being floated is to take fish out of the lakes and raise them indefinitely […]
First lit in 1901, the red-roofed, south light house in the Duluth Canal has stood longer than the lift bridge itself. It has now been acquired by the Lake Superior […]