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Deal requires ferry to stop ash dumping in two years
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — The nation's last operating coal-fired ferryboat would stop dumping waste ash into Lake Michigan within two years under a deal with federal regulators announced Friday. The agreement between Lake Michigan Carferry,...
Tags: Dick Durbin, Bill Huizenga, Scott Walker, Politics, Energy Resources
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'Lake Michigan marbles' -- ice boulders that have people talking
Lake Michigan makes marbles. As pictures of beach-ball-sized ice boulders went viral this week, the visitor center at Michigan's Sleeping Bear National Lakeshore got swamped. "They've gotten a lot of phone calls," the park's chief of interpretation...
Tags: Interior Policy, Politics, Personal Weapon Control, Assault
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Coal ash ruling expected as ferry companies feud
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — On one level, it's a straightforward case of a business seeking a government permit to discharge wastewater. But when the Environmental Protection Agency rules shortly on whether to let the S.S. Badger car ferry...
Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Dick Durbin, Hobbies, Energy Resources, Environmental Issues
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Coal-burning Badger ferry can pollute Lake Michigan until 2015
After winning exemptions from environmental laws for more than a decade, owners of the last coal-powered steamship on the Great Lakes agreed Friday to a court-enforced deadline to stop dumping toxic pollution into Lake Michigan. But the proposed legal...
Tags: Lobbying, Sailing, Politics, Environmental Pollution, Environmental Issues
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Harbor Springs kayaker rescued from Lake Michigan
HARBOR SPRINGS — Thanks to quick action from many area emergency response agencies, Saturday afternoon, a kayaking excursion into the frozen harbor of Harbor Springs had a happy outcome. The Harbor Springs Police Department responded to a call of...
Tags: Canoeing and Kayaking, Hypothermia, Sports
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Elmhurst considers sewer rate increase
Elmhurst residents may start paying about $65 more per year for sewer service as the city replaces aging equipment. Members of the Finance, Council Affairs and Administrative Services Committee are recommending a 9 percent increase to the City Council,...
Tags: Finance, Economy, Business and Finance, Environmental Issues, Energy Saving
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Outdoors: Deer changes coming to Michigan?
South Bend TribuneThere are some discussions going on behind closed DNR doors that could result in changes for Michigan’s deer season. Among those changes include realignment of some deer management units (DMUs) and reduction in antlerless permits. While it&...Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Bellaire, Hunting, Fishing, Viral Diseases and Infections
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DEQ to hold public meeting in Emmet County on critical dunes
Staff WriterThe Michigan Department of Environmental Quality will hold a public informational meeting Thursday, Feb. 14, to address the changes in Emmet County, after it repealed its critical dunes ordinance last month. Both the Emmet County Planning Commission...Tags: Michigan Legislature
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Scraping bottom: Lakes Michigan and Huron reach record low
On Feb. 5, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers released the official news: that Lake Michigan and Lake Huron have officially scraped the lowest levels recorded. Lakes Michigan and Huron — considered one lake connected at the Straits of Mackinac...
Tags: Science, Weather, U.S. Army, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
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Skokie Playfield and other Winnetka projects address drainage problems
Terry Schwartz recently stared out of his office window at the Skokie Playfield, its mud surface covered with ice and snow, and remembered the summer flood of 2011. "I was sitting on an island," said Schwartz, executive director of the Winnetka Park...
Tags: Floods, Local Government
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Water main break nearly empties Western Springs water tower
A water main break caused a million-gallon water tower to drain Tuesday in Western Springs. Village officials do not expect to lift a boil water order until sometime Wednesday, more than 24 hours after the break caused the water tower in Spring Rock...
Tags: Boil (skin condition), Water Supply
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Water plant expansion, modernization to begin in Highland Park
Highland Park plans to break ground Friday on a $30 million expansion of its water plant, a project in the pipeline for 15 years. The Lake Michigan water served to more than 60,000 north suburban customers will be cleaner, more abundant — and,...
Tags: Business, David Cook, Bannockburn, Siemens, Environmental Issues
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Mar 28, 2013
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Feb 24, 2013
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Feb 5, 2013
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Feb 6, 2013
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Nov 28, 2012
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Feb 13, 2013
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