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    Apr 27, 2013 |Story| AP Michigan
  1. Broder book highlights life on Lake Michigan's Beaver Island, raises funds for health center

    LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A compilation of columns by Pulitzer-prize-winning Washington Post columnist David S. Broder for a book on Lake Michigan's Beaver Island will benefit the Beaver Island Rural Health Center. The Lansing State Journal reports (...

    Tags: The Washington Post

  2. Mar 25, 2013 |Story| Petoskey News
  3. 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.
    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: Coal, Energy Resources, Lakes and Ponds, Scott Walker, Environmental Issues

  4. Mar 1, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  5. 'Lake Michigan marbles' -- ice boulders that have people talking

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    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, Assault, Politics, Personal Weapon Control

  6. Feb 27, 2013 |Story| Petoskey News
  7. Coal ash ruling expected as ferry companies feud

    TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) &mdash; On one level, it's a straightforward case of a business seeking a government permit to discharge wastewater.
    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: Energy Resources, Hobbies, Lakes and Ponds, Environmental Issues, Lifestyle and Leisure

  8. Mar 22, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune
  9. 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.
    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: Coal, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Pollution, Lobbying, Lakes and Ponds

  10. Apr 2, 2013 |Story| Petoskey News
  11. Harbor Springs kayaker rescued from Lake Michigan

    HARBOR SPRINGS &mdash; 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.
    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

  12. Mar 28, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune
  13. Elmhurst considers sewer rate increase

    Elmhurst residents may start paying about $65 more per year for sewer service as the city replaces aging equipment.
    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, Environmental Issues, Energy Saving, Economy, Business and Finance

  14. Feb 24, 2013 |Column| South Bend Tribune
  15. Outdoors: Deer changes coming to Michigan?

    There are some discussions going on behind closed DNR doors that could result in changes for Michigan&rsquo;s deer season.
    South Bend Tribune
    There 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: Bellaire, Viral Diseases and Infections, Lifestyle and Leisure, Fishing, Hunting

  16. Feb 5, 2013 |Story| Petoskey News
  17. DEQ to hold public meeting in Emmet County on critical dunes

    The 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.
    Staff Writer
    The 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

  18. Feb 8, 2013 |Story| Petoskey News
  19. 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.
    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: U.S. Army, Weather, Weather Reports, Lakes and Ponds, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

  20. Feb 6, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune
  21. 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.
    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: Local Government, Floods

  22. Nov 28, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune
  23. 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.
    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: Water Supply, Boil (skin condition)

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