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The Michigan Court of Appeals ruled that the elk-breeding facility waited too long to sue after the state shut it down during a year-long chronic wasting disease quarantine. An appeal to the state Supreme Court is likely.
With 2008 energy mandates set to expire, Michigan’s future in clean energy is up for debate, with possibilities of the state turning back to fossil fuels.
Three people plead guilty to illegally removing asbestos from a former Southwest Michigan power plant. They are now facing possible prison terms after agreeing to reimburse the federal government for approximately $1 million to clean up the contaminated facility in Kalamazoo County’s Comstock Township.
In an effort to expand tourist-related economic activity, outdoor recreation businesses across Michigan are increasingly providing indoor tourist experiences to complement the great outdoors during the winter months.
Politicians, activists and hunters continue to debate on the current state of the gray wolf’s status as an endangered species.
A new law lowered the maximum blood alcohol content allowed for snowmobile drivers from .1 percent to .08 percent.
A judge ruled that Richard Brilinski waited to long to sue an energy company that may have drilled a natural gas well too close to his property line, and will now no longer be able to.
Local governments have sought to regulate a procedure that industry officials say already has a strong safety record.
A bipartisan bill that is still in draft would remove federal protection of the gray wolf in Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Wyoming.
New studies show that the invasive species, round goby, has become a key food source for native species, including the small mouth bass, yellow perch and walleye.