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The State of Michigan Water 2020: Nestle Enbridge and now Michigan Potash LLC
Wednesday , 22, January 2020 Enbridge Line 5, Environment, Flint Water, Michigan Potash LLC, Michigan Water, Nestlé Leave a comment2020 is a big year for the state of Michigan’s water. Nestlé Waters looks forward to pumping 400 gallons of fresh water out of Osceola County every minute. Enbridge makes plans to begin building their tunnel under the Straits of Mackinac. PFA testing and cleanup continue across the state. It couldn’t possibly get worse. In […]
Meet the Candidates: Michigan State Legislature District 102 Doug Gabert
Tuesday , 11, October 2016 Candidates, Elections 2 CommentsThe 102nd State District is made up of Mecosta, Wexford, and the western portion of Osceola Counties. The Democratic Party candidate for this district is Reed City resident Doug Gabert. Gabert studied history and philosophy at Central Michigan University, earning a Master’s Degree in history. He worked as a counselor for the State Department of […]
Sherman Township’s NIMBY Wind Power Ordinance: We’d Rather Curse The Darkness
Saturday , 7, February 2015 Community, Environment 2 CommentsOn February 3, 2014 the Sherman Township Planning Commission once again tabled a vote on a windmill ordinance drafted specifically to keep any wind turbine developers out of the township. Despite the required dimensions and distance between turbines being enough to lock out any company looking to buy the rights to put up wind turbines […]
Mark Schauer was greeted in Reed City, Michigan, today by an enthusiastic crowd of people at The Depot on 200 N. Chestnut Street. People waved signs and cheered as he walked up to the porch to address the crowd gathered on a muggy Friday morning. Schauer didn’t waste any time with small talk as he […]
Stop Complaining About No Money To Fix Michigan Roads
Wednesday , 18, June 2014 Community 3 CommentsMichigan does have money to fix roads. A very important road is being fixed right now in the counties of Lake and Osceola. This road not only provides a means of traveling but also supports important tourism and outdoors sporting. Look! Remember these? Yes, orange barrels! You can’t have road construction without orange barrels. And […]