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State of Michigan Raking in Millions from Skipped Bottle Returns
103.3 WKFR - Michigan
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June 12, 2025
Fewer Michiganders are seeking bottle deposit refunds and the State of Michigan is keeping the change. I'm surprised by this new report from Axios Detroit claiming Michigan's bottle return rates are plummeting-- in this economy? Why Does Michigan...
Michigan’s toxic legacy: How a chemical plant’s error poisoned farms and generations of families
Investigate Midwest
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June 11, 2025
ST. LOUIS, Mich. — As a boy, Gary Smith would ride his bike with friends down a dirt road to a pit used by a chemical company to incinerate hazardous waste. “It was a place to throw stuff, look around,” he said on an overcast May afternoon...
'A lot of potential': New arts campus planned for Michigan Road
Indianapolis Star - Indiana
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Crooked Creek residents would like to see the corner of Michigan Road and 62nd Street become home to an arts and culture hub. The Crooked Creek Cultural Campus would serve as a place where people could make art, watch shows, and walk in a wooded...
How to care for injured Michigan wildlife or orphaned animals
WLNS - Michigan
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June 12, 2025
EATON RAPIDS, Mich. (WLNS) – The chicken may cross the road in jokes, but here in Michigan, it’s just as likely a turtle, sandhill crane, or other wild animal. The Wildside Rehabilitation and Education Center opened in 1995 and is specially...
Number of deer killed by Michigan hunters was up in 2024, survey shows
WMYD - Michigan
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June 12, 2025
Hunters in Michigan killed more deer in 2024 than the previous year, according to a report from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources. A presentation from the DNR in front of the Michigan Wildlife Commission on Thursday detailed the results...
Michigan gaming regulator approves Rush Street Interactive for multi-state online poker
Yogonet International
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June 11, 2025
The Michigan Gaming Control Board (MGCB) has approved Rush Street Interactive to offer multi-state internet poker, effective 10 June 2025. This approval allows players in Michigan to compete online with players in Pennsylvania, Delaware, and West...
Alcona Community Schools joins Lake Huron Forever to enhance shoreline sustainability
WGTU - Michigan
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Alcona County, Mich., (WPBN/WGTU) - - Alcona Community Schools became the first school that joined the Lake Huron Forever initiative. This initiative aims to empower its students to become the next generation of community and conservation leaders....
7 mins ago early and often early and often The Ugly Policies Hidden in Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill By Ed Kilgore In addition to cutting Medicaid, Trump’s massive bill also enables climate denialism, nationwide ICE raids, and public-school…
New York Mag
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June 12, 2025
If you don’t like snatch-and-grab ICE raids, get ready for a lot more of them if the BBB is enacted. Photo: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Handout/Reuters When Congress considers packages of legislation as epic in size as President...
How did Michigan places get French names? What to know
Holland Sentinel - Michigan
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Michigan was once a hub of French colonial settlements, starting in the 17th century. Across the state, place names continue to reflect Michigan's French legacy. While traveling through Michigan this summer, you may notice locations with names...
Northern Michigan pumpkin patch poised to expand, thanks to $100,000 state grant
Second Wave Media - Michigan
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A Northern Michigan farm has been awarded a $100,000 grant to beef up two seasonal tourism attractions that are part of its operations. Courtesy of Pahl Enterprises, LLCA pumpkin patch at Pahl's in Buckley.Pahl Enterprises, LLC in Buckley will use...
UW-Stout: International Molded Fiber Association awards student first place for sustainable...
Wis Business
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Menomonie, Wis. – Packaging students from University of Wisconsin-Stout won first place among university teams from around the globe in the 2025 International Molded Fiber Association Student Competition. Preston Briggs, Traverse City, Michigan;...
Climate change can impact our gut health
The Week Magazine
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June 11, 2025
The warming climate is hitting us right in the gut, as new research shows that rising temperatures are taking a toll on the health of our gastrointestinal systems and impacting the food we consume. As climate change exacerbates health conditions,...
Checking in on some former Michigan Football fan favorites
Maize n Brew - Michigan
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June 12, 2025
It’s become a joke and a cliche for fans to take shots at college athletes for going from the gridiron to LinkedIn to find their next career. However, this is a shun that doesn’t make a lot of sense to me. Most athletes get a free ride, get a shot...
Michigan chemists transform captured carbon into next-gen construction cement
Interesting Engineering - New York
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June 10, 2025
What if tomorrow’s buildings were made from today’s pollution? Michigan researchers are making it happen. A team of researchers led by University of Michigan chemist Charles McCrory has developed a method to capture carbon dioxide and convert it...
CuriosiD: Did Detroit automakers sabotage public transit?
WDET - Michigan
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June 12, 2025
WDET’s CuriosiD series answers your questions about everything Detroit. Subscribe to CuriosiD on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. In this episode of CuriosiD, listener Jennifer Kulczycki of Sterling Heights...
Michigan's air quality problems can become an issue in your vehicle without a clean cabin filter
FOX 2 Detroit - Michigan
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With air quality problems mucking up Michigan's start to summer, there's ways of avoiding the worst of the breathing issues that come with pollutants. That includes in your car, where a single filter is keeping smoke and pollen from your lungs....
Made in Michigan: Boyer Glassworks offers unique, intricate works of art
The Sault News - Michigan
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Harry Boyer has been honing his craft and creating fragile works of art at his Harbor Springs glassworks studio since 1984. His popular glass pumpkins, birds, vases and other intricately-made pieces adorn homes all over the country. Boyer grew in...
Michigan State agrees to pay nearly $30 million to shooting survivors
Bridge Michigan
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June 10, 2025
Statly, who was a junior studying environmental biology and zoology, was shot in the head. This resulted “in profound brain injuries requiring extensive medical treatment and ongoing care,” according to the news release. He will receive $14.25...
Michigan's small businesses influence legislative decisions amid political engagement surge
Great Lakes Wire - Michigan
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June 10, 2025
Over recent months, small business owners in Michigan have been increasingly active in the political process. Their involvement has been particularly noticeable regarding proposals to overhaul Michigan’s Workers’ Compensation system and modify the...
Michigan's Big Banana Car Has a "Little Brother" Across the Globe
98.7 The Grand - Michigan
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June 10, 2025
It's not altogether uncommon to see the Big Banana Car on the roadways of Michigan. The giant banana shaped truck is based in Kalamazoo, though it does tour the country. While the Big Banana Car is a modified truck and seats several, the vehicle...