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Michigan News

DNR: Angler feedback key to muskellunge management

MARQUETTE —The Michigan Department of Natural Resources asks anglers to participate in the muskellunge angler survey to help DNR biologists obtain valuable data on this important sport fish. The muskellunge season began on June 3. “Muskellunge are difficult to survey, so biologists are ...

Cybersecurity success

Westwood High School students have received special recognition in the cybersecurity field. A total of 40,000 students from around the U.S. competed in a cybersecurity event called Cyberstart America, with only 1,000 of them earning the designation of Scholar 8. Seven of those students are ...

Normandy marks D-Day’s 79th anniversary

ON OMAHA BEACH, France (AP) — An overwhelming sound of gunfire and men’s screams. That’s how World War II veteran Marie Scott described D-Day, as Tuesday’s ceremonies got underway in honor of those who fought for freedom in the largest naval, air and land operation in history. This ...

Canada wildfires lead to U.S. air-quality alerts

By KATHY McCORMACK Associated Press Canada is dealing with a series of intense wildfires that have spread from the western provinces to Quebec, with hundreds of forest fires burning. The smoke has traveled into the United States, resulting in a number of air quality alerts issued since ...

GM to invest more than $1 billion in two Flint plants

FLINT, Michigan (AP) — General Motors plans to invest more than $1 billion in two Flint, Michigan, manufacturing plants for the production of the next-generation internal combustion engine heavy-duty trucks. Gerald Johnson, executive vice president, Global Manufacturing and Sustainability, ...

‘Forever chemicals ‘ deal reached

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Three chemical companies said Friday they had reached a $1.18 billion deal to resolve complaints of polluting many U.S. drinking water systems with potentially harmful compounds known as PFAS. DuPont de Nemours Inc., The Chemours Co. and Corteva Inc. said they ...