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Groundwater treatment systems to address ‘forever chemicals’ planned near downstate military base

LANSING (AP) — Groundwater treatment systems will be installed near a military base in northern Michigan to address contamination from high levels of toxic, widely used “forever chemicals,” the U.S. Department of Defense announced Thursday. Two systems will be deployed to address the spread of PFAS, an abbreviation for perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, in groundwater near the former Wurtsmith Air Force Base in Oscoda, Michigan. The base, which closed in 1993, is located on Lake Huron. PFAS chemicals are a group of compounds that are widespread, dangerous and ...

UAW to vote on strike authorization next week as president says talks with Detroit 3 moving slowly

DETROIT (AP) — About 146,000 members of the United Auto Workers union will vote next week on authorizing their leaders to call strikes against the Detroit automakers. Union President Shawn Fain said in a statement Tuesday that talks that started in mid-July are moving slowly and have yet to get to wages and other economic issues. The union’s contracts with General Motors, Ford and Stellantis expire in about a month, at 11:59 p.m. Sept. 14. The union did not name a target company for a strike in its statement. Fain is scheduled to hold a Facebook Live meeting with workers later ...

Pilot noticed loss of power before crash of Cold War plane at Michigan show

BELLEVILLE — The pilot of a Cold War-era jet noticed it was losing power and decided to eject himself and a crew member before the Soviet fighter plane crashed during a weekend air show in suburban Detroit, an official said Monday. The pilot, who also owns the plane, had serious injuries but nothing life-threatening, while a second person aboard the MiG-23 had mild injuries after they parachuted to the ground, said John Brannen, senior air safety investigator at the National Transportation Safety Board. “It’s very fortunate, of course, that nobody on the ground was injured. ... ...

Housing tax credits awarded

By Journal Staff MARQUETTE — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and the Michigan State Housing Development Authority on Thursday announced more than $13 million in federal low-income housing tax credits have been awarded to support the development or rehabilitation of 500 future homes across 10 affordable housing projects from Marquette to Detroit. The total investment from these projects is over $173 million and will create over 30 permanent jobs and over 800 temporary jobs, the governor’s office said in a news release. Woda Cooper Development Inc., and the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community ...

Michigan police detain a Black child

By JOEY CAPPELLETTI and COREY WILLIAMS Associated Press LANSING — A white police officer handcuffed a Black child outside his Michigan home in an “unfortunate case of ‘wrong place, wrong time,’” the Lansing Police Department said Friday. The department posted the ...