Brimley Booster Club raising cash for athletics program
Transportation costs for extracurricular activities recently got the axe when Brimley Area Schools slashed $680,000 from their budget for the 2005-2006 school year. Unless the Brimley Booster Club can raise the $14,000 it costs to bus athletes to away games each year, Brimley athletes may be the ones who will wind up paying in the end - literally. [more]
BMEC gets new ambulance
Bay Mills Emergency Connection will be expanding their services to the community with the addition of a new ambulance. [more]
Brimley State Park hosts "Sand and Sports" car show
As part of Governor Granholm's "GO-Get Outdoors" campaign, the Department of Natural Resources' Parks and Recreation Division challenged all state parks in Michigan to have at least one special event taking place by Saturday, July 23, at 10 a.m. [more]
Law enforcement cracks down on drunk drivers
In an effort to crack down on drunk driving and as part of the National Highway and Transportation Safety Administration's "You Drink & Drive - You Lose" campaign, every police agency in the state will amp up road patrols from Aug. 19 to Sept. 5. [more]
Sault hosts annual sidewalk sales
Sault Ste. Marie held the city's annual sidewalk sales event on Aug. 5 and 6, giving residents the chance to shop outside on Ashmun Street while enjoying live music provided by a variety of local musicians. [more]
Sen. Allen tours chain of Michigan lakes to promote and discuss watercraft tourism
State Sen. Jason Allen, R-Traverse City, traversed the chain of lakes in Cheboygan County on Tuesday, Aug. 2, to discuss issues facing the area, primarily tourism promotion and the impact of boating tourism. [more]
Sen. Allen rates time at Boy Scout National Jamboree as "outstanding"
State Sen. Jason Allen, R-Traverse City, considers the time he spent at the 16th Boy Scout National Jamboree in Virginia the last week of July as outstanding. [more]
Crime of the Week: hit and run
Sault Ste. Marie Police are investigating a hit and run traffic crash at Ashmun Street and West 8th Avenue. [more]
Two Muskegon County residents charged with killing bald eagles
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Resource Protection Section and the office of Muskegon County Prosecutor Tony Tague on July 25, announced that felony and misdemeanor charges have been filed against two Muskegon County residents for their role in the illegal killing of two bald eagles on the Muskegon River in Muskegon County last spring. [more]
Dumping charge reduces imported trash
State Rep. Gary McDowell, D-Rudyard, on Thursday, Aug. 4, voiced strong support for a plan to raise the state's dumping charge from 21 cents per ton to $7.50, saying Michigan - the nation's No. 3 importer of trash - could significantly reduce garbage from Canada and other states and pointed to Pennsylvania's success at slashing its garbage imports thanks largely to a high dumping charge. [more]
Applications available for FSP Outreach and Education grants
The Department of Natural Resources announced that applications are available for Forest Stewardship Outreach and Education Project grants. [more]
McDowell praises Stupak amendment to ban oil drilling in Great Lakes
State Representative Gary McDowell, D-Rudyard, praised Congressman Bart Stupak, D-Menominee, for his amendment to the federal energy bill that will permanently ban Great Lakes oil drilling. [more]
U.P. Dems praise residents for forcing Republican turnaround on budget
State Reps. Steve Adamini, D-Marquette; Gary McDowell, D-Rudyard; and Rich Brown, D-Bessemer, said on Friday, July 29, that UP residents could take credit for a Republican plan to send a joint Senate-House delegation to the Upper Peninsula to announce a change of heart on closing the Newberry Correctional Facility and drastically cut funding for Northern Michigan University. [more]
MSU offers one-stop diagnostic shop for ailing plants
The Michigan State University Plant Diagnostic Services leads the nation with its unique interdisciplinary approach to making comprehensive plant diagnostic services available to the state's plant commodity groups, Extension specialists, agricultural producers and providers, government agencies, and the public as a whole. [more]
Fishing major attraction at DNR Pocket Park
Thousands of visitors to the U.P. State Fair in Escanaba, including many first-time anglers, will be eager to catch a fish at the Department of Natural Resources' Pocket Park. [more]
Northern Michigan to receive water quality grants
Communities across the 37th Senate District will benefit from Water Quality Monitoring grants, announced state Sen. Jason Allen, R-Traverse City. [more]
  
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