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Oil & Gas Drilling Meeting in Barry County
Tue, 01 May 2012 02:45:45 -0700
KENTWOOD (WZZM) -- West Michigan emergency service personnel are once again ... Michigan is celebrating the opening of a new road designed to get thousands of ...
Fracking fight lands in Michigan
Tue, 01 May 2012 06:01:44 -0700
Companies look at Barry County as potential site for underground drilling method; landowners concerned. The debate over hydraulic fracturing or "fracking" has come to Michigan with supporters, critics, and concerned landowners popping up across the state.
Oil Companies Flocking to Frack in Barry County
Mon, 30 Apr 2012 20:58:25 -0700
Some are calling it a win-win others raise health concerns over fracking There is a lot of interest about what's buried in the ground in Barry County.
Barry Larkin shares how he told Bo Schembechler he was quitting football
Mon, 07 May 2012 13:20:02 -0700
Before the Cincinnati native to became one of the great shortstops ever playing for his hometown Reds, he was a two-sport start out of famed Moeller High and went to Michigan to play baseball and football for Bo Schembechler.
Fracking Concerns Rise as Companies Look to Search for Oil
Wed, 02 May 2012 19:33:21 -0700
Residents are scrambling to learn as much as they can about a controversial drilling method Before any new oil drilling starts in parts of Barry County, some people are trying to learn as much as they can about fracking.
Allegan County women have longest life expectancy in southwest Michigan, but all area counties see improvements (with ...
Tue, 24 Apr 2012 10:02:18 -0700
Life expectancy improved across southwest Michigan between 1989 and 2009, but the improvements were lower than the average nationwide, according to new county-by-county estimates of life expectancy released this month by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation.
Consumers Energy Awards More Than $2 Million In Incentives To Help Business Customers Save Energy And Save Money
Wed, 16 May 2012 13:00:00 -0700
JACKSON, Mich., May 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Consumers Energy awarded more than $2 million in incentives to commercial and industrial customers in the first quarter to help fund 697 energy efficiency projects ...
Finalist for Limestone County schools superintendent drops out of consideration
Fri, 11 May 2012 09:19:11 -0700
Tuscumbia city schools Superintendent Joe David Walters has removed his name from consideration for the vacant Limestone County schools superintendent position, The Athens News Courier reported.
Law Talk: How President Obama plans to reduce prison rape
Sat, 19 May 2012 04:43:56 -0700
For the President of the United States, prison rape is no joke. This week, the U.S. Department of Justice announced it was stepping up efforts under the 2003 Prison Rape Elimination Act to end prison rape.
Peek Through Time: Journal found in box at auction tells story of early Barry church, pastor
Thu, 17 May 2012 04:54:18 -0700
The town of Barry, located in Sandstone Township, is long gone. But a piece of its still exists in Sandstone Congregational Church.