Rogers City News

Traverse City Light & Power officials say they have not made any decisions on where four proposed biomass energy plants -- which burn scrap wood to make electricity -- might be located around Traverse City.

Six years after his son died in Iraq, Terry Blumberg choked back tears to talk about a lodge he and his wife Janet are creating on a 12-acre site in Presque Isle County near Rogers City.

As the salmon runs wind down, the steelhead action will increase, the DNR said Wednesday in its weekly fishing report.

Nolan Finley thinks that opposition to expansion of Karn-Weadock and the Rogers City coal plants is some plot by the governor to promote green energy.

Michigan residents are well-versed at this point in the budgetary ineptitude of their state legislators.

Consumers Energy's Karn-Weadock coal plant in Bay City is shown in this file photo.

Rep. Ken Horn, in a Tee Vee news report on yesterday's Rally to Build Bridges to Nowhere: We can't be afraid of carbon footprints.

The aggressive back and forth over two proposed coal-fired power plants sparked a rally in Lansing Tuesday.

Crains Detroit Business : Ever wonder what it takes to achieve bipartisanship in this state? Why, yes.

A Saginaw labor leader is helping organize a statewide rally in Lansing this week to support construction of new coal power plants in Bay County and Rogers City.

It's crunch time for crews to begin wrapping up those summer long road construction projects.

Fast-selling travel documents speed return from Canada, Mexico Secretary of State Terri Lynn Land announced today that the popular enhanced driver's license and state ID card now are available at the Rogers City branch office.

Detroit River: Perch anglers continue to find fish around Sugar Island and Rat Island.

Michigan regulators dealt a setback last week to proposals for new coal-fired power plants near Rogers City and Bay City, questioning the need for both projects at a time of growing emphasis on cleaner fuels.

The MPSC finally today tells the state's utilities what everyone else already knew -- the demand for electricity is going down, not up, which in turn diminishes the demand for new coal-fired power plants.

The Michigan Public Service Commission is giving negative reviews to proposals for two coal-fired power plants.

It's a tradition - the latest creation of Tom Moran and crew is revealed at the Independence Day parade in Onaway.

P.H. Hoeft State Park will host its first living history encampment on Sept. 18-19 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Visitors are invited to step back in time to visit with trappers and voyageurs and walk with the Redcoats as they patrol the northern shores of Lake Huron.

P.H. Hoeft State Park, the Presque Isle Conservation District and Michigan State University Extension are co-sponsoring a geocaching event for the Rogers City area from Friday, Aug.

A Presque Isle County family escaped a burning home after an explosion. It happened around eight Thursday morning in Bismarck Township.