Wolverine News

With the popularity of so called "eco-tourism" on the rise, area hotels are now turning green.

VANDERBILT -- The smell of rotting fish could take the bark off trees. And to biologists Andrew Nuhfer and Tim Cwalinski, the sight of dozens of brown trout from 16 to 20 inches was infuriating and ...

Rollin': New bike trail Call it the jewel in Michigan's bike trail crown: On June 7, the Top of Michigan Trails Council will dedicate a new 62-mile trail that will link Gaylord, Cheboygan and Mackinaw City.

APPLETON - William Lownsberry drove 6 hours from Wolverine, Mich., to walk a mile in a pair of hot yellow stilettos he accessorized with black fishnet stockings.

The Department of Natural Resources announced today that a dedication ceremon for the North Central State Trail is scheduled for 8:30 a.m. Saturday, June 7, which is National Trails Day.

Feel like trying to make red, white and blue 7's line up on the quarter slots? Or would you rather bet a buck on number 22 on the roulette wheel? Well, you don't have to go far in Michigan to scratch your ...

“If you accept the AG's argument that the APA is final, then you are giving a letter from the administrative agency the same authority as the Supreme Court and that cannot be”

A real-life David and Goliath met Wednesday in the circuit court for Ingham County. via The Alpena News

While there still remain many questions regarding the proposed clean-coal utility plant of Wolverine Power Co. via The Alpena News

“It's just absolutely backwards thinking.”

In the battle over global warming, front lines are forming in places like Bay City and Midland _ proposed sites for Michigan's first large coal-fired power plants since 1984. via WOOD-TV Grand Rapids

Lots going on in weather today. A major storm system is slowly chugging across the Great Lakes region, it's impacts will be with all the way through Sunday morning. via WWUP-TV Cadillac

Traverse City, Crystal Mountain Resort and Boyne Mountain and Boyne Highlands all are offering golf packages. via Ann Arbor News

“We had to get the road commission to come out and work the loader to move the snow. We couldn't get the trucks in here.”

Raging flames in the attic of a former lumber store in Gaylord greeted firefighters in pre-dawn hours, a fire that ended with the building in ruins. via Traverse City Record-Eagle

“The entire approval process of the substation was improper because the zoning administrator never should have been involved in the decision at all.”

An attorney representing owners of property adjacent to an electrical substation approved by Elmwood Township have appealed the decision, and are hoping to obtain a court decision preventing construction. via Leelanau Enterprise

“I don't think we're going to be able to escape 17 or 18 cents per kilowatt hour by 2017.”

Tom Karas, director of Michigan Energy Alternatives, focused on the negative impacts of coal-burning plants and said Michigan has the second largest number of coal-burning plant proposals in the country. via Ludington Daily News

“It's a pretty safe operation. There's a lot of planning that goes in before a tower crane goes up”

The tower crane being used to build River House condominiums is similar to the one that toppled in New York last weekend. via Ann Arbor News

March marks Women's History Month, and there's a group of women who are on their way to creating West Michigan history. via WZZM-TV Grand Rapids

“The (state) act says as soon as the decision is certified, or the minutes approved, the period to appeal begins. That was done”

The clock is ticking for an opponent of a proposed electrical substation in Elmwood Township to take her case to the next level. via Leelanau Enterprise

“I've been sick of the snow and cold since it started”

Jack Stonehouse stood in the frigid wind and rubbed his hands together while his truck filled with fuel at a Gaylord service station. via Traverse City Record-Eagle

A family of five is safe, but two people are in the hospital after flames ripped through their Cheboygan County home. via WWUP-TV Cadillac

“I would like to have an independent engineer determine if there is this need for the transmission substation to provide - adequate service' It's important to me that this board makes the right decision, to make a fully informed decision.”

The one decision made during a blockbuster, nearly 6-hour meeting held solely to interpret a sentence in the Elmwood Township Zoning Ordinance would become mute if opponents of a proposed electrical substation ... via Leelanau Enterprise