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Aerial images show progress on mega 1.8M square-foot battery plant in Michigan
MARSHALL, MI - A high earthen berm blocks a majority of the view into Ford’s BlueOval Battery Park Michigan as motorists pass along M-96. On Monday, July 8, MLive went skyward to take a birds-eye perspective of the rural mega site project. Crews could be seen hauling large amounts of dirt and others starting to erect the exterior walls of the 1.8 million-square-foot plant. According to Ford Motor Company the project is about 20 percent complete at the 1,900-acre site. The plant itself sits on roughly 500 acres of the site.
Michigan Costco Members Won’t Like Membership Changes
Costco, which is a direct competitor to Sam's Club is also making changes to their policies. Not too long ago, we learned that Sam's Club would be changing the policy surrounding their online orders for its members. They will still be offering the service but with some stricter guidelines than what they had before, but they aren't the only wholesale distributors looking to make changes.
Consumers Energy will mobilize crews in West Michigan to deal with upcoming storms
Consumers Energy is mobilizing a collection of company and contract crews to respond to thunderstorms that could arrive tonight and early tomorrow morning. “We are getting our crews ready — and we want the public to be ready — for storms that could bring high wind gusts,” said Chris Laird, Consumers Energy’s vice president for electric operations said in a news release. ...
Continuous severe storm coverage: minute by minute tracking of need-to-know info
Very severe thunderstorms are in a solid line moving from northern Illinois toward southwest Michigan. This is the article where the MLive weather team will be adding the latest important severe weather info at the top of the article as the line of storms moves across our state. 11:50 p.m....
Michigan U.S. House District 4
Two Republicans, incumbent U.S. Rep. Bill Huizenga and Brendan Muir, are running in the Aug. 6 primary to advance to the Nov. 5 general election. Democrat Jessica Swartz is unopposed. The 4th District includes West Michigan from Holland south to Benton Harper, east to Battle Creek. Bill Huizenga, Republican. Huizenga,...
High-end Tornado Watch issued for SW Michigan, Gusts up to 90 mph possible
A tornado watch has been issued across northern Illinois into southwest Lower Michigan and northwest Indiana. Intense severe weather is ongoing in Iowa and Illinois at 8:00 p.m. and heading east. The Michigan counties in the tornado watch are Allegan, Barry, Berrien, Cass, Kalamazoo and Van Buren. The tornado watch...
Voters have four candidates to consider for next probate judge
GAYLORD — Voters in the Aug. 6 primary will select one of four candidates to become the next probate judge in the 46th Circuit Court for Otsego County. The current judge, Michael Cooper, who has served since being appointed by Gov. John Engler in 2000, is retiring. Courtney Cadotte, David Delaney, Kevin Hesselink and Paul Slough are running to replace Cooper.
MyMichigan Health kickstarts $40M expansion project in Clare
CLARE COUNTY, Mich., (WPBN/WGTU) -- MyMichigan Medical Center in Clare is kicking off a multi-million dollar expansion project. Shovels hit the ground at a groundbreaking ceremony on Monday. MyMichigan Medical Center will be expanding and updating its Clare Medical Center. The $40 million investment project will be split into two...
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