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Editorial Roundup: Illinois
Champaign News-Gazette. November 26, 2023. Editorial: PAC’s shenanigans another sign of political class’ disrespect for law, Illinois No one is ever going to brag about the effective oversight of campaign spending in Illinois. Campaign disclosure rules were...
Man, 40, is fatally shot during exchange of gunfire with police in southwestern Michigan
HAGAR TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — A 40-year-old man has been fatally shot and an officer has been wounded during an exchange of gunfire in southwestern Michigan. Two Coloma Township officers and a Berrien County sheriff's deputy were responding to a “domestic type incident” about...
Milwaukee suburb begins pulling millions of gallons per day from Lake Michigan
WAUKESHA, Wis. (AP) — A Milwaukee suburb has finally started to pull millions of gallons of water per day from Lake Michigan after spending years seeking approval from regulators. The city of Waukesha began the diversion Monday. City officials say 90% of the city will be using Lake...
Milwaukee suburb delaying start of Lake Michigan water withdrawals to early October
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Officials in a Milwaukee suburb have pushed plans to withdraw water from Lake Michigan back to early October, saying they need more time to clean out reservoirs and address problems with their pumps. City officials in Waukesha had planned to begin pulling...
Opponents of COVID restrictions took over a Michigan county. They want deep cuts to health funding
HOLLAND, Mich. (AP) — The fastest growing county in Michigan has seen its local government transformed in the wake of backlash to pandemic restrictions, and the new commissioners — claiming COVID is over — are threatening to cut millions of dollars from the county’s health department. ...
Second body recovered two weeks after boat sank in Lake Michigan
ARCADIA, Mich. (AP) — Authorities recovered the body of a 63-year-old man in Lake Michigan, one of two people who died when a fishing boat sank in late August off Michigan's northern Lower Peninsula. The body of Merl McVay was found in deep water Monday, a few miles from the...
Boy, 14, dies after leaping into Lake Michigan in Indiana despite being warned against doing so
EAST CHICAGO, Ind. (AP) — A 14-year-old boy died after leaping into Lake Michigan despite being warned not to jump off a breakwall along the lake's northwestern Indiana shoreline, officials said. Witnesses reported Monday that staff at the East Chicago Marina had advised a group of...
Milwaukee suburb to begin pulling millions of gallons a day from Lake Michigan
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — After years of seeking approval, a Milwaukee suburb is finally set to start pulling millions of gallons of water a day from Lake Michigan to replace its polluted water supply. The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources announced Tuesday that the city of...
