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See the full story at http://abcnews.go.com/US/detroit-zoo-plans-turn-animal-waste-energy/story?id=30462027 The Detroit Zoo is planning to turn a major byproduct of its animal inhabitants into renewable energy. The Detroit Zoological Society and the Michigan Economic Development Corporation launched a crowdfunding campaign on Monday to build an energy-producing biodigester at the zoo. The biodigester will turn 400 tons of …

Wolf-Moose Study At Crossroads   The study on Isle Royale began more than 50 years ago—put wolves and moose on a relatively isolated island and see how they interact. For a while, both populations did well as researchers studied the relationship between predators and their prey. But as the wolf …

According to Feeding America, the percentage of people struggling with hunger has increased in the Upper Peninsula for the first time in five years. More than 330,000 people are at risk of hunger in the U.P. and in the western Lower Peninsula. A third of those at risk of hunger …

Most of Michigan’s wildfires occur in the spring – April, May and June. According to the Department of Natural Resources, which is responsible for wildland fire protection on 30 million acres of state and private land, April is when wildfires start becoming a problem. The DNR is using the state’s annual …

Auto insurance policies could be allowed in Michigan without unlimited lifetime health care under a measure being introduced in the Michigan Senate. The bill, which is aimed only at lower income motorists, is co-sponsored by Senate Republican Joe Hune of Hamburg, and Senate Democrat Virgil Smith of Detroit. Under the …

A bill allowing people biking on a pedal pub to drink beer or wine en route to their next stop is due before a House committee this week. Right now if you take a pedal pub tour in Grand Rapids, Midland, Marquette or Traverse City you bike as a group …

Did you know taking part in a walkathon is illegal in Michigan?  According to State Representative Kurt Heise, chair of the House Criminal Justice Committee, that’s what dance contests were called in the 1920’s and lawmakers back then saw fit back then to outlaw them. The Plymouth Republican says it’s …

Faith-based adoption agencies in Michigan which claim a religious exemption would be allowed to decline services to certain potential adoptive parents without risk of losing taxpayer funding, under bills before a senate committee Wednesday. The Republican-sponsored bills were approve in the Michigan House on a 65-44 vote last month. Supporters …

A Michigan House committee Tuesday approved a measure that codifies restrictions that a landlord may put on renters who want to smoke medical marijuana. The House Judiciary Committee, on an 8-to-3 vote, sent to the full house a bill which allows landlords to prohibit medical marijuana smoking and growing, if …

As construction season gets underway, MDOT laid out their plans for road maintenance throughout the Copper Country. Those plans include bridge work on M-38, a chip seal job south of Twin Lakes and finishing up the work on the Portage Lake Lift Bridge, which continues to go well now that …