(MI) Bay City Times – Consumers Energy plans to fix the second of two leaky coal ash landfills at its power plant in Bay County by the end of the year.

(ON) The Chronicle Journal – Exploratory work began this week on a project that may one day allow Marathon‘s polluted harbour to be taken off the list of industrial hot spots on the Great Lakes.

(IN) The Indianapolis Star – In mid-August, President Barack Obama visited Northern Indiana to announce $2.4 billion in stimulus funds to benefit the green vehicle industry. The money will go to companies and institutions to develop advanced batteries and other components used to increase the number of hybrid and plug-in electric vehicles.

(MI) The Holland Sentinel – Lower courts have issued conflicting resolutions about the beach at the end of 121st Avenue, resulting in two sets of signs with two sets of directions.

(MI) The Herald-Palladium – Fruit and vegetable growers from six farms stood at folding tables Wednesday afternoon in the parking lot at the Mercy Center in Benton Harbor.

(MI) Detroit Free Press – Howard Taylor might never have started his own theme park if his wife hadn’t reached her limit with the junk strewn about their yard.

(MI) The Detroit News – Nationwide, 1 million dove hunters will spend more than $1 billion on lodging, licenses and supplies. None of it will be spent in Michigan.

(NY) The New York Times -South of the Belt Parkway near Exit 15 in Brooklyn, approaching Kennedy International Airport an unassuming hill slopes upward, dotted with small, scraggly trees and bushes.

(ON) The Globe and Mail – Imagine a train car suspended high above traffic that could reach speeds of 250 kilometres per hour and get you from Quebec City to Montreal in less than an hour.

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