Keith Matheny

Michigan motorists have more than 58,000 significant car-deer collisions every year – and they happen most often right about now.

The world's most renowned magician and escape artist spent three decades coming to Detroit -- and it was the last stop of his enigmatic life.

Most Great Lakes states, including Michigan, ban the spread of animal wastes on frozen or snow-covered ground, because it leads to water pollution.

Canadian mining company Highland Copper proposes to mine up to 6,600 metric tons of copper ore per day, 2 miles from Lake Superior and at the western edge of Porcupine Mountain State Park.

Michigan is leveraging large environmental settlements from polluters for a "once in a generation" opportunity to transform two contaminated rivers.

"There has been no radiological release and no workers or the public have been affected," an NRC spokeswoman said of the incident.

Bottles and cans coming back to stores for 10-cent deposit returns often contain drink syrups and fermenting alcohol. That attracts bugs and worse, retailers say.

The accident on Enbridge's Line 5 in northeast Wisconsin was one of the largest spills on record, a nonprofit pipeline safety organization said.

Construction of a proposed Enbridge pipeline tunnel under the Straits of Mackinac can't move forward until legal questions are resolved, EGLE Director Phil Roos said.

The company received a $1.26 billion federal loan guarantee to mine table salt and potash, an important agricultural fertilizer.