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Something old-fashioned and really special is happening in Fayetteville. Volunteers gathered on Friday and Saturday, Feb. 16 and 17, to stand up the walls for a new home for Ms. […]

Derryll Anderson grew up on Church Street next door to the church and across the street from the park. Over the years, she moved away but remained active in the […]

Fifty years ago, a shipping error sparked an environmental and economic disaster across the state of Michigan. Instead of a harmless feed additive, Michigan Chemical accidentally sent bags of highly toxic polybrominated biphenyl (PBB) to a Farm Bureau processing facility in Battle Creek.

Thanks to a simple delivery mistake, dairy herds across Michigan were poisoned with PBB in the 1970s. It is estimated that virtually all 9 million people living in Michigan had ingested contaminated meat and milk.

Thanks to a simple delivery mistake, dairy herds across Michigan were poisoned with PBB in the 1970s. It is estimated that virtually all 9 million people living in Michigan had ingested contaminated meat and milk.