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The Ag Department says its efforts are working to slow the spread of the sap-drinking pest. “Last spring we quarantined 12 counties with isolated infestations, and those counties have not been overrun because of the heightened awareness a quarantine brings,” said Ruth Welliver, director of the department’s Bureau of Plant Industry. “With continued aggressive treatment and monitoring, and an actively engaged community, we can help ensure families and businesses in these new counties aren’t inconvenienced by widespread infestation.” Control efforts have been dri...

Michiganders Spent $341 Million on Recreational Marijuana In 2020 Michiganders definitely took advantage of recreational marijuana during the pandemic and throughout 2020. The state reported a combined sales of $341 million in recreational marijuana sales for 2020 and that number is just a preview of what sales could be in the coming years. Marijuana was officially legal on December 1, 2019, but it was months before local governments approved the sale of recreational marijuana and then ever more time before the recreational shops had their permits approved.  And now that the industry has a f...

Newaygo High School students were sent home Monday after an explosion in a classroom in which six were injured.

West Michigan Man Accused of Killing Puppy with Chainsaw A 22-year-old Calhoun County man has been charged with allegedly killing a 5-month-old puppy with a chainsaw. The Battle Creek Enquirer reports the Erik Paul Taylor is accused of killing his sister-in-law's Black Labrador/Treeing Walker Coonhound mix puppy, Luna. Police were called to the 3900 block of 3 1/2 Mile Road in Athens Township on January 23. Melody Taylor told police that her brother-in-law had admitted to killing the dog and she'd found blood on a chainsaw and bandanna Luna had been wearing the night before. According to M...

Lantern Fly Eggs 8.jpg Naturalist Lisa Sanchez speaks with Lancastrians before leading them on a hike to look for and scrape the spotted lantern fly egg masses at Speedwell Forge County Park on Sunday, January 24, 2021. Lisa shows the stick and paint scraper that she likes to use to enable her to reach some of the higher masses on trees. Suzette Wenger Lantern Fly Eggs 9.jpg Naturalist Lisa Sanchez, left, shows George Kernisky of Rapho Township, an egg mass as she leads Lancastrians on a hike to look for and scrape the spotted lantern fly egg masses at Speedwel...