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Courtesy photo/U.S. Army Corp. of EngineersThe Soo Locks have officially opened for the shipping season. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers opened the locks in Sault St. Marie about four days ahead of schedule, after completing important maintenance. -
Adam Miedema/WCMUThe operators of Bay City's two toll bridges have paused a plan that would have doubled the price for an unlimited pass for non-residents to drive over the Liberty and Independence bridges.
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A limestone quarry on Drummond Island in the eastern Upper Peninsula is receiving $10 million in federal funding to upgrade its operations. -
More than 1,200 Christmas trees will be shipped out of northern Michigan to Chicago this weekend, where they'll be distributed to low-income families. -
Some school districts in Michigan are implementing GPS tracking technology on buses that gives parents real time information about their kids. -
The City of Mackinac Island cobbled together a plan Aug. 14 on how to move forward with only one of the island's two passenger ferry services in operation. -
The conversion of the General Motors Lansing Grand River Assembly Plant is part of the U.S. Department of Energy's $1.7 billion grant program to support the country's automotive industry. -
The Florida-based private equity firm now owns nearly all the passenger ferries to Mackinac Island and the most land parcels in the area. -
The Federal Maritime Commission is launching an investigation to determine whether a Canadian law violates a U.S. shipping codes and hurts American trade in the Great Lakes. -
Coast Guard officials said they're still working to determine the extent of the damage to the vessel before they attempt to move it out of Munuscong Lake in the eastern Upper Peninsula.
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Since the Soo locks first opened in 1855, they've been the gateway for Great Lakes carriers. WCMU's Teresa Homsi was at the opening of the locks on Friday and explains their significance. -
The State Senate passed bills that set new reimbursement rates for many long-term care services for severely injured auto accident patients.
