PFAS

For decades, people in Frankfort and Elberta have spent the Fourth of July week looking for a little medal. We talk to an organizer of the annual tradition and an enthusiast.

University of Notre Dame researchers analyzed nearly 2,500 samples of living organisms and found patterns in the concentration of “forever chemicals” across the region.

A new study offers hope for PFAS-tainted Great Lakes fish: Contamination levels are declining. The trend stems from manufacturers phasing out some PFAS compounds.

As of a couple years ago, the State of Michigan had spent about $125 million investigating PFAS contamination and mitigating its potential harm statewide. Testing all private wells in Michigan would cost around $600 million.

A special prosecutor in Benzie County has declined to issue charges against Cadillac's Local Development Finance Authority. Michigan State Police investigated the board in June earlier this year after a complaint alleging the LDFA violated Michigan's Open Meetings Act.

In June, MSP investigated allegations that Cadillac’s Local Development Finance Authority violated Michigan’s Open Meeting Act by conducting business without the minimum number of members required, ignoring bylaws, and withholding meeting minutes and records.

The meeting comes after controversy over the practice of land applying septic system waste as a type of fertilizer.

A U.S. subsidiary of the Swedish defense company Saab announced its plans to build last year. The facility will take up about 60 acres in an industrial park south of Grayling.

The conflict has led to a lot of questions and confusion, and could be discussed at a meeting this week.

A challenge to Michigan’s rules on water contamination by a group of forever chemicals is on the Michigan Supreme Court’s November oral arguments docket.