

Stocking waterways with fish
One of the state’s most revered places to fish brown trout runs through Oakland County, namely the Paint Creek. The coldwater stream is a...
May 1, 2016


Never-ending abortion fight
Regardless of your personal stance, the statistics bear out that one in three women in the United States of childbearing age currently...
Apr 1, 2016


Watering golf courses
More than 1.1 billion gallons. That's how much water golf course superintendents in Oakland County reported pumping out of rivers, lakes,...
Apr 1, 2016


Recreational pot drive
Approaching the eighth anniversary of the Michigan Medical Marijuana Act (MMMA), overwhelmingly approved by Michigan voters, the current...
Apr 1, 2016


What’s below the surface?
Weaving under streets, yards, intersections, between miles of water mains, cables and a network of natural gas lines, four interstate...
Mar 1, 2016


The local lead threat
Health and environmental experts have been warning people for decades about the health risks associated with exposure to lead. But, as...
Mar 1, 2016


Protecting student athletes
Training a student athlete, such as a football player, in the old days, consisted of heading to the school's weight room and pumping iron...
Feb 1, 2016


Public safety transparency
Michigan is the worst. At least that was the finding of a 2015 national report card issued by the Center for Public Integrity grading...
Feb 1, 2016


Sex offender registry questions
If knowledge is power, then it would seem that knowing the names, addresses and other identifying information of some 38,521...
Dec 1, 2015


Health risks with artificial turf
Old car and truck tires, pulverized and repurposed, create cushioning in artificial athletic fields nationwide, enabling schools to...
Dec 1, 2015








