Jodi Miesen

3 weeks ago | 9and10news.com | Jodi Miesen |Josh Monroe

Oil Cleanup continues in Pigeon River Country State ForestCheboygan County — Clean-up continues this week after oil was released into a Northern Michigan wetland, as state officials continue to investigate what caused it. Contractors have placed absorbent booms at the site and vac trucks are collecting oil and impacted soil in a remote, heavily wooded area, more than a mile south of the Black River at Pigeon River Country State Forest in Cheboygan County.

3 weeks ago | 9and10news.com | Jodi Miesen |Josh Monroe

Catholics in Northern Michigan remembering the life of Pope FrancisGAYLORD — Gaylord Bishop Jeffrey J. Walsh said he learned of Pope Francis’ death early this morning. “We’re very sad over the loss of our Holy Father. There’s a sense of a common bond that we share. So, there’s an intimacy there, as if we have all lost a family member,” said Walsh. The bishop said he couldn’t help but note the timing, one day after Easter.

2 months ago | 9and10news.com | Jodi Miesen |Jeremy D. Erickson

The Mason County Sheriff’s office is warning people of a new speed limit change in the village of Custer. Starting Monday, Sheriff Kim Cole said the speed limit will be reduced three times a day from 50 miles per hour to 35 miles per hour on US 10 in the area of Mason County Eastern schools. The reductions to the speed limit will coincide with the times that kids are coming or leaving school. The times are 7:45 to 8:15 am, 11:50 to 12:20 pm. and 3:15 to 3:45 pm.

2 months ago | 9and10news.com | Jodi Miesen |Jeremy D. Erickson

A Cadillac homeowner is pushing for change, asking the prosecutor to look into what he calls missteps with the Local Development Finance Authority. The LDFA is in charge of clean-up in the Industrial Park area where PFAS were discovered recently in private wells. Long time resident Brad Marine said he mailed that request to the Wexford County Prosecutor’s office over the weekend, hoping they will investigate violations he’s accusing the LDFA board of making.

2 months ago | 9and10news.com | Jodi Miesen |Jacob Johnson

Cadillac Advocates for Clean Water are trying to piece together how the city of Cadillac has found itself with an emerging PFAS or forever chemical situation. The grassroots organization was formed back in December after PFAS were found at unsafe levels in Cadillac’s Industrial Park area. The group’s co-founder, Susan Giftos said she started the online group back in December after noticing that a lot of people had many unanswered questions. She said what they discovered is extremely concerning.