Ludington Daily News

2 weeks ago | shorelinemedia.net | Max Reinhart

Millions of acres of national forests, including a sizeable portion in Michigan, may be cleared for timber production in a bid to reduce wildfire risk under a new U.S. Department of Agriculture plan. USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins issued a memo Thursday that created an “Emergency Situation Determination” involving 112.6 million acres, or about 59% of all National Forest System lands. The Department of Agriculture couldn’t specify how many acres would be affected in Michigan.

2 weeks ago | shorelinemedia.net | Ian Harrison

TORONTO (AP) — One year after finishing with the worst record in the NBA, the Detroit Pistons are going to the playoffs for the first time since 2018-19. The Pistons punched their postseason ticket with a 117-105 victory over Toronto on Friday night. No NBA team has ever gone from a worse record than Detroit’s 14 wins last season to earning a playoff berth the following year. “It’s a big deal,” first-year Pistons coach J.B. Bickerstaff said.

3 weeks ago | shorelinemedia.net | Mary Beth Crain

I can’t believe it’s already April. The worst of Old Man Winter’s tantrums are over–well, except for probably one or two feeble attempts to dump a little more snow–and the balmy caresses of spring will soon liberate our hibernating souls. Thinking about April, I’m reminded that April 14 will be the 160th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s death. I’ve always been fascinated by Lincoln, and I actually have in my possession an unusual book that I got at an antique store many years ago.

3 weeks ago | shorelinemedia.net | Emilio Perez Ibarguen

LANSING – In early 2024, the Fremont Regional Digester – located about 30 minutes outside Muskegon – closed its doors for the final time after a years-long dispute with state regulators. Officials from the Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy argued that the digester – designed to convert organic matter into gases that are burned to generate electricity – needed to operate under a different permit type to regulate the liquid waste it generated.

3 weeks ago | shorelinemedia.net | Steve Begnoche

A cultural war is being waged by the Trump Administration as it tries to whitewash history, arts and culture. Thus, it put cultural warriors in positions of power at the Kennedy Center. It is making moves to change how the premier Smithsonian Institutions presents its history and exhibits through a move called “Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History.”The moves are part of his and the radical far right’s attack on “woke” – an ill-defined concept.