The state of Michigan is expected to announce a settlement this week to pay residents of Flint $600 million to resolve civil claims from the city’s lead-tainted drinking water crisis, according to a person familiar with the settlement.

The Detroit population has declined so dramatically that the city has been left with a vast number of blighted properties. A new $850 million plan would destroy about 85,000 of them.

Michigan’s Republican governor signed legislation on Tuesday that officially bans Tesla Motors and any other carmaker from selling directly to consumers in the state.

The village of Oakley is a tiny speck on a map of Michigan: It has one streetlight, one grain elevator, one church and a couple of bars. If one of its 300 residents gets as much as a DUI, it’s big news around town.

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeside, Michigan

An online auction started July 1 for the Isle Aux Galets lighthouse on Skillagalee Island.

Keith Heitzman was one of three fifth-year seniors to leave Michigan after Jim Harbaugh was hired as head coach.

Five years after a pipeline rupture spilled over one million gallons of oil into the Kalamazoo River, local Michigan residents and activists battle new pipeline proposals.

Of course the mainstream media has not reported on events in Michigan, because the last thing corporate media wants is to give Americans across the country the idea that they have power to put a stop to Republicans transferring wealth to corporations and the rich at the expense of the poor, elderly, students, middle class, and infrastructure.

Just got back from my 35th vacation in the Sleeping bear Dunes area and found this video while trying to deal with the post-vacation blues/withdrawal. It really is a special place, and among my favorites on Earth.

Went down to the beach early in the morning while camping in this wonderful, wild place and thought for a moment that they'd recommissioned the lighthouse. But it was just the old lens catching and throwing the beginnings of dawn's light at me (click through to the full-size image to really see it). It only lasted a couple of minutes. Almost spooky; definitely beautiful. Later that day I got a lighthouse tour from the last lighthouse keeper's great-great (I think) grandson. Island gallery below.

- Little Sable Point Lighthouse was built in 1874 as a coastal light to assist ships navigating on Lake Michigan.

The Department of Natural Resources today announced the final totals from its spring fish-stocking efforts. DNR fisheries staff stocked a total of 20,099,988 fish that weighed more than 325 tons and consisted of nine different species and one hybrid.   To complete this task, staff took more than 370 stocking trips to 732 stocking sites, traveling more than 100,000 miles over the course of 2,556 hours using 17 specialized stocking trucks.

A few more shots in attached gallery.

More photos in attached gallery.

Since his release last month, Zach Anderson’s freedom has been severely restricted because at just 19 years old, Zach is a convicted sex offender.

The Cheboygan River range lights were built in 1880 in response to the increasing commerce taking place in Cheboygan.

In a controlled burn, you do a little bit of truth mixed in with a lot of lies - yeah right...

The evening crowd certainly got close to Dierks Bentley on Day 2 at WE Fest 2015. One lucky fan danced with the Riser singer, while another enjoyed shotgunning a beer onstage with the star. Others got high fives or even had the chance to touch his arm when Bentley ran out into the audience during Come a Little Closer.