The S.S. Badger, the nation's last operating coal-fired ferryboat, kicked off its sailing season Monday while awaiting word on a proposed deal with the government over releasing waste ash into Lake Michigan.
Owners of the nation's last operating coal-fired ferryboat would stop dumping waste ash into Lake Michigan within two years under a deal with federal regulators announced Friday.
The mayor of a small West Michigan city who was charged with drunk driving after his pickup truck rolled into a ravine has pleaded no contest in the case.