Wednesday News--- Cloudy with a few snow showers, high 27 ----------------------------------- Governor Snyder spoke for about 45 minutes during his 2015 State of the State address Tuesday evening. His first mention of work to do this year centered on transportation funding. He says its unacceptable that 1 in 9 bridges across the state are structurally deficient. Voters will be asked to support a sales tax increase from 6 to 7 percent on the ballot in May, which if approved, would bring in an extra $1.3 billion annually to pay for a fix. Eleven people who live near the first wind farm in Michigans Upper Peninsula say the whir of turbines has reduced property values, diminished their sleep and put birds at risk. They filed a lawsuit last week in federal court against Heritage Sustainable Energy and the U.S. government, seeking to block expansion and require more study on the impacts. The wind farm opened in 2012 in Delta Countys Garden Peninsula, near the village of Garden. The owner says the 14 turbines can produce the equivalent of a years electricity for half of the households in the county. Sports: Pavel Datsyuk and Gustav Nyquist both scored in the shootout as the Detroit Red Wings won their fifth straight game 5-4 over the Minnesota Wild. The Wings now head to the All-Star break sitting in second place in the Eastern Conference...Michigan used a late 11-0 run to pick up a Big Ten road win over Rutgers last night 54-50. Derrick Walton Jr. scored 10 of his 12 points in the final 6 minutes to lead Michigan...H.S. Bball, Ithaca 49 Alma 39, Breckenridge 67 Ashley 62, Vestaburg 71 St. Louis 51
Posted on: Wed, 21 Jan 2015 10:52:29 +0000
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