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The world's oldest chicken is a Michigander

Cate Weiser

Waterloo, Michigan is home to a record-breaking resident: Peanut, the world’s oldest living chicken. Stateside production assistant Cate Weiser visited Peanut and her caretaker to hear more about the chicken’s miraculous life.

Environment & Climate Change

Next steps for proposed sand and gravel mine near Chelsea

Mark Brush

A Ready Mix concrete company wants to dig for sand and gravel on a site north of Chelsea, Michigan. McCoig Materials is planning the mine right in the…

Environment & Climate Change

Neighbors express concerns about proposed sand and gravel mine near Chelsea

Rebecca Williams

A Ready-Mix concrete company, McCoig Materials, wants to open up a mine on a site north of Chelsea. The two parcels of land they want to mine are in…

Rachelle Mann at the top of a hill overlooking the current mining operations owned by Aggregate Industries. The potential new mining site – 72 acres of the Waterloo Recreation Area – is to her top right.

Environment & Climate Change

State might allow mining in the Waterloo Recreation Area

Rebecca Williams

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources and Environment wants to allow sand and gravel mining in the largest park in the lower peninsula – the…