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Newaygo County has issued an "evacuate now" order in the Muskegon River Floodplain below Croton Dam, Michigan nurses would no longer be forced to work overtime under bills passed in the Michigan Senate, and more.

Federal funding has been released to build part of a barrier system to keep invasive carp from reaching Lake Michigan from the Illinois River.The Trump administration moved the management of the project from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Rock Island-Illinois District to the Detroit office last week

Construction of East Grand Rapids' Waterfront Park revitalization project is one step closer to getting underway, a second Democratic candidate for Michigan's open U.S. Senate seat turned in nominating petition signatures on Monday, and more.

The Illinois Department of Natural Resources said the state dedicated $50 million in its 2024 fiscal year as part of its end of a funding plan

The Trump administration is moving oversight of a key project to keep invasive carp out of the Great Lakes from Illinois to Michigan

Whitmer says Trump has agreed to send more funds to assist recovery efforts in northern Michigan from ice storms that battered the region last springEfforts to protect the Great Lakes from invasive carp were also discussed

The invasive carp can eat their way through an ecosystem, damaging native species and tourism built on fishing

Halting Asian carp migration into the Great Lakes has reached a critical juncture. The National Wildlife Federation is urging the governor of Illinois to sign off on a project that will prevent Asian carp from reaching Lake Michigan.

Michigan officials say 23 projects have been awarded a combined $3.6 million in grants to battle invasive species. The Michigan Invasive Species Grant…

Michigan State University researchers have received a $1.5 million grant to study the genetics of electric fish. The fish can generate electric fields in…