By Ben Solis | Senior Reporter
Quoted and Noted
“Today’s decision by the U.S. Army Corps is more than a procedural failure, it is a profound breach of the United States’ treaty trust responsibility to Tribal Nations.”
- Bay Mills Indian Community President Whitney Gravelle, on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers approving Enbridge Energy’s Line 5 tunnel project.
Ceremonial rock in Mackinac Straits prior to Anishinaabek water ceremony at McGulpin Point, Mackinaw City. May 2021 | Laina G. Stebbins
By Kyle Davidson
Canadian energy company Enbridge has secured another permit needed for its Line 5 tunnel project, moving the effort closer toward construction after another critical permit was struck down less than two weeks earlier.
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An Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer’s badge and weapon are seen during a vehicle checkpoint on Georgia Ave. in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 30, 2025. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
By Katherine Dailey
On Oct. 18, 2025, ICE arrested and detained Jose Pedro Hernandez Lupercio in Brethren, Mich., along the Manistee River — and both records and official statements indicate that Michigan Department of Natural Resources officers were involved in the operation.
The university’s planned Research Computing Center, shown in yellow, will occupy a small fraction of the 144-acre site. The majority of the parcel will be preserved as natural space along the Huron River. | Source: The University of Michigan
By Kyle Davidson
On Tuesday, the University of Michigan took another step toward building a “high-performance research computing center” in Ypsilanti Township, announcing it had honed in on a preferred site for the project.
TRIVIA OF THE DAY
On August 13, 1988 (38 years ago today), what renowned public space opened in Michigan?
Let us know @michiganadvance and check back in at noon for the answer.
Wednesday's answer: Chesaning in Saginaw County was originally called Big Rock, but changed its name to the Indigenous name for “a big rock.”
Source: https://www.chesaningchamber.org/our-history.html
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