A massive environmental cleanup of the polluted MichCon property in Ann Arbor is set to take place between August and October pending state approval. Nearly 50 people packed into Cobblestone Farm Tuesday night to hear Michigan Department of Environmental Quality official discuss the plans submitted by DTE Energy. MichCon has ...
The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality will be in Ann Arbor seeking public comments on the proposed cleanup of an old MichCon site along the Huron River. That's the same site where Mayor John Hieftje and others have big hopes for a future riverfront park with other amenities, possibly even ...
The city of Ann Arbor has officially named the new series of drop pools near the Argo Canoe Livery on the Huron River the "Argo Cascades."
Members of the public are invited to hear a talk about the newly reconstructed Argo Dam headrace and other related issues at a forum Wednesday night. The dam bypass channel on the Huron River recently underwent a major transformation as part of a $1.17 million project funded by the city ...
Many who've checked out the site lately say they're impressed with the $1.17 million project.
DTE Energy is offering to pick up the tab for whitewater features planned as part of the city of Ann Arbor's reconstruction of the Argo Dam headrace. The only catch, officials say, is the city must agree to hold off on adding the whitewater features in the Huron River until ...
A design-build team led by TSP Environmental has submitted a permit application to the state of Michigan, seeking approval to begin reconstruction of the Argo Dam headrace. The state can take up to 90 days to review and issue a permit, said Brian Steglitz, the city of Ann Arbor's senior ...
Divers from Solomon Diving of Monroe found concrete blocks, an old motorcycle and shopping carts on top of an intake pipe that leads to the monitoring well at Argo Dam, which controls the dam gates. According to Molly Wade, water quality manager for the City of Ann Arbor, the divers ...
Zebra mussels (Dreissena polymorpha) are suspected to be the cause of erratic water flows on the Huron River downstream from the Argo Dam. A team of divers from Solomon Diving in Monroe, Michigan, are on site Tuesday morning to go under the icy waters of Argo Pond and inspect the ...
On Saturday, Jan. 22, a portion of the control system on the Argo Dam failed. River levels downstream of the dam began to oscillate wildly. The City of Ann Arbor, which manages the dam, discovered this condition on Monday morning, and by Tuesday repairs were under way. Efforts focused on ...
Water levels on the Huron River began fluctuating wildly late on Saturday, according to a stream gage monitored by the US Geological Survey. At peak flow levels, water discharge reached near 700 cubic feet per second, a high water mark with conditions that make it difficult and dangerous to wade in the ...
City Administrator Roger Fraser says it might be time for Ann Arbor to consider getting out of the business of providing some city services. But that will be for the City Council to decide.
1. Rick Snyder's Rise to the Top Ann Arbor venture capitalist Rick Snyder, the former president of Gateway Computers, catapulted from political obscurity to Lansing’s doorstep by winning Michigan’s gubernatorial election in November. Snyder spent nearly $11 million on his campaign, including nearly $6 million from his own pocket. Snyder, ...
Fifth Ward Democrat Carsten Hohnke was the lone dissenter Monday night as the Ann Arbor City Council voted 10-1 in favor of reconstructing the Argo Dam headrace and earthen embankment in the Huron River. Hohnke said he wasn't opposed to the $1.17 million project, but he couldn't justify taking $300,000 ...
The federal government is seriously considering installing hydroelectric power stations at the Argo and Geddes dams in Ann Arbor in an attempt to boost its renewable energy portfolio, says an engineer from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. If the city and VA reach an agreement, it could be a ...
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