Update 4:43 p.m.:
The MDCH posted the submerged oil study on their website this afternoon (it was also presented at a public meeting last night in Marshall). You can read more about the report here.
10:35 a.m.
Report: No long term health effects from submerged oil
Results of a Michigan Department of Community Health toxicology study reaches this conclusion. The results of the study were released last night.
From the Associated Press:
A study says there are no long-term health effects of submerged oil from last year's spill in southern Michigan's Kalamazoo River. The Battle Creek Enquirer and the Kalamazoo Gazette report results of the Michigan Department of Community Health toxicology study were released Wednesday evening at a community meeting in Marshall to discuss the progress of a cleanup related to the spill. The meeting was hosted by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Officials say closed portions of the river could be reopened later this year or in 2012.
Big drug bust in Pontiac
The DEA and the Oakland County sheriff's department released details of one of the bigger drug busts in Michigan.
From the Associated Press:
Authorities in southeast Michigan say they've seized an estimated $150 million worth of heroin and cocaine during a bust earlier this month. The Oakland County sheriff's department and the federal Drug Enforcement Administration on Wednesday announced details of last Friday's bust in Pontiac. Authorities say a search of a home found 69 kilograms of heroin and 10.5 kilograms of cocaine. The agencies say it's the largest quantity of heroin ever discovered in Michigan. Sheriff Mike Bouchard says the sheer quantity of drugs is "startling." Authorities say a traffic stop earlier in the day turned up 2 kilograms of suspected cocaine and led investigators to get a search warrant for the home. During the search of the home they found more than $560,000 in cash along with the heroin and cocaine.
Police called during protest a Huizenga's office
Police were called after some protesters entered the building where U.S. Rep. Bill Huizenga's (R-Zeeland) office is located downtown Muskegon.
From the Muskegon Chronicle:
More than 150 protesters originally intended to congregate outside U.S. Rep. Bill Huizenga's downtown office at 900 Third on Wednesday. But eventually, some of them moved inside. That's when police were called. The crowd dispersed quickly and quietly. No arrests were made. Zack Pohl, communications director for We are the People, an advocacy group that fights to protect Michigan's middle class, according to its website, estimated there were nearly 200 protesters at one point. He said they were asking Huizenga, R-Zeeland, "Where are the jobs?" Many protesters carried signs with slogans to that effect.
