State lawmakers are once again seeking to remove local control over gravel mining operations. A series of House bills introduced earlier this month would give the Michigan Department of Environment, ...

Dakota County and the Metropolitan Council, worried about effects on local parks, are asking for more information before the ...

After three delays, a plan to mine gravel east of the old sugar factory in Sterling was approved by the Logan County Commissioners on Tuesday. When the matter was last brought to them on Jan. 17, the ...

CHARLEVOIX — Members of the Bay Shore community and Hayes Township hosted a public meeting on Thursday, Oct. 19, at the Charlevoix Public Library to air concerns over gravel mining and its effects on ...

MANKATO — Blue Earth County is preparing to modernize its aggregate mining regulations, proposing updates to an ordinance that has remained largely unchanged for nearly 60 years. The gravel-mining ...

Lansing — A bipartisan group of Michigan lawmakers are resurrecting a proposal to transfer oversight of aggregate mining permits and operations from local communities to state regulators amid a ...

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Mining companies that produce gravel, sand and other aggregate have been pushing for years for a law that changes who approves permits for their operations. Now, they're trying again. New legislation ...

Property owners near the Vella Pit mining operation in Ann Arbor Township claim the site is violating state environmental law and waterfront rights.

The Michigan House of Representatives is considering legislation that would take local government control away when it comes to rock, sand, and gravel mine permits. Supporters of the change say too ...