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On Dec.19, 2009 WERU 89.9 FM radio interviewed residents of Vinalhaven, Maine, home of the Fox Island Wind Farm, a community wind farm consisting of 3-1.5 MW wind turbines commissioned on Nov. 17, 2009.  Residents of Vinalhaven supported this project nearly100%.  Listen to what they have to say.

• County declines invite to participate in Sigel Wind Farm  11/11/2011 by Kate Hessling in Huron Daily Tribune (Huron County, Michigan)

• Notice filed to put Deerfield wind district up for vote  11/5/2011 by Kate Hessling in The Huron Daily Tribune (Huron County, Michigan)

• Commissioners OK Deerfield wind district  10/26/2011 by Kate Hessling in Huron Daily Tribune (Huron County, Michigan)

• BOC asks planners to review wind ordinance  10/12/2011 by Kate Hessling in The Huron Daily Tribune (Huron County, Michigan)

• Commissioners defer Deerfield wind district vote  10/12/2011 by Kate Hessling in The Huron Daily Tribune (Huron County, Michigan)

• Sigel Wind Farm gets preliminary OK  9/30/2011 by Kate Hessling in Huron Daily Tribune (Huron County, Michigan)

• County officials discuss 3-mile turbine setback from shoreline  9/24/2011 by Kate Hessling in Huron Daily Tribune (Huron County, Michigan)

• Wind moratorium talks put on hold  Wind Action 9/14/2011 by Kate Hessling in Huron Daily tribune (Michigan)

• Wind Fall-Out   Read Description: Huron County's Parallel ?  HAWAII ?

• Notice filed to get wind ordinance on ballot  07/12/2011 by Kate Hessling in Huron Daily Tribune (Lake Township, Huron County, Michigan)

• County officials propose creating trust fund...  6/16/2011 by Kate Hessling in The Huron Daily Tribune (Huron County, Michigan)

• County planners recommend Apple Blossom wind district  Wind Action 6/2/2011 by Kate Hessling in Huron Daily Tribune (Huron County, Michigan)

• ITC land agents working their way to Huron County  5/27/2011 by Kate Hessling in Huron Daily Tribune (Huron County, Michigan)

• Wind developers reacting to talks of halting projects  5/26/2011 by Kate Hessling in Huron Daily Tribune (Huron County, Michigan)

• Tax issues might stall wind 5/19/2011 by Kate Hessling in Huron Daily Tribune (Huron County, Michigan)

• County approves Pheasant Run wind overlay district  4/14/2011 by Kate Hessling in Huron Daily Tribune (Huron County, Michigan)

• DTE announces sites for three wind farms in Thumb  4/13/2011 by Kate Hessling in Huron Daily Tribune (Huron County, Michigan)

• MPSC denies motions to stay Thumb Loop approval  4/13/2011 by Kate Hessling in Huron Daily Tribune (Huron County, Michigan)

• Up to 75 turbines in Apple Blossom Farm  4/9/2011 by Kate Hessling in Huron Daily Tribune (Huron County, Michigan)

• Concerns of Thumb Loop aired at planning meeting  4/9/2011 by Kate Hessling in Huron Daily Tribune (Huron County, Michigan)

• New Wind District OK'd  4/1/2011 by Kelly Jerome Tribune Editor in Huron Daily Tribune (Huron County, Michigan)

• Editorial: Pull the plug on power plan  3/28/2011 Editorial in The Detroit News (Michigan)

• ITC Transmission Faces Opposition to Transmission Line Placement  2/3/2011 by Energy Attorney for Howard & Howard Attorneys in Energy-Farmer.Org

• Another wind project, another hearing  Wind Action 3/4/2011 by Kate Hessling in Huron Daily Tribune (Huron County, Michigan)

• More turbines shot in Ubly  Wind Action 3/4/201 by Kate Hessling in Huron Daily Tribune (Huron County, Michigan)

• Thumb Loop project approved 2/26/2011 in The Huron Daily Tribune (Tuscola, Huron, Sanilac & St. Clair Counties) (Michigan)

• County approves wind overlay district  2/24/2011 by Traci L. Weisenbach in The Huron Daily Tribune (Huron County,  Michigan)

• TOURISM Links & Letter from Carl Levin US Senator from Michigan

• County fears loss of personal property tax (Wind turbines & Taxes) 1/14/2011 by Kate Hessling in Huron Daily Tribune (Huron County Michigan)

• Wind Turbine's volt transformer shot  Wind Action 12/11/2010 by Stacy Langley in Huron Daily Tribune (Michigan)

• Wind turbine blade falls off again at Elkton-Pigeon-Bay Port  Wind Action 12/3/2010 by Traci L. Weisenbach in Huron Daily Tribune (Huron County, Michigan)

• Contradiction in video versus questions asked at rehiring of Zoning  administrator  Riga Township,  Lenawee County, Michigan presentation 12/16/2010 (Michigan) (Video)

• Property Values and Complaint Procedures Huron County's Approach Riga Township,  Lenawee County, Michigan presentation 12/16/2010 (Michigan) (Video)

• County fears loss of personal property tax (Wind turbines & Taxes) 1/14/2011 by Kate Hessling in Huron Daily Tribune (Huron County Michigan)

• "Big Money" Discovers the Huge Tax Breaks and Subsidies for "Wind Energy" While Tax Payers and Electric Customers Pick Up The Tab  04/14/2005 by Glenn R. Schleede (Deserves to be reread) 

• Transmission lines in farm fields a concern  11/18/2010 by Kate Hessling in Huron Daily Tribune (Huron County, Michigan)

• Towers for the Power  11/18/2010 by Kate Hessling in Huron Daily Tribune (Huron County, Michigan)

• Attorney: Landowners must know their rights  11/18/2010 by Kate Hessling in Huron Daily Tribune (Huron County, Michigan)

• Wind district questions answered  Wind Action 01/09/2010 by Kate Hessling in Huron Daily Tribune (Michigan)

• Date set for wind lawsuit  Wind Action 10/23/2010 by Kate Hessling in Huron Daily Tribune ( Huron County,  Michigan)

• The great wind debate  Wind Action 10/26/2010 by Kate Hessling in Huron Daily Tribune (Huron County, Michigan)

• Huron County group urges residents to vote against energy districts  Wind Action 10/31/2010 by Michael Wayland in the Bay City Times (Michigan)

• Planning board: More info on 2 proposed wind districts 09/02/2010 by Kate Hessling in Huron Daily Tribune (Michigan)

• John Deere sells wind business  09/01/2010 by Kate Hessling in Huron Daily Tribune (Michigan)

• Deere sells wind energy business for $990M  Wind Action 08/31/2010 in Yahoo Finance

• Commissioners approve language for Proposals 1 and 2  08/26/2010 by Kate Hessling in Huron Daily Tribune (Michigan)

• Thumb Loop electric line OK'd  Wind Action 08/20/2010 by Kate Hessling in Huron Daily Tribune (Michigan)

• Wind ordinance change recommended  Huron County  5/06/2010 (Michigan)

• Public hearing set for two new wind districts  Huron County  5/06/2010 (Michigan)

• Residents sue wind companies Wind Action  05/29/2010 Huron Huron Tribune (Michigan)

• 2 new wind districts recommended; Officials also address conflict of interest issues  Wind Action 06/3/2010 by Kate Hessling in Huron County Tribune (Michigan)

• Complaint resolution process adopted 06/09/2010 Huron Daily Tribune (Michigan)

• Planning commission approves new wind farms  Wind Action 06/03/2010 (Michigan) News

• On the evening of April 7, 2010    Huron County,  Michigan

• Residents sue wind companies  Wind Action 05/29/2010 Huron Daily Tribune (Michigan)

• A presentation by Dr. Malcolm Swinbanks M.A., PhD. and resident of Port Hope, clearly explained the deficiencies of the Huron County standards for regulation of wind turbines.......More

• Huron County MI.    Wind Ord.  Article X

• DTE Map to Lake Township, 2007

• Wind draft fuels mixed reactions  Wind Action  6/24/2009 by Kate Hessling in Huron Daily Tribune (Michigan)

• 2800 Turbines in the Thumb of Michigan  Thanks Charlie

• 5000 Turbines in the Thumb of Michigan  Thanks Charlie

• Don't Throw Caution to the Wind

Townships under County Zoning

1. Bingham 

2. Bloomfield 

3. Dwight 

4. Fairhaven 

5. Gore 

6. Grant 

7. Hume 

8. Lincoln

9. McKinley 

10. Rubicon 

11. Sheridan 

12. Sherman  

13. Sigel

14. Winsor

Townships not under County Zoning

1. Brookfield

2. Caseville Twp.

3. Chandler

4. Colfax

5. Huron

6. Lake - Rejected Ord. Draft 4.20.10

7. Meade

8. Oliver - Wind Ord.  Sec.1308

9. Paris

10. Pte. Aux Barques

11. Port Austin

12. Sand Beach *

13. Sebewaing

14. Verona