The state announced Thursday that a new water bottling facility would be opening in Shelby Township.

Volunteers and other community members gathered at the Brotherhood of All Nations church in Benton Harbor to distribute water bottles.

In a story published September 22, 2021, about water being distributed in Benton Harbor, Michigan, The Associated Press erroneously reported the name of an environmental group as the National Resources Defense Council.

A boil water notice has been issued for part of Ann Arbor Tuesday afternoon following a water main break.

A 2018 case challenging Nestle’s permit to extract Michigan water and sell it for a profit has been dismissed by the state’s environmental department on Friday. Residents have also shown outrage over the company taking Michigan water almost for free and turning it into a huge profit. In 2018, residents told Local 4 that the creek was thriving a few years ago, but things have changed because of the water Nestle is pumping out. In an effort to ramp up the legal fight against Nestle’s use of Michigan water, environmental groups requested that Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel step in back in July of this year. Our water use in Michigan ranks us far down on the list of the state’s top water users.