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It has been a year since Southeast Michigan residents learned of the PFAS contamination along the 900-mile watershed of the Huron River. Government leaders and businesses have taken steps to remedy the situation. However, contamination remains and state officials still don't know the timeframe they are dealing with. As a study of the five-county watershed continues, here are five of the potential questions we hope will be answered. MORE
►Huron River still fighting PFAS contamination one year later
►Video: One year later - PFAS crisis in the Huron River
►Video: How We Got Here - The PFAS water crisis in Michigan

Trump's attacks on Tlaib have supporters 'ready for battle'

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The battle lines have been drawn. On one side: President Donald Trump. On the other side: Michigan congresswoman Rashida Tlaib. Both have had rather unpleasant things to say about the other. Neither is likely to back down anytime soon. And that goes for their respective supporters, too. MORE
►Michigan House Dem. leader: 45-cent gas tax likely too 'extreme'
►House formally calls for Larry Inman to resign

Plan your holiday around construction, weather and the northern lights

It's a long holiday weekend! Yay! But to make the most of the three days ahead of you, you'll want to take note of a few things. While much of Michigan's road construction gets a break for Labor Day weekend, there are still 40+ active projects you'll want to avoid. You'll also want to dress for the weather, so follow our forecasts. Oh, and the northern lights could be visible from as far south as Grand Rapids. Now, that would make for a happy holiday! MORE

Will the Tigers 2020 lineup look any better?

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Last night, the Detroit Lions had their last preseason game and high school football kicked off. This weekend, Michigan State and Michigan open their college campaigns. But here's a curveball for you: Some Detroit Tigers news! Yup, the boys of summer are still playing - even if most of us already have moved on to football. To be fair, even the baseball fans among us have moved on to what next year will bring. MORE
►Projecting the 2020 Tigers pitching rotation
►Does Gardenhire really want to be back for 2020?

Letter from the Editor: 'Michigan's Best' is a Labor (Day) of love

Here's an excerpt from John Hiner's weekly column to MLive readers. Enjoy!: "Since 2012, MLive has been building what I call the "entertainment genome" of Michigan - a massive compendium of amazing food and drink, Michigan's most beautiful places, and charming little towns with secret joys only the locals know." MORE

- John Hiner is the vice president of content for MLive Media Group. You can share your thoughts with him at editor@mlive.com