“Our entire Northern Michigan community is breathing a collective sigh of relief tonight after President Trump announced he was sending this funding our way,” said Borton, R-Gaylord. “We couldn’t be more grateful to the President and his team for delivering on relief dollars we so desperately need. Our communities banded together and got through the storms last winter, but just by the skin of our teeth. These federal dollars will finally take us from ‘just getting by’ to ‘getting back to normal.’”

Michigan guitarist and avid sportsman Ted Nugent will testify on Wednesday at a joint committee hearing of the Natural Resources & Tourism Committee, chaired by Rep. David Martin (R-Davison), the Agriculture and Rural Development and Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Ken Borton (R-Gaylord), and the Weaponization of State Government Oversight Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Angela Rigas (R-Caledonia). The three committees will hear testimony from Nugent regarding accountability for the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and a presentation on recent abuses.