Chronicle Exclusive: Consumer's Energy to make big investment here

Consumer's Energy announced Sept. 4 that it is investing $5 million to epxand and modernize its Marshall Training Center which provides safety and operation training to some 1,000 electric line, substaton and natural gas service workers annually. After the state-of-the-art rebuilding project is complete in the fall of 2008, the facilities will accommodate an additional 200 to 500 students from not only Consumer's Energy but from community colleges and other power companies, said Sr. Employee Development Consultant/Marshall Training Center Director, Dwane N. Johnson last Wednesday. See the complete story on this operation that has quietly operated in Marshall for nearly 30 years. It is our lead, exclusive story on the front page of the Sept. 8 Marshall Chronicle available all over town and at our offices, 514 South Kalamazoo Avenue.