Freedom (LCS 1), put to sea for the first time, marking the beginning of Builder's Sea Trials for the first-in-class coastal surface combatant. The agile 378-foot Freedom, designed and built by a Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT]-led industry team, is [...]
Caleb Campbell will not get a chance to play for the Detroit Lions because of a change in military policy. Campbell was a seventh-round draft pick for the Lions in April. At the time, Army policy would have allowed the [...]
YUM: Grading West Michigan's hot dog joints
I noticed the Pronto Pup of Grand Haven:
313 S. Harbor, Grand Haven (grandhavenprontopup.com) Eaten: The Pronto Pup (only thing on the menu), a dog on a stick dipped in batter, cooked in 100 percent vegetable oil and served "naked," [...]
The Grand Rapids Rampage are one win away from playing in their second ArenaBowl. The Rampage, the sixth seed in the AFL's American Conference, upset the top seeded Chicago Rush 58-41 Sunday at Allstate Arena.I was at the ArenaBowl when the Rampage won [...]
Health Departments officials are asking people to avoid body contact with the Grand River from the Wealthy Street Bridge, through Ottawa County, all the way to Lake Michigan after sewage overflow spilled into the river. Approximately 70 million gallons of [...]
They are painted blue, weigh about 25 pounds each and are collectively worth about $2,000. The bricks are used as barriers to contain radiation for scientific experiments, Neumann said. Police believe the thieves may have stole [...]
For the entire month of July, Absolute Michigan will be focusing of Michigan festivals celebrating music, art, food and the other things that make Michigan fun. To kick it off, we're having a spur of the moment Rothbury Ticket Giveaway [...]
The Rampage won a grinder game, played at Arizona's pace, with the reduced number of possessions and limited scoring typical of a playoff game. For anyone who thought the Rampage had to score in the [...]
ALWAYS SAD TO SEE: Family-owned business calls it quits after 67 years
Alvan Motor Freight, a family owned business, is ceasing operations after nearly 70 years and filing Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. President and CEO James Van Zoeren says a number things including the economic difficulties [...]
What a weekend!
Saturday evening:
Jones blows save, Cabrera's hit wins it as Tigers reach .500
This afternoon:
Tigers sweep Colorado to improve to a game over .500 [...] A solar panel manufacturer offering 1,000 new jobs may want to locate a plant in Kentwood or Coopersville, and state lawmakers on Friday scrambled to make an $18.75 million pool of money available to entice that project and others [...]
WOOD-TV: Could lower speeds spur gas efficiency?
With gas prices climbing, one Michigan lawmaker says its time to roll back the speed limit. A Democrat from the east side of the state has introduced a resolution in the state house urging the federal government to enact [...]
Detroit Tigers pitcher Todd Jones entertained the fans by donning a Magglio Ordonez hat and wig and pretended to hit, round the bases, and then slide into HP, Ala Ordonez, on the tarp covering the field during their rain delay against the [...]
Michigan moved one step closer Monday to signing on to a multi-state compact to keep Great Lakes water from being piped to the thirsty Southwest or elsewhere outside the region. The Great Lakes Basin Compact had widespread support in Michigan all [...]
It's an activity invented in 2000, and it has been picking up steam across Northern Michigan and worldwide. The high-tech adventure basically involves finding coordinates for hidden treasures on the Internet, seeking them out through hand-held GPS units, then replacing found treasure with [...]
WALLED LAKE, Mich.--Young sporting clays shooters from across Michigan earned state titles--with many qualifying to represent Michigan at upcoming national championships--at last weekend's Scholastic Clay Target Program (SCTP) Michigan Sporting Clays State Championship.[...]
This is the cover story in this month's Faith Grand Rapids magazine. See Murdoc Online for more. [...] Michigan hunters killed 2,124 black bears in 2007, about 14 percent fewer than the year before, according to a preliminary Department of Natural Resources report released Monday.[...]
President Bush's recently unveiled 2009 budget shortchanges the Great Lakes, according to an AP report. The Healing Our Waters-Great Lakes Coalition analyzed the budget proposal and concluded that the presidents request of about $300 million for Great Lakes programs was [...]
Laugh if you want, but if the U.S. is ever going to invade Canada, it is going to be to gain access to our fresh water supplies. California, Arizona and New Mexico are just three of the states in desperate need of fresh water to grow [...]
The Shiawassee County sheriff will stop releasing information to a newspaper after it published an article about a political blogger critical of the sheriff, the paper reported. The Argus-Press of Owosso, located in the county, said in an article Thursday that it [...]
The Michigan Democratic Party said Friday that Clinton will get 73 pledged delegates after winning 55 percent of the statewide vote. Another 55 delegates will be uncommitted since 40 percent of the Democratic voters chose uncommitted. Because Barack Obama and John Edwards had taken [...]
Western Michigan will play 2008 Rose Bowl contestant Illinois on Nov. 8 at Ford Field in Detroit.Cool. [...]
Tina Hagenbuch was admitted in December to Bronson Hospital in Kalamazoo and doctors performed a C-section. Tina lost consciousness after the arrival of the first baby, a boy named Teegan. Then the other two babies, both girls - Trinity and Rowan - [...]
Red Cross volunteers will go door-to-door on four dates over the next two months to check and, if necessary, install free smoke detectors in Grand Rapids neighborhoods. Saving Lives At The Sound is a program aimed at putting a smoke detector in every home.[...]
Michigan Democratic Party Senator Carl Levin is scheduled to speak in Grand Rapids on February 16 on Iraq. His speech, which is titled "One Year After The Surge: Where Do We Stand? Where Do We Go From Here?," will [...]
WHY DIDN'T I THINK OF THIS?
Erich and Connie Hahne have created Michigan Mittens. Maps are sewn into the palms — the Lower Peninsula on the right mitten, the Upper Peninsula on the left. Red dots show major cities; a yellow star indicates Lansing, [...]
Jones, who is to celebrate her 111th birthday on Wednesday, is one of Michigan's oldest residents and is believed to be among the 50 oldest people in the world, The Grand Rapids Press reported Monday. "What? I'm how old?" Jones, [...]
I don't follow beauty pageants, but it's cool to see Miss Michigan Kirsten Haglund win this year's competition.
Haglund is from Farmington Hills, and a Grand Rapids resident was part of the winning team.
Haglund suffered from an image complex and eating disorder three [...] 
USUALLY ONLY SEEN IN MOVIES: Wanted: Hitman to kill my lover's wife
According to the AP:
A woman advertised on the popular Internet site Craigslist for an assassin to kill the wife of a man with whom she'd had an affair, authorities said Saturday. The ad [...]
A Kalamazoo Central High School student is seeking almost $1 million in damages in a lawsuit that alleges her former volleyball coach offered her a beer and that the athletic director told her to keep quiet about it... The suit [...]
Meyer-coached teams have won their last four bowl games. He won two at Utah and both at Florida. Carr's [...]
Michigan has been one of eight states to allow undocumented immigrants to get driver's licenses. Attorney general opinions are legally binding on state agencies and officers unless reversed by the courts. It was not immediately [...]
One More Story is an online library of children’s classic and contemporary literature. Simply point and click, and children can choose a book, see illustrations and have the book read to them on the computer. [...]
At the next hearing, we may hear that the more water Nestle pumps, the more there is in [...]
A radioactive substance has been found in the groundwater near the Palisades Nuclear Power Plant in Covert Township. A spokesperson for the plant told 24 Hour News 8 that tritium - a radioactive form of hydrogen - was found between the facility and [...]
Efforts to ban smoking in Michigan bars, restaurants and other workplaces were snuffed out in the state Senate Tuesday. Republicans who control the chamber sent smoking-ban legislation to a committee where bills traditionally go to die. In a [...]
Kitna said Cowboys linebackers were not effective, among other things, and ripped No. 56, Bradie James, in particular during a radio interview after leading the Lions to an improbable win at Dallas to end the 2006 regular [...]
Police took the seven and 18-month-old children into protective custody and discovered marijuana, crack cocaine and cash in the home.[...]
The unsecured loans available are relatively small - $1,000 to a maximum of $3,000. But at 96 percent APR, that $3,000 loan with 24 monthly payments of $284.93 comes out to a payback of $6,838.32.The offer was from an [...]
#61 is Brandon Barnes, Offensive Captain & Senior OT from Detroit Pershing at 6-2 and 315 lbs. #4 is All-American Senior LB & Defensive Captain at [...]
"A married household actually uses resources more efficiently than a divorced household," said Jianguo Liu, an ecologist at Michigan State University whose analysis of the environmental impact of divorce appears in this week's online edition of Proceedings [...]
The Detroit Tigers reached a preliminary agreement Tuesday to acquire Miguel Cabrera and Dontrelle Willis from the Florida Marlins for a package of six players, an unexpected blockbuster trade that developed quickly at the winter meetings..Florida gets lefty Andrew Miller, outfielder [...]
Fewer high schools in Michigan made adequate progress toward meeting requirements of federal No Child Left Behind laws, the state reported Friday. In the last school year, 489 high schools didn't made adequate progress, up from 399 in 2005-06. Fifteen of the schools [...]
An Amtrak train plowed into the back of a freight train Friday on the south side of the city, seriously injuring five Amtrak employees in an engine car that hurtled to a stop atop a crushed boxcar. Most [...]
About 100 West Michigan Army Reservists left Thursday morning for their mission in Iraq. They're members of the 415th Civil Affairs Batallion out of Kalamazoo.They're scheduled to be there for a year. Meanwhile: Army prioritizing 37,000 GIs for first combat tours Over 40% of the active duty (not Reserve [...]
THINGS WE COULDN'T SAY: Last night I had the pleasure of attending a presentation by Diet Eman, a member of the Dutch Resistance during World War 2. She currently lives in Grand Rapids and spoke to a packed room at the Homeschool [...] Jesse Daniel Rae, who was beaten up by a older Marine while he was trying to rob him, plead guilty to assault with intent to rob Wednesday. Rae tried to rob Bill Barnes, 72, at a convenience store in Alpine Township in early summer. [...]
A 12-year-old student at Crossroads Charter Academy allegedly pointed an unloaded gun on another student in a dispute over an iPod.[...]
In another blow to the Motor City’s tarnished image, Detroit pushed past St. Louis to become the nation’s most dangerous city, according to a private research group’s controversial analysis, released Sunday, of annual FBI crime statistics.Flint was third. In today's Detroit Free Press: [...]
Grand Valley State placed 20 student-athletes on the 2007 All-GLIAC teams it was announced Wednesday by the league office. In addition, fourth-year head coach Chuck Martin was named the GLIAC Coach of the Year for the first time in [...]
A police officer checking on a truck that got stuck in the mud at a city park was startled to find a 13-year-old boy behind the wheel. The boy's father, who was sitting in the passenger seat, told police [...]
Isn't the primary just a few weeks away? Kidding.Meanwhile, in Our Michigan: Court to delay primary decision
Early this evening (Friday, Nov. 16) Michigan Messenger reported that the Court of Appeals has found the primary election law unconstitutional. [...]
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