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Dark skies seemed like the appropriate weather for a day in Hell, Michigan. Hundreds of people descended on the hamlet, about an hour southeast of Lansing, on Saturday to celebrate Mountain’s Dew’s new “Flamin’ Hot” soda. The restaurant, lounge, and gift shop in the small town had been decorated with neon green and crimson flame …

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Classes at Kellogg Community College resume Wednesday after two days of outages caused by a ransomware attack. The school in Battle Creek, Michigan, told its nearly 7,000 students on May 2 that the ransomware had crippled its systems on April 29. The school was forced to close all of its campuses and hired third-party security …

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Fenton’s Phil Knight and Birmingham’s Hugh Mahler were among the 10 recipients of the 2020/2021 COVID-19 Governor’s Service Awards, according to a press release from the Michigan Community Service Commission. The awards recognize contributions made through volunteerism, service and philanthropy throughout Michigan. This year’s winners will be honored for their commitment to their communities during …

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“Protecting the migration of Blue-spotted Salamanders is vital, as they are an indicator species that tell us about the health of our environment,” said Kathleen Henry, Special Projects Coordinator and Education Specialist. for the Superior Watershed Partnership. The mining journal in an email. Blue-spotted salamanders are not endangered, but they are an indicator species that …

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Friends and family at the Northern Michigan Community Pet Center are doing all they can to help one of their own. After losing her husband Rick to a long battle with cancer on Thursday, trainer Kathy McCarthy’s pet community was by her side. “There are a lot of bills that have piled up due to …

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NEW TROY, Mich. (WNDU) – A hidden gem in southwestern Michigan is recovering after someone robbed and vandalized New Troy’s only community center. The incident came a day after the center collected donations at a free children’s film festival and pancake breakfast. And in a town like New Troy, a small community center like this …

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Highland Park, MI “This little town near Detroit looked like a ghost town. Fortunately, one man’s desert is another woman’s blank slate. “I just felt like it was a space to build and do things,” Shamayim Harris told CBS News. But Harris had no background in city planning — “Except to be sitting on this …

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KALAMAZOO, Mich. (WOOD) — Kalamazoo Valley Community College is offering new virtual classes that aim to equip students with the foundation they need to break into the marijuana industry. Professional training is delivered through a partnership with a California-based cannabis education organization green flower. There are three eight-week online courses focusing on three main roles. …

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By Marisa OrbeleJanuary 3, 2022 The family were among 17 people abducted by the 400 Mawozo gang in October while in Haiti on a mission trip with Ohio-based Christian Aid Ministries. Hart, Michigan, hosted a family of Christian missionaries who were kidnapped in Haiti. A luncheon and prayer service was held Sunday afternoon for the …

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Grand Rapids Community College (GRCC) in Grand Rapids, Michigan, installs a comprehensive orientation system that will help pedestrians and motorists navigate the campus. The $ 600,000 project includes construction signs as well as directional aids near roads and in pedestrian plazas, according to a press release. “The downtown GRCC campus is easily accessible by private …

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OXFORD, Mich. (CNS) – A day after a tragic shooting claimed the lives of four Oxford High School students and forever changed the lives of countless others, community members were picking up the pieces. On a cold December 1 afternoon, the scene at Oxford High remained grim, with patrol cars and news vans dotting the …

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By Jamie Sherrod, James Paxson Click here for updates on this story FLINT, Mich. (WNEM) – Final fire damage assessments from the Flint explosion are due next week as neighbors help each other during this local disaster. Earl Marshall Jr. saw and felt the impact of the explosion on Hogarth Avenue in Flint on Monday …

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The exact origin of the water is unknown Michigan officials learned that some residents of an Upper Peninsula community were using unregulated water from an 1800s steam locomotive service station. According to the Department of Natural Resources, the Ontonagon County Greenland Township gas station once served the community of Lake Mine, which was first settled …

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https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/climateconnections/CX211101.mp3 Ten years ago, the town of Highland Park, Michigan was struggling to pay its utility bills. So, as part of a debt settlement with the city, the local utility repossessed more than 1,000 streetlights. Residents were stunned to be left in the dark. “The only thing left are the stumps of the lights with …

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In less than two weeks, another Michigan city is currently struggling with high levels of lead in its drinking water supply. Officials in Hamtramck, Mich., On Wednesday released reports that the city’s lead levels are 17 parts per billion (ppb), exceeding the state’s action level of 15 ppb. A recent test also found that annual …

Michigan community becomes second city in October to report unsafe lead levels in water Read More »

Click to enlarge qiaomeng/Flickr Creative Commons sink faucet. As Congress continues to negotiate infrastructure and social safety net bills, environmental justice advocates say measures such as replacing lead pipes cannot wait. The drinking water systems of more than nine million homes across the country contain lead pipes, with black, brown and low-income communities being disproportionately …

Michigan Community Faces Water Crisis, Demands Replacement of Lead Pipes | Detroit News | Detroit Read More »

One by one, people approached the stage in Auditorium Plachta. Some with speeches they prepared for days, others spoke with emotion ranging from celebration to frustration. All came for the same purpose, to participate in the future of electoral politics in Michigan. The Michigan Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission (MICRC) met on September 23 at Warriner …

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The Arrows take on Mona Shores in the 13th On Your Sidelines Game of the Week, but it’s also one of the region’s biggest cancer fundraisers. LOWELL, Michigan – The temperature hovers around 90 degrees. The sun is beating down on the Red Arrow stadium. The heat is brutal. But the organizers of Lowell’s Pink …

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Michigan has grown a little bit over the past 10 years, but maybe your community has changed a lot more. The state of Michigan has 10,077,331 people in 2020, up just under 2% from the 9,883,640 people who lived in the state a decade earlier. These numbers are critical in determining everything from state representation …

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Michigan on Wednesday blacklisted a chemicals distributor accused of nearly contaminating the drinking water of a metro-Detroit community with sulfuric acid. PVS Nolwood, a Detroit-based company that supplies chemicals to as many as 10 municipal drinking water suppliers in the state, accidentally shipped four 55-gallon barrels of sulfuric acid to New Baltimore with labels that …

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When you dilute sulfuric acid with water, you get battery acid. This is what the Metro Detroit community of New Baltimore almost accidentally created in their water supply last month, due to a labeling incident. New Baltimore Water Plant Superintendent Chris Hiltunen said on Sunday July 11 that an employee was pumping out several gallons …

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Glen Village. Image courtesy of Greystone Greystone Real Estate Advisors negotiated the sale of Village Glen Apartments, an affordable 120 unit property in Traverse City, Michigan. While working on behalf of the seller, the company also represented the buyer in the acquisition and closing of a $ 13.4 million HUD acquisition loan. Dale Holzer and …

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Elizabeth and Jake Landuyt say their wedding was like a fairy tale. “The ceremony was perfect,” said Elizabeth. “Everything we could have dreamed of,” added Jake. That is, until Elizabeth’s father delivers his speech at the reception. “Just a minute, he was interrupted by some of our guests,” she said. The cottage next to their …

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Over Father’s Day weekend 2018, a flash flood flooded Upper Michigan with several inches of rain. Houghton County was hit the hardest. Heavy and widespread rains ranging from three to nearly seven inches were recorded, with the heaviest falling between 2 a.m. and 5 a.m. Sunday morning. Several houses and businesses were destroyed or suffered …

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Schoolcraft College, a community college in Michigan, has completed building renovations and moving all manufacturing-related professional programs to 13001 Merriman Road in Michigan. This location is just minutes from the main Livonia campus. The newly renovated building is 48,000 sq. Ft.2, more than double the space occupied by these programs on the main campus. The …

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MUSKEGON, MI – Electric cars, motorcycles and even a golf cart poured into the parking lot at Lakes Mall Meijer for the 2021 Drive Electric Earth Day road rally. The Triangular Circuit – taking participants just under 150 miles of Muskegon, Holland, Grand Rapids and back to Muskegon – brought together the electric vehicle (EV) …

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JACKSON, MI – A total of $ 50,000 has been awarded to small Michigan communities in Oscoda, Livingston and Gratiot counties. The Consumers Energy Foundation’s Put Your Town on the Map competition pushed small communities of populations of up to 10,000 people to develop project ideas designed to make Michigan’s small communities a better place …

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Formerly polluted land, now a magnificent golf course. Shores of the port Harbor Shores Resort, a western Michigan site that will host the KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship next year, sits on a site where 6,000 manufacturing jobs were lost over an 18-month period in the 1980s. Most of those factory buildings have stood empty for …

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When that inner voice spoke to Scott Chittle and told him to “build it,” the Manton, Michigan resident felt compelled to listen. When the pandemic forced the closures, Chittle decided Manton needed an outdoor rink more than anything. It doesn’t matter that his own kids haven’t even skated – or that hardly any kid in …

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KALAMAZOO (MICH.) – When Edward Callahan started playing the piano at the age of 5, he might not have realized that his journey would inspire others. Callahan, a 2006 graduate of Kalamazoo Central High School, will be the featured artist at Gilmore Keysfest on Friday February 19 and 20. In addition to giving a virtual …

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BELMONT, Michigan – It only took a few moments for Hank Burzynski and his older sister, Charlotte, to settle into their new spaces. “Our room looked so different,” Hank said. “Excited,” Charlotte said. “It was very cool. On Saturday, the siblings, who live in Belmont, returned home to a new bedroom and new e-learning space, …

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DETROIT, January 8, 2021 / PRNewswire / – Comerica Bank and Comerica Charitable Foundation today announced contributions of nearly $ 240,000 to 11 nonprofits to support food security, education initiatives, health and social services, and awareness of COVID-19 relief in Michigan. These latest contributions bring total 2020 funding, community contributions and investments in Michigan To …

Comerica Bank and Comerica Charitable Foundation donate nearly $ 240,000 to Michigan community initiatives to complete $ 4.3 million in community contributions and investments in 2020 Read More »

The new website (https://CollegeCentral.com/miccjobs) allows every employer – large, small, public or private – to register once and then post an unlimited number of jobs at from michigan community college students and graduates! This extremely helpful resource for employers simplifies hiring in the current climate, even with temporarily closed or restricted campuses, and students learning …

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ALLENDAEL TOWNSHIP, Michigan — There is finally a decision in a statue controversy that has been simmering for weeks in western Michigan. Allendale Township officials decided not to remove a statue depicting a Union soldier, a Confederate soldier and a child slave. Township supervisor Adam Elenbaas said yesterday he understood why the statue could be …

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The village of Constantine says their July 4 fireworks are still underway if the necessary funds can be raised. Most Michigan residents have resigned themselves to the fact that staged fireworks will be few in number this year, but a small community just north of the Michigan-Indiana border says theirs is ready. The village of …

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Sterling Bancorp in Southfield, Michigan, is looking to hire a new CEO for the second time in less than a year. The $ 3.2 billion-asset company, which is struggling with its revenue after shutting down its largest lending program, revealed in a regulatory filing Friday that Thomas Lopp had resigned a day earlier. Lopp, who …

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Michigan’s small and medium banks have played an outsized role in lending to struggling small businesses during the coronavirus crisis. Michigan banks paid out $4.6 billion in potentially forgivable loans under the federal Paycheck Protection Program for Struggling Small Businesses in the first two weeks of April, data analysis shows of the Community Bankers of …

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Although people weren’t able to celebrate Earth Day the way they wanted, the Michigan Department of the Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) hosted a live broadcast to honor the day. while staying safe inside. “I’ll be honest. I was quite disappointed that we weren’t going to be able to meet in person, and so …

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Michigan’s Washtenaw Community College and Grand Rapids Community College are experiencing a sharp drop in summer enrollment due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Detroit Free Press reported. At Washtenaw College, enrollment was down 11% on March 12 for summer school, compared to the same period in 2019. After the school announced it would go online, …

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MUSKEGON, Michigan – It would be unusual to see an alligator in Michigan waters in any season… but in February? Still, officials at Muskegon Community College have started to receive reports that an alligator has been sighted in a stream running through the campus, located in the western part of the state near Lake Michigan, …

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This is an archived article and the information in the article may be out of date. Please look at the history’s timestamp to see when it was last updated. LINDEN, Mich. (WJRT) – Brinley Jungnitsch, 8, has been in Memphis, Tennessee for 6 months fighting cancer for the third time. At just four years old, …

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