I am writing today to announce the closure of the Michigan Messenger. After four years of operation in Michigan, the board of the American Independent News Network, has decided to shift publication of its news into a single site, The American Independent at Americanindependent.com. This is part of a shift in strategy, towards new forms [...]
An abstinence-only presentation provided to numerous school districts in Calhoun and Eaton Counties in October of this year provided false and misleading information to students about HIV, experts allege.
Two county registers of deeds filed a class action lawsuit Monday on behalf of Michigan’s 83 counties alleging that the Mortgage Electronic Registration Services owes millions of dollars in property title transfer taxes.
Despite evidence of the impact of mercury on children and public health, Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette last month joined with 24 other state attorneys general in filing a lawsuit to scuttle new EPA regulations that would reduce mercury emissions from power plants.
The Detroit News is reporting that the Madison Heights Police Department has had its water turned off in response to a discovery by health officials that the department’s water system is contaminated by Legionella bacteria. The department asked health officials to review the facility after 22 officers fell sick with flu-like illnesses.
Health officials and the department say no one has been confirmed as having Legionnaires’ disease. The lack of infections means the health department won’t label the situation a Legionnaires’ disease outbreak. Officials say they have to have two confirmed cases to call it an outbreak.
Madison Heights Police lost 28-year-old officer Ryan Settlemoir to influenza A(H1N1) last month. His death, as well as the illnesses of the 22 officers lead to the testing which uncovered the bacteria. Health officials told the Detroit News that Settlemoir was not infected with legionella bacteria.
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