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.
A 30-year-old man East Grand Rapids Police officials say was arrested for assaulting officers has died in police custody. In order to subdue the man, police say they had to taser him.
The Grand Rapids Press reports the tasering incident has not been officially tied to the man’s death.
Police tell the Grand Rapids Press that they were called to the scene for a domestic disturbance. Upon arrival officers made contact with Matthew Bolick. Police alleged Bolick assaulted one of the officers, and was subsequently tasered. They say the taser had no effect and Bolick ran into the house, with officers in pursuit. A second struggle ensued, resulting in Bolick being tasered again.
Once officers subdued and arrested Bolick, he died, according to a press release from the East Grand Rapids Police Department.
The news comes on the heels of the Lansing Police Department’s reprimand of an officer for using a taser — which shoots metal darts into a target and delivers an electrical jolt causing the target to collapse — on a suspect who was handcuffed. Lansing Police say the officer violated department rules.
In addition to the Lansing Police incident, Michigan State Police in Traverse City tased a 17-year-old girl in Oct.
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