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.
Wayne Newton — a.k.a. Mr. Las Vegas — has apparently abandoned his private plane at the Oakland County International Airport for the past three years. According to several news stories making the rounds today, the legendary singer owes the airport more than $60K in storage fees. Even the Washington Post has picked up on the story.
Joe Borgesen, president of the airport, says he’s sent numerous email and even certified mail seeking payment from the Newton — all to no avail.
Borgesen has since claimed that an interested buyer was shown the plane in 2008 but the would-be buyers “got sick from all the black mold inside” the plane. He added that the aircraft is just junk at this point.
TMZ, naturally, has some additional details:
TMZ spoke with Newton’s rep who told us Wayne is the real victim here — because he’s spent “more than $700,000 to get the plane fixed and it’s still not fixed.”
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