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.
It appears the Michigan Messenger is not the only news outlet covering the oil spill in Calhoun county to run into access issues and concerns.
In Friday’s paper, the Battle Creek Enquirer notes in a caption to a photo that it had a hassle taking a picture of a skimming operation:
“A man from DK Security tried to prevent the Enquirer from taking this photo of booms and a skimming operation on the Kalamazoo River, taken from the property of United Educational Credit Union on Riverside Drive and Dickman Road on Thursday morning. Credit union management gave an Enquirer photographer permission to be on their property. (John Grap/The Enqurier)”
Michigan Messenger has had several situations where it has been denied access or provided limited access at public access locations along the Kalamazoo River.
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