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.
Central Michigan University police have asked the Federal Bureau of Investigation to assist them in investigating the appearance of four nooses on the Mount Pleasant campus earlier this week. The nooses were found by a student in a classroom in the Engineering and Technology Building.
CMU detective Seargent Pickler was interviewing witnesses Saturday afternoon and not immediately available to comment on the investigation. The Saturday interviews appear to be unusual in that the CMU police website indicates Pickler’s office hours are 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday.
The noose incident is only the latest in a series of racially motivated incidents on the campus. Last year, Neo-Nazis from the Cadillac group of the National Socialist Movement (NSM) were on campus flyering for supporters. This past Columbus Day the Mount Pleasant Morning Sun reports fliers against Native Americans were distribute all over campus, and slid under doors. A few weeks ago, the paper reports, fliers depicting all muslims as terrorists were distributed all over campus.
Noose incidents have been on the up surge this year, and CNN did an extensive, hour long documentary on the noose just three weeks ago.
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