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.
People visiting various locations in Calhoun county, including adult book stores, have been greeted with fliers announcing an outbreak of syphilis in the county. The problem? There isn’t an outbreak, says Kelly Niebel, spokesperson for the Michigan Department of Community Health.
Michigan Messenger received several notifications from people in Calhoun about the notices. Calhoun County Health Department officials did not return calls seeking comment, but Niebel said in an email:
I checked with our folks, and there is no outbreak in Calhoun County. We were working with the county to get out some prevention messages. Apparently, some materials were reused from another campaign that shouldn’t have been. They have since been retrieved and we are reviewing the steps we take when disseminating information so we can avoid this in the future.
Syphilis is a disease that labs and health officials are obligated to report to the state of Michigan.
Syphilis has been making sporadic resurgences across the state in recent years. Michigan Messenger has reported about increases in Ingham, Oakland, Genessee, Kent and Kalamazoo counties.
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