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.
Chris Simmons, the vice mayor of the City of Battle Creek, has been on paid suspension since May from his post at the Department of Human Services, but officials decline to say why.
Battle Creek City Commissioners are expected to pass a fair housing resolution Tuesday night. The resolution will extend protections against discrimination based on income source, sexual orientation and gender identity.
A policy which prevents registered medical marijuana patients from using or possessing their medicine while at Michigan State University is coming under fire.
Several residents from Marshall and Battle Creek spoke very emotionally about their experiences after the July 25 oil spill in Calhoun County this morning before the U.S. House Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines and Hazardous Materials. After telling the story of his wife’s battle with neurological symptoms he says were attributed to the oil spill, James [...]
In an interview Thursday morning, Chambers County, Texas Sheriff Joe LaRive says the undocumented workers arrested in Winnie Wednesday were waiting to meet Hallmark Industrial owner Phillip Hallmark in order to get paid for their work on the oil spill in Battle Creek.
Authorities in Battle Creek have apprehended a suspect in a brutal stabbing case there. Police last week said they thought the stabbing incident was a hate crime, but now say the motive of the attack was robbery, reports the Battle Creek Enquirer. The man, Robert Bungo, 40, was arrested after a high speed chase — [...]
Calhoun county emergency management officials are responding to a leak of 840,000 gallons of oil into Talmadge Creek in Calhoun county. Officials say the leak threatens the Kalamazoo River, which Talmadge dumps into. The pipeline is controlled by Enbridge Energy Partners of Chicago. The Battle Creek Enquirer reports the pipeline originates in Griffith, Indiana, and [...]
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced this week that Michigan will receive $10.3 million for the revitalization of contaminated industrial and commercial facilities. In a statement released as President Obama’s Director of Recovery for Auto Communities and Workers, Dr. Ed Montgomery, toured the state, EPA said that Michigan will receive the most brownfield money and [...]
11:03 p.m. — Kate Segal just declared victory. The announcement that Obama has just gained enough electoral votes to become president has the entire room on its feet cheering, hugging, now chanting “O-ba-ma!”, lots of tears. There is a continuous stream of screams and cries from the crowd. It is pandemonium here at the Holiday [...]
The National Voter Hotline (866-OUR-VOTE) organized by the National Lawyer’s Committee, the ACLU and other groups, is reporting several major malfunctions of voting machines at precincts around the state. Those malfunctions are slowing down the voting process and may be causing some voters to have to leave. Here’s the list of polling locations that have [...]
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