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.
One year after the worst oil spill in Midwest history took place in Calhoun County, local residents say they’re still experiencing the negative effects on their health while experts say long term risk should be minimal.
Local law enforcement in Emmett Township and Calhoun County are threatening to arrest citizen activists and journalists who go to the Kalamazoo River to check on claims that the oil has been cleaned up there — apparently without any legal authority for such arrests.
MARSHALL — An estimated 500 people gathered at the Marshall High School gymnasium Monday night for the first public briefing by government officials involved in the clean up of over one million gallons of crude oil which leaked into Talmadge Creek and the Kalamazoo River a week ago.
MARSHALL — The Calhoun County Health Department has issued a recommendation that people around the area of the Kalamazoo River oil spill evacuate the area. County health officials say they have detected “higher than acceptable levels of benzene” in air quality studies. The area affected by the recommendation are directly north and northwest of the [...]
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