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 was another banner year for Lenawee county, officials say. But the distinction is not one they are likely to be proud of.
Riga Township’s Planning Board is planning a meeting Tuesday night to decide how to proceed with zoning issues around a proposed wind farm in Lenawee County.
Several Michigan news outlets are reporting that the FBI, Homeland Security, the Joint Terrorism Task Force and local law enforcement authorities have executed numerous search warrants related to a conservative Christian militia group located in Adrian. Reports indicate five people had been arrested. The raids occurred Saturday night in the Lenawee county town of Adrian [...]
The race to fill the seat left open in December when Rep. Mike Simpson, (D-Jackson), is getting heated. Simpson, who was suffering from a rare blood disorder, died of a heart attack, leaving his seat which represents parts of Eaton, Jackson and Lenawee counties, open. Gov. Jennifer Granholm could have called an early special election [...]
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 [...]
In Oakland county (MI-09) the latest poll shows incumbent Republican Joe Knollenberg leading Democrat Gary Peters 43 percent to 36 percent, but polling data indicates that lead could disappear as Peters’ name recognition grows through campaigning.
The Cambridge Township police department in Lenawee County has a new unmarked vehicle, a 2008 Dodge Charger, which was paid for directly out of cash seized in drug trafficking cases. Chief Larry Wibbeler told the Michigan Messenger that this small community of fewer than 6,000 people near Adrian could afford the purchase because of one [...]
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