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The Michigan Messenger going forward

By Staff Report | 11.16.11

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 [...]

Colorado-based abstinence program provided false and misleading information to Michigan students

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By Todd A. Heywood | 11.16.11

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.

Class action lawsuit filed against MERS over unpaid taxes

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By Todd A. Heywood | 11.15.11

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.

Schuette fights important mercury regulations

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By Eartha Jane Melzer | 11.14.11

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.

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200 Rally To Urge Hate Crime Charges Against Central Michigan Student

By Todd A. Heywood | 12.07.07 | 2:21 pm

MOUNT PLEASANT — A protest to pressure the Isabella County prosecutor to file felony ethnic intimidation charges against a Central Michigan University student who hung four nooses in a campus classroom featured the leader of the New Black Panther Party, Minister Malik Shabazz. The party has been termed a “hate group” by the Southern Poverty [...]

Rally for Justice now underway in Mount Pleasant

By Staff Report | 12.07.07 | 11:13 am

MOUNT PLEASANT — The Rally for Justice demonstration at Central Michigan University has begun, without many of the buses carrying members of the National Council for Community Empowerment and Council of Baptist Pastors from across the state. CMU students are marching down main street towards Isabella County building at the time of this report.  Weather [...]

CMU announces suspect in noose incident

By Todd A. Heywood | 11.18.07 | 4:23 pm

A male Central Michigan University student has admitted to police that he created and hung four nooses found in a campus classroom on Monday. CMU police would not identify the student. They said their investigation is nearing completion and they expect to turn it over to the Isabella County Prosecutor early this week. The nooses, [...]

Nooses found on Central Michigan University campus; FBI, Police investigating

By Todd A. Heywood | 11.17.07 | 1:31 pm

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 [...]