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MICHIGAN
Michigan is a Midwestern state of the United States of America, located in the east north central portion of the country. Bounded by four of the five Great Lakes, plus Lake Saint Clair, Michigan has the longest freshwater shoreline in the United States. [More...]
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Metro and State News for Michigan from detnews.com
DPS deficit could lead to layoffs
May 17, 2008 6:27 am
Detroit Public Schools' irregular accounting practices of paying teachers whose salaries and benefits were not budgeted has contributed to a $45 million deficit that could force additional layoffs, sc...
Sellers need nifty moves to get their homes sold
May 17, 2008 6:12 am
This year, with loans harder to get and prices depressed, sellers are finding they must try a littler harder than usual to lure prospective buyers.
Drivers, fans put brakes on race time
May 17, 2008 6:12 am
It's a tough time to be a driver competing at short-track speedways, considered by many to be the heart and soul of auto racing. Record fuel prices -- race fuel is about $8 a gallon -- and their rippl...
Council doubtful of proposal to sell tunnel
May 17, 2008 6:00 am
DETROIT -- Council members continued to express doubts Friday at budget hearings about selling the city's part of the Detroit/Windsor Tunnel in a $75 million deal with Windsor, and whether it can be w...
Beatty refuses to reply to suit
May 17, 2008 6:00 am
Former mayoral chief of staff Christine Beatty has asserted her Fifth Amendment rights in refusing to answer written questions in a lawsuit related to the text message scandal.
Michigan gays can wed in California
May 17, 2008 6:00 am
But when the couples return, their wedding vows won't be legal here because of a constitutional ban enacted by Michigan voters in 2004.
Dim budget report may lead to cuts
May 17, 2008 6:00 am
A $472 million reduction in expected state revenues next year could mean paring back proposed hikes in school aid, halting a new tax credit for filmmakers, slashing a tax credit for the working poor a...
Laura Berman: Detroit cop living amid suspicion
May 17, 2008 6:00 am
In the four weeks since Detroit Police Sgt. David Cobb was released from police custody, he's been free of everything but suspicion.
May 17, 2008 6:00 am
Macomb County officials are considering pulling more than $1 million in annual funding that goes to the Detroit Metro Convention & Visitors Bureau and using that money to market itself instead.
Local News from WPBN Traverse City via Yahoo! News
May 17, 2008 1:32 am
Strap on your life jacket, rev up the engine, and let the highly anticipated boating season begin!
Preliminary stages for possible wind turbine farm
May 16, 2008 10:47 pm
Traverse City and Power says they're in the initial stages of constructing, wind turbines but they're waiting on a permit.
Business leaders discuss MBT with State Legislators
May 16, 2008 10:47 pm
By Bill Froehlich Posted: Friday, May 16, 2008 at 6:30 p.m. It was standing room only Friday morning at the Traverse City Area Chamber of Commerce - where dozens of community leaders turned out for a ...
Huckabee quips about gun aimed at Obama
May 16, 2008 10:32 pm
Posted: Friday, May 16, 2008 at 6:23 p.m. LOUISVILLE, KY. (AP) -- A quip by former Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee about Barack Obama is raising some eyebrows.
May 16, 2008 10:02 pm
By Rob Preston Posted: Friday, May 16, 2008 at 5:26 p.m. "The banks will contact me to go out to the owners and then offer them cash for keys to vacate their property and give me the keys and the...
Coast Guard Cutter Mackinaw new commander
May 16, 2008 10:02 pm
Posted: Friday, May 16, 2008 at 5:49 p.m. CHEBOYGAN -- C ommander S cott S mith has relieved C aptain J ohn L ittle of command during a ceremony Friday morning in C heboygan.
May 16, 2008 9:47 pm
Mejier maybe facing more lawsuits over the controversy in Grand Traverse County's Acme Township.
May 16, 2008 9:32 pm
Posted: Friday, May 16, 2008 at 5:19 p.m. The G rand T raverse C ounty area gets ready to 'do the barbecue' for the 53-rd year! Volunteers are busy on the N orthwestern M ichigan C ollege campus setti...
May 16, 2008 9:17 pm
Posted: Friday, May 16, 2008 at 5:11 p.m. AG rand T raverse C ounty woman will spend up to ten years in prison for her role in a fatal drunk driving crash.
May 16, 2008 9:02 pm
It's a Northern Michigan destination that embraces those who live here, and leaves a lasting impression on those lucky enough to visit.
Local News from The Saginaw News via Yahoo! News
May 17, 2008 5:33 am
College students who are willing to take on academic challenges tend to find themselves less stressed and more engaged, two Saginaw Valley State University students say.
May 17, 2008 5:33 am
MOUNT PLEASANT -- Central Michigan University leaders postponed a decision to lease 12 acres to a company hoping to build a $12.5-million Holiday Inn hotel on campus.
May 17, 2008 5:33 am
Ben Denay calls the Michigan Business Tax a ''mission not accomplished.''
May 17, 2008 5:32 am
In the 1970s, mobsters made deals in the parking lot of the little country store that stands in the shadow of Freeland's Apple Mountain ski hill, and labor leader Jimmy Hoffa wandered inside on occasi...
Saginaw County panel may reconsider pay issue
May 17, 2008 3:32 am
A pay panel's advice to freeze wages for the Saginaw County Board of Commissioners and elected leaders may not stand, its leader says. The seven-member Saginaw County Officers Compensation Commission ...
Saginaw County Mosquito Abatement Commission collecting old tires
May 17, 2008 12:02 am
Tired of seeing old tires in your yard or garage? The Saginaw County Mosquito Abatement Commission will launch a five-day tire collection drive Monday. The drop-off sites will operate from 8 a.m. to 2...
Frederick Ford quits Democratic race for Saginaw County treasurer
May 16, 2008 11:48 pm
Saginaw County Treasurer Marvin D. Hare won't have to pump up his campaign warchest. Frederick D. Ford, a Saginaw Democrat who had declared his candidacy for the treasurer post, dropped out of content...
May 16, 2008 2:48 pm
Feedback: What do you think of University of Michigan spending nearly $2 million for this project? (Read below what others have said about it and give your view in the comments area)
Dawkins loses out on South Carolina job
May 16, 2008 2:47 pm
Saginaw School District Superintendent Gerald Dawkins has lost out on his chance for a new job. School board members in South Carolina's Richland County School District One have selected Percy Mack, s...
May 16, 2008 2:34 pm
| Celebrating "a new facility, new name and new future," Baker College of Muskegon unveiled the direction of its downtown culinary arts school that is under construction.
