October, 2009
October 31, 2009 | Detroit
Even before the loss of center Valtteri Filppula, the Detroit Red Wings were concerned about turnovers, something they were looking to limit entering their game last night at Calgary.
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October 31, 2009 | Kalamazoo
Kalamazoo, MI- Special teams played a keyed role during the 6th Annual Orange Ice Game, as the Toledo Walleye register five power-play markers en route to a 6-5 victory during the 6th Annual Orange Ice Game.
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October 31, 2009 | Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO — The Kalamazoo Wings’ ECHL unbeaten streak ended in a game of special teams in their 7-5 loss to the Toledo Walleye before a crowd of 3,208 at Wings Stadium Saturday night.Nine of the 12 goals were scored by...
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October 31, 2009 | Ann Arbor
If Ann Arbor artist Mark Royal Schroll didn't personally know Dexter Township resident Lauren Kingsley, he probably wouldn't have shown his art in her barn last week.
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October 31, 2009 | Flint
BLOOMINGTON, Illinois — The first month of the International Hockey League season is in the books and the Flint Generals are still searching for the offensive firepower that was expected to be their strength.
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October 31, 2009 | Lansing
Lansing senior Travis Grogan (2) raises his arms in the air after teammate Litton Van Der Werff (bottom) ran in a six-yard touchdown to tie Friday's game against Mill Valley at 28-28 with 3:02 remaining.
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Using a smothering defense that forced 5 turnovers and allowed 169 yards, plus an offense that wore Harper down in the second-half, Grand Rapids eliminated the Hawks 35-0 in the Region IV playoffs at Houseman Field on Saturday.
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October 31, 2009 | Detroit
Wall Street is celebrating a recovery in the US economy, but the future looks increasingly bleak in America's industrial heartland Try telling Brother Jerry Smith that the recession in America has ended. As scores of people queued up last week at the soup kitchen which the Capuchin friar helps run in Detroit, the celebrations on Wall Street in New York seemed from another world. The hungry and ...
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October 31, 2009 | Kalamazoo
PORTAGE — Courtney Mulder didn't want Saturday's Division 4 regional race to be her last as a member of the Kalamazoo Christian girls cross country team.She made sure it wasn't by leading Kalamazoo Christian to the championship a second-place...
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GRAND RAPIDS — The Hibbing High School girls swimming and diving team competed in the Rapids Big Five Pentangular at Grand Rapids on Friday.
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October 31, 2009 | Muskegon
MUSKEGON COUNTY — Muskegon Mayor Steve Warmington will lead the 2009 class of municipal leaders in the Muskegon area that will face daunting, unprecedented budget difficulties.
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October 31, 2009 | Flint
The battle over health care is over for Flint Community Schools.
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October 31, 2009 | Kalamazoo
By Laura Citino Western Herald A bite-sized microcosm of the local Kalamazoo music scene came out to dance Friday night, when Glowfriends and Jes Kramer played with Grand Rapids native Zach Vinson at the Strutt Café and Bar. It has been the privileged knowledge of many a scenester for quite some time that Kalamazoo has a thriving independent [...]
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October 31, 2009 | Lansing
Lansing schools, in conjunction with Ingham County health officials, is hosting a series of H1N1 flu vaccination clinics during school hours for students who have an underlying medical condition that puts them at higher risk for flu complications.
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October 31, 2009 | Detroit
The police in Windsor, Ontario, arrested two men who were linked to Luqman Ameen Abdullah, the imam of a Detroit mosque who was killed by Federal Bureau of Investigation agents during a raid on Wednesday.
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October 31, 2009 | Detroit
Hundreds of people offered hushed prayers Saturday at the funeral for a slain Detroit mosque leader while authorities across the border in Canada made two arrests in the case.
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October 31, 2009 | Detroit
Hundreds of people offered hushed prayers Saturday at the funeral for a slain Detroit mosque leader while authorities across the border in Canada made the final two arrests in a criminal case that is stirring some anger in the Muslim community.
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October 31, 2009 | Flint
FLINT TOWNSHIP, Michigan — For Kristi Starnes, words like “has” were just too hard to spell. Simple math was overwhelming. Reading confused her. “I was told that I would never go to college,” the Flint Township native said. “I always just thought I was stupid.”
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The Grand Haven Lighthouse Conservancy is inching closer to ensuring two iconic symbols of Grand Haven light the way for mariners, residents and tourists for years to come.
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October 31, 2009 | Flint
Pascal Rheaume FLINT, Michigan — Pascal Rheaume is dealing with something that’s inevitable for every pro athlete.
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October 31, 2009 | Muskegon
Muskegon Heights Police are looking for two men who robbed a Broadway Street business at gunpoint Friday night.According to Muskegon Heights Police Sgt. Shawn Stefanich, two black males entered Ken-N-Bea’s Party Store, 334 W. Broadway, around 9 p.m. and drew...
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EAST GRAND RAPIDS -- After serving 10 years on a busy Planning Commission, Chairman Jeff Dills is ready to move onto the City Commission. "I have enjoyed my time on the Planning Commission, but with our economy the way it...
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October 31, 2009 | Detroit
The FBI says two men linked to the slain leader of a Detroit mosque have been arrested in Ontario, Canada.
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Johnny Quirin/NOW The Grand Haven Board & Power recently acquired this Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle bucket truck, the first in the state operated by an electric utility.
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October 31, 2009 | Saginaw
A judge this week ruled that prosecutors have enough evidence to take a Saginaw man and a Frankenlust Township woman to trial on six felony charges, including armed robbery.
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October 31, 2009 | Detroit
Muslim leaders are preparing for the funeral of a Detroit imam who was fatally shot by federal agents after authorities say he resisted arrest and fired his weapon.
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GRAND HAVEN — Besides electing city council members , Grand Haven voters Tuesday will decide the fate of a proposal that would create a ward system for electing city council members, replacing the at-large process.
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Kindel Furniture standard pieces sell for tens of thousands of dollars, and a spokesperson said this table is the most expensive Kindel has built in Grand Rapids.
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October 31, 2009 | Saginaw
Michael Randolph | The Bay City TimesThe freighter Wilfred Sykes in Essexville. The Sykes is one of 13 Great Lakes ships recently exempted from clean fuel rules. Shipping on the Saginaw River is no longer in jeopardy after a compromise...
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October 31, 2009 | Saginaw
An auction of high-end paintings, autographed guitars and other glitzy items set for Sunday in Saginaw is raising eyebrows and questions. Fliers and advertisements are circulating for a “major auction of notable importance” taking place at 1 p.m. at the...
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October 31, 2009 | Saginaw
Larry Campbell and Vicente “Vince” Castellanos had never met each other before Friday night, when they found themselves paired up as volunteers trying to prevent Devil’s Night arson fires in Saginaw.
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October 31, 2009 | Kalamazoo
Kalamazoo police say a shooting there has left one man dead and his brother badly wounded.
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October 31, 2009 | Lansing
Lansing's first Sonic drive-in restaurant is expected to open next spring. Flint-based franchisee Miller-Apple LP plans to build the 1,800-square-foot burger joint at the site of the Governor's Inn, 6133 S. Pennsylvania Ave. in south Lansing. The hotel has been vacant for several months. The $2 million project is expected to create more than 60 part-time jobs. Demolition of the hotel should be ...
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October 31, 2009 | Lansing
Lansing's first Sonic drive-in restaurant is expected to open next spring.
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The Grand Rapids Area Chamber of Commerce has won the 2009 Outstanding Chamber Award from the Michigan Association of Chamber Professionals.
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October 31, 2009 | Flint
Flint Hills Resources Pine Bend Refinery in Rosemount was on a list of the state's top water polluters released last week by an environmental advocacy organization.
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October 31, 2009 | Flint
The Central Michigan University Board of Trustees voted Tuesday to purchase WFUM-TV in Flint from the University of Michigan. The purchase price of $1 million will come from university reserves and will be repaid by CMU Public Broadcasting.
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October 31, 2009 | Lansing
Funding for K-12 education in the state of Michigan is a very complicated process and is currently the topic of heated debate in Lansing.
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The rain stopped just long enough Friday night for thousands of zombies to swarm into the streets of downtown Grand Rapids.
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October 30, 2009 | Muskegon
MUSKEGON COUNTY — A former Muskegon woman — who, while still a juvenile lost parental rights to her first two children here after she broke her small son’s arm — has been charged in Kentucky with murdering her third child.
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GRAND RAPID, Mich. -- A new art festival held this fall in Grand Rapids was so successful that organizers say they'll do it again next year and maybe even make it an annual event. ...
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October 30, 2009 | Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO — As he napped Thursday, Dennis McMann had plans to get up for a late-night dinner of meat loaf. Instead, McMann said, he was awakened just after 11:30 p.m. by the flash of police lights coming through the window of his apartment and the sight of two men lying motionless on the sidewalk outside of his Washington Avenue apartment.
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October 30, 2009 | Saginaw
Saginaw gained national attention for arson fires on "Devil's Night" three years ago, but only one fire — of any type — had taken place Friday evening in the city as of 10:30 p.m.
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October 30, 2009 | Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO — The engine of the plane that crashed here Tuesday was less than two months old and had been installed by a Kalamazoo company, federal investigators said Friday.
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October 30, 2009 | Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO — The weather won’t be an excuse if you don’t get those leaves to the curb when Kalamazoo’s fall pickup begins Monday.
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Aeros goalie Wade Dubielewicz was named the third star of the game in the Aeros' 3-1 loss at Grand Rapids on Friday night. Thrust into the starting role with Anton Khudobin on recall to the Minnesota Wild, Dubielewicz will be asked to carry a heavy load until Khudobin returns.
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October 30, 2009 | Detroit
The Detroit Police Department says the homicide rate is improving. According to numbers released by the city, Detroit’s homicide rate for the third quarter of 2009 – which includes the usually crime-busy summer months – was down 10% compared to the previous quarter. And, the police department says its closed case rate improved dramatically during the same quarter. Police Chief ...
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October 30, 2009 | Detroit
DETROIT, Oct. 30 (UPI) -- Thousands of volunteers have been patrolling the streets of Detroit as the Halloween season gets under way, hoping to avoid nights of arson.
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GRAND HAVEN — One thing is for sure in the race to fill two seats on the Grand Haven City Council — there is no shortage of hot-button issues to talk about.The issues include a private development plan to build...
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October 30, 2009 | Flint
FLINT, Michigan — A Genesee County judge on Friday ruled that the Flint School District is within its rights to change health care insurance providers for teachers.The union had asked Circuit Court Judge Joseph Farah to block the district’s move...
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