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Michigan State agrees to pay nearly $30 million to shooting survivors
Bridge Michigan
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June 10, 2025
Statly, who was a junior studying environmental biology and zoology, was shot in the head. This resulted “in profound brain injuries requiring extensive medical treatment and ongoing care,” according to the news release. He will receive $14.25...
UW-Stout: International Molded Fiber Association awards student first place for sustainable...
Wis Business
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Menomonie, Wis. – Packaging students from University of Wisconsin-Stout won first place among university teams from around the globe in the 2025 International Molded Fiber Association Student Competition. Preston Briggs, Traverse City, Michigan;...
Michigan's small businesses influence legislative decisions amid political engagement surge
Great Lakes Wire - Michigan
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June 10, 2025
Over recent months, small business owners in Michigan have been increasingly active in the political process. Their involvement has been particularly noticeable regarding proposals to overhaul Michigan’s Workers’ Compensation system and modify the...
Michigan's Big Banana Car Has a "Little Brother" Across the Globe
98.7 The Grand - Michigan
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June 10, 2025
It's not altogether uncommon to see the Big Banana Car on the roadways of Michigan. The giant banana shaped truck is based in Kalamazoo, though it does tour the country. While the Big Banana Car is a modified truck and seats several, the vehicle...
"Great Leaping Lizards!": Post-turtles, boiling frogs, and flying hogs!
Renew America
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By Curtis Dahlgren April 4, 2009 "It is peculiarly fit for us to recognize the hand of God in this terrible visitation, and in sorrowful remembrance of our own faults and crimes as a nation and as individuals, to humble ourselves before Him, and...
Checking in on some former Michigan Football fan favorites
Maize n Brew - Michigan
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June 12, 2025
It’s become a joke and a cliche for fans to take shots at college athletes for going from the gridiron to LinkedIn to find their next career. However, this is a shun that doesn’t make a lot of sense to me. Most athletes get a free ride, get a shot...
Detroit Lakes plants a food forest as part of urban tree planting efforts
Detroit Lakes Tribune - Minnesota
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June 10, 2025
DETROIT LAKES — As haze settled into the crisp air blanketing Detroit Lakes early Sunday morning, 20 apple, pear and plum trees of various varieties speckled a plot of land in South Shore Park. A handful of volunteers — from the breakfast and noon...
Climate Solutions Week: Local zoning
Interlochen Public Radio - Michigan
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June 10, 2025
It’s NPR’s 2025 Climate Solutions Week. This year’s topic is “Rethinking Home.” NPR will bring us stories from around the country about ways our homes and communities can be more resilient and offer solutions to the changing climate. We here at...
"What's the Matter With Chicago" (and comedians and Contessa Brewer)?
Renew America
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By Curtis Dahlgren June 12, 2009 "One does not establish a dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes a revolution in order to establish a dictatorship." — George Orwell WE ARE WITNESSING A REVOLUTION — a very "peaceful" Revolution...
From "carbon forestry" to embryo farming: Connecting the dot.coms
Renew America
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By Curtis Dahlgren April 1, 2009 "The people who were first in line to promote the sexual 'revolution' of the 60s and 70s ['stay out of our bedroom'] are the same people who are now acting like fascists and thought police on selected issues [from...
From Victoria Day to Memorial Day; a conservative chronicle
Renew America
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By Curtis Dahlgren May 28, 2011 The splendour falls on castle walls And snowy summits old in story: The long light shakes across the lakes And the wild cataract leaps in glory. Blow, bugle, blow, set the wild echoes flying Blow, bugle; answer,...
One farmer debates the entire Ivy League ("THIS WON'T TAKE LONG")
Renew America
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By Curtis Dahlgren March 25, 2009 "There is no shortage of lawyers in Washington, DC. In fact, there may be more lawyers than people." - Sandra Day O'Connor THE COUNTY I GREW UP IN HAD MORE DAIRY COWS THAN PEOPLE. Not all farm boys were big, but...
The Origin of the SPECIOUS: Gore + Obama + Darwin =
Renew America
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By Curtis Dahlgren February 12, 2009 "If any man at this day sincerely believes that proper division of local from Federal authority, or any part of the Constitution, forbids the Federal Government to control . . slavery in the Federal...
Michigan’s Milestone Real Estate Company expands into commercial sector
REJournals
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June 10, 2025
Trenton, Michigan-based Milestone Real Estate Company, a residential real estate brokerage firm established in 2011, has officially expanded into the commercial real estate sector with a strong start, closing over 324,500 square feet in major...
Detroit's Cass Cafe to reopen this month for art exhibition
The Detroit News - Michigan
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Three years after closing as a restaurant and longstanding community hub, the Cass Cafe will reopen its doors later this month to host a retrospective art exhibit in conjunction with its Cass Corridor neighbors the Detroit Contemporary....
Letter from Japan ("time out" from the socio-political stuff)
Renew America
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By Curtis Dahlgren April 2, 2011 "Then those who feared the Lord spoke often one to another, and the Lord hearkened and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before Him [for/of] those who feared the Lord and thought upon His name." —...
CuriosiD: Did Detroit automakers sabotage public transit?
WDET - Michigan
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June 12, 2025
WDET’s CuriosiD series answers your questions about everything Detroit. Subscribe to CuriosiD on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. In this episode of CuriosiD, listener Jennifer Kulczycki of Sterling Heights...
Michigan plants that can causes rashes, or worse. What to avoid this summer
Detroit Free Press - Michigan
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Toxic and poisonous plants grow in Michigan, including giant hogweed, poison ivy, poison oak, wild parsnip, poison sumac and poison hemlock. Contact with the plants can cause skin irritation, blisters, and other allergic reactions, some of which...
Michigan Democrats propose pollution overhaul package
WEMU - Michigan
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June 10, 2025
Legislative Democrats rolled out bills Monday to toughen Michigan’s pollution cleanup standards and force businesses that caused contamination to foot the bill even if it happened decades ago. A key element would be amending a portion of...
Made in Michigan: Boyer Glassworks offers unique, intricate works of art
The Sault News - Michigan
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Harry Boyer has been honing his craft and creating fragile works of art at his Harbor Springs glassworks studio since 1984. His popular glass pumpkins, birds, vases and other intricately-made pieces adorn homes all over the country. Boyer grew in...