MUSKEGON – The Lakeshore Art Festival ranked #27 in the nation and 1st in the state of Michigan for Classic & Contemporary Craft Shows by the Sunshine Artist Magazine. This ranking was up from #83 position in 2015. Sunshine Artist Magazine, known for high-quality content for the fine art and craft industry, ranks the nation’s most-profitable fine […]
GRAND RAPIDS — Why do innocent people confess to crimes during police interrogations? This is one question that will be answered during the 7th annual James W. Carey Memorial Lecture at Grand Valley State University. Featured lecturer, Kyle Scherr, associate professor of psychology at Central Michigan University, will discuss why innocence can still lead to injustice […]
Muskegon – The Youth Advisory Council (YAC) of the Community Foundation for Muskegon County invites teachers to apply for mini-grants to help them out in the classroom! Public and private school teachers, counselors, and media specialists in Muskegon County are eligible to apply. Grants can be up to $250 for specific projects or programs including: […]
LANSING –– As Senate Republicans attempt to ram another proposal to dismantle health care through the U.S. Senate and send it to the House, the Michigan Democratic Party is calling on Congressman Fred Upton (R-St. Joseph) to oppose the bill and stand up for the Michigan children, families, and older adults that would be hurt […]
LANSING – Gov. Rick Snyder today announced the appointment of Michael Wrobel of Mason to the Muskegon Heights School District Receivership Transition Advisory Board (RTAB). The board was first named in October of 2016, after the school district’s financial emergency was resolved and the school district transitioned back to local control. “Michael is an excellent addition to […]
The popular “…And Justice for All” series at Muskegon Community College resumes on Tuesday, Sept. 19, with a discussion of “Economic Injustice: The Empowerment Experiment” by Margarita “Maggie” Anderson, the CEO and founder of the Illinois-based Empowerment Experiment Foundation and author of Our Black Year. Community members are encouraged to attend the free event, which runs […]
Much of the country is focused on the debate around repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act. However, what hasn’t received nearly as much attention is that the House also passed deep cuts to the federal-state Medicaid program as part of the ACA repeal bill, despite that having nothing to do with repealing or replacing […]
Montague – Matthew Ball aka The Motor City Boogie Woogie Kid is the attorney turned musician who now has over 3.8 million YouTube views and counting! Michigan’s reigning Boogie n’ Blues heavyweight, Ball left the practice of law in 2001 to pursue a life in Music. With recent appearances on Fox 2 News Detroit’s ‘The Nine Show’ […]
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Middle school girls will get a glimpse into the careers of technology and engineering at a four-day camp in June at Grand Valley State University. The camp is held to expose female students to careers in STEM occupations, which are made of less than 30 percent women. Science, Technology and Engineering Preview […]
LANSING — The American Federation of Teachers – Michigan released the following statement regarding the passage of a package of bills that will gut the secure retirement promised to teachers. “These bills are nothing but political ideology of corporate donors like the DeVos family masked as a solution to a problem that, in reality, doesn’t […]