GVSU Football Coach Suspended for Praising Hitler’s Leadership

GVSU Football Coach Suspended for Praising Hitler’s Leadership

A Grand Valley State University football coach was suspended after saying he would have dinner with Adolf Hitler and praised the Nazi dictator’s leadership in an interview with a college newspaper. Morris Berger was hired as Grand Valley State University’s football offense coordinator on January 20. Three days later, he gave an interview to the […]

Baker College of Muskegon President Aaron Maike discusses local impact of governor’s education cuts

Baker College of Muskegon President Aaron Maike discusses local impact of governor’s education cuts

By Victor Skinner Students at Baker College in Muskegon are scrambling to scrounge thousands in extra tuition mid school year after Gov. Gretchen Whitmer vetoed two scholarships that were baked into the state budget for decades.  Whitmer eliminated the $2,400 per year Michigan Tuition Grant and reduced Michigan Competitive Scholarship from $2,400 to $1,000 for […]

Marijuana Regulatory Agency Releases Adult-Use Application

Marijuana Regulatory Agency Releases Adult-Use Application

Lansing – The Marijuana Regulatory Agency (MRA) released detailed, step-by-step instructions today for the application for adult-use marijuana licenses. The MRA will begin accepting adult-use marijuana applications on November 1, 2019. Prospective licensees can visit Michigan.gov/MRA and click on the Adult-Use Marijuana link to see all of the information available to them to assist in the preparation […]

Muskegon Police participates in Roadside Drug Testing Pilot

Muskegon Police  participates in Roadside Drug Testing Pilot

The expanded Oral Fluid Roadside Analysis Pilot Program began, Tuesday, Oct. 1, and includes participation from drug recognition experts (DREs) in every Michigan county. Pursuant to Public Act 242 and 243 of 2016, the Michigan State Police (MSP) conducted a one-year Oral Fluid Roadside Analysis Pilot program, which concluded in November 2018, in five counties […]

$1 million in grants awarded to enhance sexual assault prevention on Michigan’s college and university campuses

$1 million in grants awarded to enhance sexual assault prevention on Michigan’s college and university campuses

LANSING, Mich. – $1 million in grant funding has been awarded to 22 Michigan colleges and universities to help prevent sexual assault on campus thanks to Michigan’s Campus Sexual Assault Grant Program (CSAGP). This year marks the highest investment in the program to date, with more than $2.5 million in grant funding available since it was launched […]

Muskegon detectives receive Peace Officers of the Year Award

Muskegon detectives receive Peace Officers of the Year Award

Muskegon – Detectives Lisa Freres, Chad Petersen and Matt Schultz from the Muskegon County Sheriff’s Office received the 2018 Peace Officers of the Year award from the Michigan Fraternal Order of Police for their work in solving kidnapping and homicide cases in Muskegon County. The detectives were honored after their efforts to solve a 2014 […]

State leaders discuss talent gap

State leaders discuss talent gap

LANSING – Michigan grows stronger when leaders from all sectors work together to develop innovative solutions that move our state forward, Talent and Economic Development Department of Michigan Director Roger Curtis said today, kicking off the sixth Marshall Plan for Talent workshop with more than 150 business and education leaders in Lansing. “The Marshall Plan for […]

GVSU economist: Summer still on solid footing

GVSU economist: Summer still on solid footing

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — The local economy continues to maintain solid growth, while some area business leaders express concern about an impending tariff war, said Brian G. Long, director of Supply Management Research in Grand Valley State University’s Seidman College of Business. Long surveyed local business leaders and his findings below are based on data […]

Snyder Calls For Impartial FBI Investigation Into Attorney General Schuette

Snyder Calls For Impartial FBI Investigation Into Attorney General Schuette

Lansing -Governor Rick Snyder called the referral of a criminal complaint against Attorney General Bill Schuette to the FBI “clearly a serious matter.” The governor’s office went on to reiterate the importance of an impartial investigation, telling the Detroit Free Press, “It’s important that the FBI be allowed to do a thorough investigation without any undue […]

Clean Energy, Healthy Michigan Ballot Campaign Seeks to Create Clean Energy Future

Clean Energy, Healthy Michigan Ballot Campaign Seeks to Create Clean Energy Future

MICHIGAN — A coalition of local activists and organizations kicked off a ballot initiative seeking to incrementally raise Michigan’s renewable energy portfolio standard to 30 percent by 2030. The group, called Clean Energy, Healthy Michigan, will organize Michiganders to support the initiative on the ballot in November 2018. The initiative would protect Michigan’s clean air […]