By Ted Roelofs MONTCALM COUNTY—They’re driven by their faith. Abhor government regulation. And stand opposed to abortion and same-sex marriage. On paper, it sounds like a group ready-made for the GOP and President Trump. But taking a break from work at an Amish cheese store and factory about 40 miles northeast of Grand Rapids, Levi […]
Muskegon – Join MCC President Dale K. Nesbary and other members of the leadership team on Thursday, Nov. 5, to provide input on 2020-21 student success initiatives and other institutional goals. The Community Summit will be held virtually from 4-5:15 p.m. To participate via Zoom, visit https://muskegoncc-edu.zoom.us/j/91908593396?pwd=SEJubTJHM2F2YTVLaHBqMmJIZHAvUT0 Meeting ID: 919 0859 3396 Passcode: 693162 Click here to […]
MUSKEGON Mich. — Hackley Community Care is pleased to welcome Dr. Byron Varnado, MD to our family practice. A native of Muskegon, he is a graduate of Western Michigan Christian High School. He then attended the University of Michigan where he earned a Bachelor’s of Science in Chemistry degree, and then attended the University of […]
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden will travel to Michigan on Saturday, for a final push before the Nov. 3 election. His wife, Jill, also plans to visit the state on Thursday. The details of each visit have yet to be announced. The visits follow a blitz from President Donald Trump and his surrogates. Trump is […]
Republican President Donald Trump will make three separate stops in Michigan over the final few days before Nov. 3, and he will close out his 2020 presidential campaign in the Great Lakes State. Trump will first hold a rally at 11 a.m. Sunday at Total Sport Park in Washington, Macomb County. The president will hold […]
By Jonathan Oosting LANSING — Three gun rights groups sued Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson on Thursday, demanding the right to openly carry firearms at or near polling places on Election Day. Benson moved to ban the practice last week, declaring that the presence of firearms at voter precincts “may cause disruption, fear or intimidation […]
By Dan Balz WASHINGTON – Barely a week out from Election Day, the electoral map is a sprawling landscape, larger than predicted as the campaigns took shape a year ago. But if things are close in the end, the election is still likely to be decided by the trio of northern industrial states that broke […]
By F. Akil Fudail There is a small, but significant group in Black America that are not voting for Joe Biden! I know it seems like every Black person in America is a registered Democrat. However, there is a group of Black independents that never drunk the Democratic Party Kool-Aid. The chances of you seeing […]
By Ron French West Michigan – School superintendents in West Michigan have a blunt message for their communities: Wear masks and social-distance, or schools buildings may have to close. Alarmed by spiking COVID-19 cases, superintendents at 46 school districts in Kent, Ottawa and Muskegon counties signed a joint letter to their communities this week pleading with residents […]
By Robert Langreth The Food and Drug Administration approved Gilead Sciences Inc.’s antiviral therapy remdesivir on Thursday, making it the first drug to obtain formal clearance for treating the coronavirus. Regulators had granted an emergency-use authorization for remdesivir earlier this year, and since then the drug has become a widely used therapy in hospitalized covid-19 […]