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Michigan State football opens as 24-point favorite over Western Michigan in Friday night game
The Spartans open with the Broncos in an 8 p.m. game on Friday, Aug. 30.
FOX17 sports broadcaster Tara Hernandez prepares for final show
She leaves to accept position as communication and marketing manager at Gerald R. Ford International Airport.
Kepler or not, we’ll find life
Meg Urry says loss of the planet-finding Kepler satellite would be huge for NASA, which is furiously trying to fix it–but one way or another, it’s a matter of time… Read more
What you don’t know about terrorism
Bruce Schneier says our government has lots of unneeded and ineffective security measures.
How money can buy happiness
Elizabeth Dunn and Michael Norton write that people pass up opportunities to spend their money to avoid disagreeable tasks
Michigan’s black unemployment rate much higher than white rate, but why?
The unemployment rate for black workers in Michigan is 18.7 percent, compared to 7.5 percent for white workers in the fourth quarter of 2012, according to EPI.
GM launches hires 110 Detroit high school interns to fix up neighborhoods
General Motors announced Monday a new program that will place 110 Detroit-area high school students in paid internship positions that involve service work throughout Detroit this summer.
As pet coke pile grows along Detroit River, New York Times takes note
A refinery near Southwest Detroit.MLive Detroit DETROIT, MI – The black petroleum coke piles that have been growing larger along the Detroit River on the city’s Southwest side have drawn concern… Read more
Auto Review | 2014 Chevy Impala a beautiful head turner inside, out
The first thing you should know about the 2014 Chevrolet Impala is it’s a head turner. Within days of driving the new full-size sedan, three people stopped me to compliment… Read more
DP Fox Ventures promotes two women to key management positions
Fox Motors represents 41 brands and is West Michigan’s largest new car dealership network, with nearly 1,000 employees across 22 locations.
Dig In: Mandy’s Candies in Vicksburg is a sweet dream-come-true for owner Mandy Kokales
Mandy Kokales always had sweet dreams.Now her dream of owning her own candy store has come true with Mandy’s Candies in Vicksburg.
Recent college grad launches men’s apparel clothing line in Kalamazoo business incubator
Ryan Perkins decided to start his men’s apparel fashion line and move to Kalamazoo to join a business incubator called The Reality Factory in 2013.
Fido Motors, electric scooter maker, sets up shop in Kalamazoo incubator
Jeb Gast, owner of Fido Motors LLC, hopes to release two more prototypes of his electric scooter model before bringing them to production in Kalamazoo.
Average gas price soars 15 cents over month in West Michigan
See what gas prices are like in your area.
Entrepreneur sets out to bring bicycle frame production to Kalamazoo
Eugene Blesing says Kalamazoo has the potential to be a large-scale bicycle frame manufacturer. He will work on a frame model at a business incubator this year.
Former Hudsonville softball standout Sara Driesenga hurls Michigan into super regional
Miss Softball 2011 throws three complete games; Louisiana-Lafayette looms this weekend.
Hope swimmer Libby Westrate Receives Academic Honors
Libby Westrate Recent Hope College graduate Libby Westrate of Grandville (Grandville HS) has been named to the Division III Capital One Academic All-District team in the at-large category by the… Read more
