
By Edwin D. Custer
Land Bank executive speaks to group
By Kate Cole
January, 26 2012
Hot dogs with red sauce is topic at meeting
By Sabina Hendrix-Williams
January, 26 2012
South Side group learns about reinvestment group, Applegate, Community Court
By Sabina Hendrix-Williams
January, 26 2012
East Side arsonists sentenced
By Kate Cole
January, 24 2012
Poetry: Indifferent, beauty dances for different eyes
By Justin Scanlon
January, 24 2012
Our conquerors have posted forbidden philosophies
In the market square.
Most of us are illiterate
And needed to have them explained to us.
Now we are interested.
The young are smuggling them...
Essay: In throes of Big R
By Teddy Robertson
January, 23 2012
I'd been sidling up to retirement...
College Cultural group discusses landlord-tenant, senior center issues
By Kate Cole
January, 20 2012
Stephany Diana, chairperson of the newly...
Essay: Flint, emergency managers, local governments
By Paul Rozycki
January, 19 2012
This current takeover is a result of the recently...
Potter Longway discusses bylaws, spring activities
By Kate Cole
January, 17 2012
President Robert Gill asked for volunteers to draft a set of bylaws that will define the...
Poetry: Boats among the fleet
By Jacob Blevins
January, 17 2012
Are good examples of defeat
Haunted by broken, back-breaking ballets
Accepting the inevitable
Follow closely
Cautiously shadow
Mind left steaming
Optimists...
Poetry: Under giant shadow
By Jacob Blevins
January, 17 2012
I will lay
As my bones
Begin to decay
Staring into the sky
The stars that lie
And all that causes my wondering why
I find a calming
Wandering thought —
Does this...
Poetry: I feel
By Jacob Blevins
January, 17 2012
The pounding waves crushing my ribs
My pride
My dignity
I hear ...
The roaring of the ocean
Trying to unleash its vengeance upon anything in its path
I see ...
The sky that disguises...
Poetry: She’s baaack!
By KJ Hooten
January, 14 2012
Indian Spring
Mama Winter has finally returned
After her wild party in Alaska
Leaving 13 feet of snow
She probably woke up with a hangover
And decided to even out her...
Poetry: Burn it all
By Nic Custer
January, 12 2012
count on nothing
being changed but the
ugly peeling paint and
columns of smoke
replacing
pillared skyline shade.
Everything seems more hopeless
as arson artists chisel out a brand...
Poetry: Truck it up
By Nic Custer
January, 12 2012
fried egg metaphors when
this is what your block
looks like on the 6 o'clock news
sizzling after some sainted sinner
torched another abando
to keep it vacant of...
Group discusses alternatives house, denying access to runs
By Kate Cole
January, 12 2012
Flint Boy Scouts regroup
By Kate Cole
January, 12 2012
Chaffee told the group that the Boy Scouts of America celebrated...
Commission denies rezoning for food trailer
By Steve L. Onore
January, 07 2012
Fairfield discusses bylaws, tree program, master plan
By Kate Cole
January, 07 2012
President Andy Ellard asked the group to consider updating its bylaws...
Attorney pushes for Flint Charter revision
By Nic Custer
January, 07 2012
He said that he plans to meet...
'Great Circus Parade' coming to GFAC Jan. 13
By Nic Custer
January, 07 2012
The work is...
Smith Village update discussed at meeting
By Kate Cole
January, 05 2012
Master Plan steering committee to make up time
By Kate Cole
January, 05 2012
Poetry: In dubious praise of a dinosaur at breakfast
By Grayce Scholt
January, 03 2012
Pauly Everett holds art show Jan.13
By Nic Custer
January, 03 2012
The free, one-day exhibit will open at 11 a.m. and include performances...
Muralist talks to south side group
By Kate Cole
January, 03 2012
Commentary: My visit to district court
By Kate Cole
January, 03 2012
Corunna Rd. art show runs through Jan. 7
By Nic Custer
December, 29 2011
The Corunna Road Artwalk, held by the...
Village life: My crabby alter ego has surfaced
By Jan Worth-Nelson
December, 29 2011
To seal the deal, I just ate the last sticky bun. I didn't even ask anybody else if they wanted...
Commission selects three firms for master plan
By Kate Cole
December, 20 2011
Emergency measures discussed at safety meeting
By Kate Cole
December, 16 2011
East Side group hears about Judaism
By Kate Cole
December, 15 2011
Poetry: Legendary moments
By Danielle Baldwin
December, 13 2011
a little life Visa with my so-called name on it.
I saw some imitation love,
a package of cold hearted family,
a Louis Vuitton purse
and a vision...
East Side group hears health tips
By Kate Cole
December, 07 2011
Standing straight is the easiest...
Emergency manager, Food Bank topics
By Kate Cole
December, 07 2011
Maria Rose and Swiss Kicks debuts album in Flint Dec. 23
By Nic Custer
December, 03 2011
The Flint...
Occupy Flint movement continues
By Nic Custer
December, 03 2011
Fairfield group sets goals for 2012
By Kate Cole
December, 03 2011
City's distress not accounting problem says manager opponent
By Kate Cole
December, 01 2011
Poetry: Quilt
By Grayce Scholt
November, 29 2011
were handed out, I got this quilt.
Sometimes at night I swear
that I can feel the thousand stitches
that the thimbled fingers of the women —
Clara, Minnie...
Village life: It was my first beer blast
By Jan Worth-Nelson
November, 27 2011
Retired educator returns to classroom
By Kate Cole
November, 26 2011
Potter Longway group discusses restructuring Nov. 21
By Kate Cole
November, 22 2011
Bartering is topic at East Side meeting Nov. 16
By Sabina Hendrix-Williams
November, 20 2011
Essay: Planning Commission delays selecting consultants
By Elizabeth Jordan
November, 20 2011
One...
Poetry: I like summer best, can you tell?
By K.J. Hooten
November, 18 2011
Falling like random
Dandruff from the sky
Early November
Brings soul-chilling
Winds
And bleak leafless
Landscapes
Up north
Snow came more seriously
Giving...
College Cultural group hears about water bills Nov. 17
By Kate Cole
November, 18 2011
Opinion: No-fault insurance changes are bad idea
By Rep. Woodrow Stanley
November, 16 2011
Essay: Informal visit to 68th District Court
By Kate Cole
November, 16 2011
Crawford handles civil...
Neighborhood group visits Diplomat Pharmacy
By Kate Cole
November, 16 2011
Revisions to Alternatives House plans discussed
By Kate Cole
November, 11 2011
Hill-Rowley said changes to the design...
WW II combat pilot talks to East Side group
By Kate Cole
November, 09 2011
A lone hand was raised. The...
Poetry: Chevrolet Avenue
By Marie Davids
November, 07 2011
a half-mile long that sweeps down, down,
one long mile without a break
save for the railroads cutting through,
carrying parts for the thousand-man crew
in a...
Poetry: Lime green sign
By Marie Davids
November, 07 2011
Ice and snow encrusted street,
Black and grey, the landscape barren,
I peer through a windshield rimed with sleet.
Huddled in my car and heading...
Planning consultants interviewed
By Kate Cole
November, 04 2011
Poetry: Buddha’s hand
By Grayce Scholt
November, 01 2011
our concrete Buddha looks toward sky,
its head is cocked, although its hand has
fallen off, with only wires
left to point.
Too many squirrels or cats
used Buddha's finger...
Poetry: My new status
By KJ Hooten
October, 29 2011
Until I got myself an electric blanket
Which was good for years
Until last spring when
I found char marks on the mattress
This year
I decided to try
Space technology
An aluminum and...
Elder abuse topic at East Side meeting
By Kate Cole
October, 26 2011
City penalizes trash yards
By Kate Cole
October, 24 2011
College Cultural watch group subcommittees to deal with problems
By Kate Cole
October, 21 2011
Sherry Hayden...
Potter Longway group discusses crime
By Kate Cole
October, 18 2011
President Robert Gill said that while breaking-and-entry crimes slowed down in the neighborhood, gang graffiti and gunfire are...
Village life: Dreaming at 62
By Jan Worth-Nelson
October, 16 2011
Yes, your friendly neighborhood writer is feeling a bit weak in the knees right...
Opinion: Reviving Flint’s economic engine
By Kate Cole
October, 15 2011
The opinions presented about Gallagher's ideas...
Group discusses Alternatives House, its committee system, tree planting
By Kate Cole
October, 14 2011
Author talks about shrinking cities
By Kate Cole
October, 14 2011
This was the mantra for Detroit Free Press journalist and author John Gallagher when he talked to a group...
Poetry: Autumn zits
By K.J. Hooten
October, 10 2011
Today, Sunday, I thought I'd sit out in the backyard
To read
And soak up a few rays
Because next week I will be back
To wearing long johns and...
Mott Park holds mayoral debate
By Kate Cole
October, 05 2011
In their opening statements, both...
Public asked to participate in planning process
By Kate Cole
October, 05 2011
"The city made an...
Group approves street vacation, car recharging site
By Steve L. Onore
October, 01 2011
Opinion: Visit to 68th District Court
By Kate Cole
October, 01 2011
What became apparent was that justice was being served at the expense of every taxpayer in the city for...
Poetry: Farm auction
By Grayce Scholt
September, 30 2011
Embroidered towels stitched patiently
in white Aladdin light are
stacked beside
half-rotten whiffle trees,
hog hooks, milk cans,
one rocking chair,
two...
Village life: Now that I’m older, I appreciate my feet
By Jan Worth-Nelson
September, 23 2011
I remember the moment. I was lounging uncomfortably by an algae-infested pool...
Opinion: Water service fee increases are outrageous
By Edwin Custer
September, 22 2011
Potter Longway group weighs Code Red system
By Kate Cole
September, 20 2011
Group discusses master plan, land redevelopment, neighborhood issues
By Kate Cole
September, 15 2011
Fairfield Village targets demolitions
By Kate Cole
September, 13 2011
"By...
Central Park discusses volunteers, sidewalks, streetlights
By Kate Cole
September, 10 2011
"We need people who will organize...
Village life: I’m banking on love
By Jan Worth-Nelson
September, 03 2011
It was pea-sized and black and crawling over the black and white tiles of my Sylvester Manor apartment. I'm not afraid of spiders but I'd never been above smashing them...
Poetry: Putting our dog down on 9/11
By Grayce Scholt
September, 02 2011
We were there and we weren't
burning, bleeding, stomping,
stomping, being stomped on, bruising,
bursting, falling, falling
through one hundred
layers of
horrid
death
In the...
Opinion: Essay is home run
By Patty Warner
August, 26 2011
I've always been amazed at Jan Worth-Nelson's essays. Her recent essay in East Village Magazine (August 2011), Village Life: War on Truth, was a true home run — into the...
Village life: Staying here defies conventional wisdom
By Jan Worth-Nelson
August, 21 2011
The truth of it hit me not long ago, when I realized I was at an anniversary milestone. I moved here, pulling up to my first...
College Cultural crime watch agrees to set priorities
By Kate Cole
August, 19 2011
"We've reached a point where we have the basic...
Applewood — pristine and pest free
By Kate Cole
August, 13 2011
Turn back the clock and view...
Central Park group talks about housing blight, crime
By Kate Cole
August, 13 2011
President Jerry Rule updated the group...
HDC approves repair of Carriage Town houses
By Nic Custer
August, 06 2011
The commission also heard about roof repairs...
Raise It Up! brings art to young people
By Nic Custer
August, 06 2011
Opinion: Letter to editor
By Sherry Hayden
August, 04 2011
Then next time someone asks me how I can live in Flint, I am going to hand them a copy of the July 2011 issue. Thanks to you and your fine contributors for illustrating what a great...
Village life: War on truth
By Jan Worth-Nelson
July, 27 2011
Fall is supposed to be an exuberant time. After all, many of us are going back to school. Isn't that what we love? Aren't we the people who say, "a mind is...
Village life: Flint is full of ghosts
By Jan Worth-Nelson
June, 25 2011
Consider this paragraph early in Coyne's 2010 debut novel, Hungry Rats, a dark and violent narrative more than half...
Village life: She has an irrepressible hunger for joy
By Jan Worth-Nelson
May, 30 2011
Village life: Sit Down Strike memories fade for politicians
By Jan Worth-Nelson
May, 01 2011
It was March 22, 1990, and in the UM-Flint Theater, bluegrass singer Hazel Dickens stood in a spotlight on the stage and sang her powerhouse elegy...
Opinion: Myth of teacher tenure
By Jack Minore
April, 06 2011
Village life: Spring compulsion gripped preacher, poet
By Jan Worth-Nelson
March, 26 2011
Village life: Daffodils say it all
By Jan Worth-Nelson
February, 19 2011
It's only mid-February as I...
Village life: Fidelity suits flock
By Jan Worth-Nelson
December, 28 2010
Village life: Junk drawer holds philosophical implications
By Jan Worth-Nelson
November, 28 2010
Village life: Is there happy darkness?
By Jan Worth-Nelson
October, 31 2010
Darkness gets a bad rap, including in my own mind. Each year I dread the coming on of longer nights, culminating in the anachronistic switch to...
Village Life: Peace Corps experience enriches me
By Jan Worth-Nelson
September, 19 2010
Village life: I love new starts
By Jan Worth-Nelson
August, 29 2010
It is one of the gifts of the academic calendar.
I love the way classes start just after Labor Day, after a...
Village life: Take some Bach for pain
By Jan Worth Nelson
July, 26 2010
Village life: It's about fear of crime
By Jan Worth-Nelson
June, 26 2010
I usually sit down and write glibly about attics, or my fourth-grade permanent that went wrong, or backyards — things that might bring a smile and wouldn't...
Village life: She has passion for city chickens
By Jan Worth-Nelson
May, 28 2010
And when we set off in the truck recently for...
Village life: Being smart has price
By Jan Worth-Nelson
October, 11 2008
My teacher, Howard Linz, was the first male teacher I'd ever had, and he was charming — a robust, charismatic character with horn-rimmed glasses. He looked a lot like Clark...
Essay: Forty years later with two Old Testament dudes
By Jan Worth-Nelson
May, 04 2010
Essay: Next new thing at airport security
By Jan Worth-Nelson
April, 26 2010
"This is new," I say, curious but there can't be...
Village life: Thinking about escape from Flint
By Jan Worth-Nelson
April, 26 2010
Note that I wrote: "thinking" and not "dreaming of," and also note that I said "escape" and not "escaping." Because if I'd said "dreaming of" it would sound like...
Village life: Surviving with wrath and yoga
By Jan Worth-Nelson
March, 28 2010
Village life: Food happiness starts with Mom
By Jan Worth-Nelson
March, 01 2010
Village life: Just gotta dance
By Jan Worth-Nelson
September, 12 2009
Here's how it...
Village life: Can we slake our hungers without being destroyers?
By Jan Worth-Nelson
October, 31 2007
As RJ the Raccoon explained to his forest buddies in Over the Hedge, "For humans, enough is never...
Village life: Smell of sawdust, honoring what is lost
By Jan Worth-Nelson
November, 30 2007
Essay: Walking quotidian
By Jan Worth-Nelson
February, 18 2010
Essay: On the other hand
By Jan Worth-Nelson
February, 18 2010
Adrenaline, I've been telling myself, is there for a reason — to propel fight or flight. As always, the conundrum is...
Village life: Circus parades to Buckham
By Jan Worth-Nelson
December, 11 2009
Edwin Custer is a quiet man, and on entering his beautiful Craftsman-style house on Crapo Street one hears just the subtle bubbling of a small fountain and low-key jazz.
It’s a space...
Village life: Trapped in iron lung
By Jan Worth-Nelson
January, 15 2010
It was cold. I'd turned the furnace down to 62, resolved to be an...
Village life: Ghost lived in my closet
By Jan Worth-Nelson
October, 09 2009
On the other hand, who wants to see a white ghost every time you open the closet door, reminding you of failure?
It was my first...
Village life: Why I love my attic
By Jan Worth-Nelson
April, 14 2007
Village life: We all had our trial by fire
By Jan Worth-Nelson
November, 27 2009
It's a bit shocking.
I've been experimenting with calling myself "60" for...
Village life: Sluff off dolor of darkness
By Jan Worth-Nelson
December, 31 2007
Essay: I blame the lilacs
By Jan Worth-Nelson
October, 31 2007
Essay: My ancestors aren't listening
By Jan Worth-Nelson
October, 31 2007
Essay: One bird
By Jan Worth-Nelson
October, 31 2007
Essay: My imaginary family
By Jan Worth-Nelson
October, 31 2007
Essay: Owl at night in silver maple
By Jan Worth-Nelson
November, 30 2007
Essay: Voyeur at the round house
By Jan Worth-Nelson
June, 30 2007
Essay: It's slow news day
By Jan Worth-Nelson
November, 30 2007
How could this...
Essay: Furniture makes me feel grown up
By Jan Worth-Nelson
November, 30 2007
Essay: I pledge to put on hope with my shoes every morning
By Jan Worth-Nelson
November, 30 2007
Essay: Duende such a common word
By Jan Worth-Nelson
November, 30 2007
Essay: Under the street light in February
By Jan Worth-Nelson
February, 18 2010
I saw my old red car waiting for me under the lights, the old car I leeched from my last marriage...
Essay: I think I’m beginning to understand
By Jan Worth-Nelson
February, 18 2010
Essay: The bread gun or you can raise a pacifist
By Jan Worth-Nelson
January, 14 2010
Essay: Letting my Honda gather dust
By Jan Worth-Nelson
September, 30 2007
Essay: Saturday night with Robert Hass
By Jan Worth-Nelson
September, 30 2007
Essay: I wore high heels for first time in years tonight
By Jan Worth-Nelson
September, 30 2007
Essay: The telling of even darkest history is always changing
By Jan Worth-Nelson
August, 31 2007
Essay: On not dancing at Avalon
By Jan Worth-Nelson
August, 31 2007
Essay: Homesick for a downpour
By Jan Worth-Nelson
August, 31 2007
California hot makes you wake up with dry eyes. You get headaches. Your sinuses, their weird, bony cavities scorched down...
Essay: A beautiful and deadly harvest
By Jan Worth-Nelson
August, 31 2007
The castor bean plant popped its pods, so to speak, in the last few days, but I couldn't see any of the beans on the floor of the deck...
Essay: Ain't so bad to be back in Michigan
By Jan Worth-Nelson
August, 31 2007
Essay: Doomed in dryer in somebody - summer shirt
By Jan Worth-Nelson
August, 31 2007
No wonder I don't have tenure.
Maybe it was a...
Essay: We do not include You but gonzo does
By Jan Worth-Nelson
August, 31 2007
Essay: Oh no, not New York
By Jan Worth-Nelson
June, 30 2007
Essay: Not the tufted titmouse
By Jan Worth-Nelson
June, 30 2007
Essay: Ted — cosmo and a rickshaw ride in Central Park
By Jan Worth-Nelson
June, 30 2007
If I were a rickshaw driver like Harry in New York, I'd have that famous mantra handy, too. We met him outside the Roosevelt Hotel, at the corner of Madison Avenue and 45th...
Essay: It was a heavenly Sunday
By Jan Worth-Nelson
June, 30 2007
Essay: Fighting fanatics with delight
By Jan Worth-Nelson
June, 30 2007
Essay: San Pedro report
By Jan Worth-Nelson
June, 30 2007
Essay: Early morning at Flint Northern
By Jan Worth-Nelson
April, 30 2007
Essay: Outrage at Starbucks
By Jan Worth-Nelson
April, 30 2007
Essay: Pentimento
By Jan Worth-Nelson
April, 30 2007
Essay: Rest in peace Kurt Vonnegut
By Jan Worth-Nelson
April, 30 2007
I love his eight...
Essay: Good reading: "Figured Dark"
By Jan Worth-Nelson
November, 30 2007
Essay: Happy birthday to my sister
By Jan Worth-Nelson
November, 30 2007
Essay: I'm week-before-Christmas grumpy
By Jan Worth-Nelson
November, 30 2007
Essay: Child labor
By Jan Worth-Nelson
November, 30 2007
Essay: Breakfast at Bishop
By Jan Worth-Nelson
November, 30 2007
Essay: So much for my dream of professoriate
By Jan Worth-Nelson
February, 12 2010
Poetry: Doomsday
By Grayce Scholt
August, 31 2011
on a forest floor
destroys ten thousand
living things;
I'm war machine
to worms and
wings.
I stand as only I can stand,
not like the crane who curls
one leg beneath its...
Poetry: tuesday, august 23, 2011, flint, michigan
By kj hooten
August, 23 2011
this morning
through quiet city streets
lined with well coiffed end-of-summer lawns
quietly displaying pink and red and white...
Poetry: Hide/Seek, Revisited
By Grayce Scholt
July, 29 2011
when I returned. The same green vines
were there, though thicker hanging,
the same unpainted poles,
though lower leaning.
I searched the tangled tendrils
for purple...
Poetry: I’m not a fan, but I did pay attention, once
By KJ Hooten
July, 12 2011
it houses two bookcases
floor to near ceiling
it has a big soft chair
what used to be called a club chair
(whatever that means)
when my grandfather used it
an uncle on...
Poetry: Portrait of fisherman at twilight
By Grayce Scholt
June, 24 2011
is a note that says "To sort." It's where
the scraps of life long past are stuffed.
My father's in there somewhere
standing by a poplar stump.
He's cleaning...
Poetry: I spent my morning counting miracles
By Grayce Scholt
May, 27 2011
how I am held in gravity's sweet force
in spite of earth's twice-spinning rings —
how can that be?
or that the sun's quadrillion
heat degrees have never...
Poetry: Letter to a Childhood Friend
By Jan Worth-Nelson
April, 30 2007
in the sling of a city maple we knew so well
we could climb it in the dark, and did,
arms and legs around the trunk
the truest hug we gave for years,
cheeks against the girth
as if...
Poetry: Commencements
By Grayce Scholt
April, 26 2011
showing visas, paying coins;
at this gray gate
our countries meet
though no lands join;
our height is noted only
in the towers that top
the pilings deep beneath the...
Poetry: Spring snow
By Grayce Scholt
March, 30 2011
are not unlike those in Shotei's woodcut
of a woman walking in the snow,
a basket on her back. Behind her is a pine
bowed down with white. In one hand...
Poetry: To an African Basenji
By Grayce Scholt
February, 20 2011
running in his sleep,
he still pursues the lion,
lopes through grasses after deer;
barkless, stepping high
his only sound his neck gourd
shuffling pebbles as he goes
from...
Poetry: Amaryllis — Why the flower is blood red
By Grayce Scholt
January, 03 2011
who was wailing at his door; why should he care?
As handsome as Apollo, strong as Hercules
who held the whole earth on his back,
the shepherd suffered no...
Poetry: Now that year has turned
By Grayce Scholt
January, 03 2011
the days will lengthen,
birds return, the sun will brighten,
warm and fine; all things move
in their good time;
and yet the dregs of dark
remain.
How is it that...
Poetry: Easter Sunday
By Jan Worth-Nelson
April, 04 2010
of the words my father can no longer
remember. He asks my mother,
"What are the colors of those
little flowers by the house?"
He is bald from surgery;
seven metal...
Poetry: The cat kills on winter solstice
By Jan Worth-Nelson
December, 13 2008
of the garage when I pull in, and I say
out loud to no one, what a beautiful world.
Back with whiskey and bread and Roquefort,
I'm ready to wait out...
Poetry: Post-industrial spring, love poem for Flint
By Jan Worth-Nelson
April, 30 2007
austere branches poised
for the insurrection
their silence cocked. They
already hear the first strike. Underground,
October — absurd hyacinth
retools for April...
Poetry: Ruined By Happiness
By Jan Worth-Nelson
April, 30 2007
lodged each night
in dread and doom, complex
misery I wouldn't sell
like a falling stock. I hoarded
losses in an ancient basket: black
stones, smooth and slippery cat-eyes
and...
Poetry: Listening To Handel and Wanting To Believe
By Jan Worth-Nelson
April, 30 2007
he was deaf to everything but
the cornucopia of chords,
the spiraling arias and joy.
He worked three weeks straight,
myth has it, in that garret "
bent over his sheaves...
Poetry: The Day After the Summer Solstice
By Jan Worth-Nelson
April, 30 2007
told me winter was gone, and
yesterday I felt like dancing,
something bluesy and slow
to make it last,
a brocade of sunshine
on my arms. Yesterday I
sang to my...
Poetry: At Radicofani
By Jan Worth-Nelson
February, 18 2010
Poetry: Au courant and sleepless the night before class
By Jan Worth-Nelson
January, 23 2010
a joke that I don't get.
To make matters worse,
I'm propped up on six pillows reading
the latest touted book of poems.
It won a prize in New...
Poetry: Wolf Moon Morning
By Jan Worth-Nelson
January, 14 2010
chiseled triptych of ebony
against blue, the trees Japanese
in taut hysteria against
the dawn, stripped branches
stretched up like lithe ballerinas.
Here inside...
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Reading Is Fundamental (RIF), the nation's largest children's literacy organization, selected Durant-Tuuri-Mott's RIF Program to receive a $2,500 literacy grant to hold a Family Reading Celebration...
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Flint Community Schools has set up a telephone line dedicated solely to receiving reports of alleged acts of bullying committed by and against district students.
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Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Flint announces its 100 MENtors in 100 Days campaign kicked off Jan. 16, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day, and will run until April 24. The focus is to deal with...
By Ilene Cantor - Jan. 26, 2012
Patrick Wardell, Hurley Medical Center president and chief executive officer, will become the chief executive officer at Cambridge Health Alliance in Cambridge, Mass., in March.
Cambridge Health...
By Dayne Walling - Jan. 25, 2012
Mayor Dayne Walling made the following statement about President Barack Obama's State of the Union speech Jan. 24.
"President Obama outlined a clear vision to create jobs and build an economy...
By Matt Williams - Jan. 25, 2012
U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow, chairwoman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry and co-chairman of the Senate Manufacturing Caucus, issued the following statement after...
By Mel Serow - Jan. 25, 2012
The UM-Flint will receive a $625,000 gift to fund scientific instrumentation used for medical research. The gift is from the Ben F. Bryer Foundation that was established by the family of Bryer to...
By Charles H. Winfrey - Jan. 25, 2012
In a salute to Black History Month, the New McCree Theatre begins the second half of its season with Two Trains Running Feb. 9 to Feb. 25 with performances at 8 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays and at 3...
By Robert Campbell - Jan. 23, 2012
Flint Community Schools held a series of community forums the week of Jan. 9 to discuss the district's future facilities' needs with parents and residents. The district is facing the prospect of...
By Robert Campbell - Jan. 23, 2012
Mott Adult High School is an adult and alternative high school where students 16 and older can enroll in classes and earn a high school diploma or a GED. It has been described as a "second chance...
By Kimberly Roddy - Jan. 23, 2012
Being open for the first Sunday in six years proved to be a success at the Flint Children's Museum this past weekend.
Cathy Kelley, the director of operations for the organizations said, "If we...
By Theresa Roach - Jan. 23, 2012
The Crim Fitness Foundation wants your help in a contest to earn a $1,000 health and wellness grant from GOOD Magazine. The Crim will use the funds to hold PACES Day, a day of fun and physical...
By Dawn Jones - Jan. 23, 2012
Flint Emergency Manager Michael Brown announced Jan. 23 the schedule for neighborhood ward meetings in Flint. Brown is joining with members of the Flint City Council to hold meetings in each of the...
By Duane Elling - Jan. 23, 2012
For nearly three decades, Jack A. Litzenberg, C.S Mott Foundation senior program officer, helped lead the foundation's efforts to provide low-income, low-skilled people with the employment tools...
By Donald Lada - Jan. 23, 2012
The East Side Business Association will hear about the Genesee County Land Bank from Douglas Weiland, executive director, and Raynetta Speed, community outreach coordinator, from noon to 1 p.m. Jan...
By Dale Weighill - Jan. 20, 2012
Councilman Dale Weighill (7th Ward) will hold a meeting for residents from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Feb. 7 at the Flint Public Library, 1026 E. Kearsley St., featuring Emergency Financial Manager Mike...
By Charles H. Winfrey - Jan. 20, 2012
The New McCree Theatre, 5005 Cloverlawn Dr., is presenting benefit concerts Feb. 3 and Feb. 4 at the theater to maintain building operations at the Urban League of Flint.
The first, Just a Little...
By Cullen Schwarz - Jan. 20, 2012
Sen. Debbie Stabenow issued the following statement Jan. 20 in response to reports that General Motors has regained the position of number one automaker in the world in global sales.
"Some wrote...
By Sherry Stewart - Jan. 20, 2012
McLaren's Diabetes Education Program is offering Weight Loss: Controlling Your Weight through Diet and Exercise Tuesdays from 1 to 2 p.m. beginning Feb. 7 at the McLaren Diabetes Education Office...
By Sherry Stewart - Jan. 20, 2012
McLaren's Diabetes Education Program is offering a free class, Healthy Eating 101, from 10 to 11 a.m. Feb. 13, March 12 and April 16. Participants can learn how to eat healthier to lose weight...
By Gisgie Dávila Gendreau - Jan. 20, 2012
Secretary of State Ruth Johnson Jan. 20 announced that secretary of state employees and customers donated more than $4,400 and nearly 12,000 pounds of food to the 2011 Michigan Harvest Gathering...
By Sharon Campbell - Jan. 19, 2012
Continuing a tradition of bringing provocative films to the Flint area, Mott Community College, Kettering University and UM-Flint have worked together for 10 years to present the Global Issues Film...
By Sherry Stewart - Jan. 19, 2012
Officials at McLaren Regional Medical Center have announced a new name for the hospital that strengthens its position at the heart of one Michigan's largest and fastest growing health care families...
By Cathy Jaruzel Gentry - Jan. 19, 2012
Sloan•Longway and the UM-Flint foreign languages and literatures department offer Poetry Under the Stars at Longway Planetarium at 6:30 p.m. Feb. 7, March 13 and April 10. You can meet the poets...
By Andrew Ward - Jan. 19, 2012
Flint Youth Ballet will present its annual Emerging Choreographers' Showcase at 4 p.m. Jan. 28 in Studio A at the Flint School of Performing Arts, 1025 E. Kearsley St.
The event is free and open...
By Barbara Whittier - Jan. 19, 2012
Sandra E. Morgan-Jones, principal of Genesee Intermediate School District's Genesee Early College, has earned an advanced endorsement on her school administrator certification. In the voluntary...
By Gisgie Dávila Gendreau - Jan. 19, 2012
Secretary of State Ruth Johnson reminds residents that they have until Jan. 30 to register to vote in the Feb. 28 presidential primary election.
"This year will present Michigan residents with...
By Bob Gerics - Jan. 19, 2012
Misdirected, written and directed by Bob Gerics and filmed on location in Flint, will be at Buckham Gallery, 134 W. Second St., at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 27. There will be socializing at 7 p.m. and a...
By Karianne Martus - Jan. 18, 2012
The topic of food is big these days. Discussions around concepts such as local, fresh, organic, accessibility and healthy have moved beyond specialty stores and into family kitchens and conference...
By Wendi Fournier - Jan. 18, 2012
The Whiting, 1241 E. Kearsley St., will present Spencers Theatre of Illusion at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 18.
Magic is no longer about baffling the audience by doing something seemingly impossible. We've...
By Aileen M. England - Jan. 18, 2012
The Genesee County Literacy Coalition will hold tutor training during two sessions from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Feb. 11 and Feb. 18 at Trinity United Presbyterian Church, 5151 Lennon Rd.
Bring a...
By Payal Ravani - Jan. 18, 2012
Gerry Brady, Potter Park Zoo director, retires after more than 20 years of service.
"We are grateful for Gerry's tenure here," says Willis Bennett, director of Ingham County Parks. "He has...
By Carolyn Markey - Jan. 18, 2012
Buick and the General Motors Foundation Jan. 10 announced an expansion of the 2012 Buick Achievers Scholarship Program to include current undergraduate students as well as high school seniors and...
By Gisgie Dávila Gendreau - Jan. 17, 2012
Secretary of State Ruth Johnson announced today that the 500,000th transaction was successfully completed on the department's new online services portal at ExpressSOS.com.
"This means that nearly...
By Heather Throne - Jan. 17, 2012
Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD) Director Keith Creagh Jan. 17 announced new opportunities for Michigan businesses thanks to the Specialty Crop Block Grant Program...
By Kara Ross - Jan. 17, 2012
Representatives from area business and media outlets joined in the past two months for the Holiday Campaign benefiting the Food Bank of Eastern Michigan. This year's campaign goal was $875,000. As...
By Cindy Ficorelli - Jan. 14, 2012
The Genesys Diabetes and Nutrition Learning Center is offering a three-day course, Preventing Diabetes.
The classes will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Jan. 24, Feb. 7 and Feb. 21 in the Genesys...
By Andrew Ward - Jan. 14, 2012
The Flint Symphony Orchestra continues its season, Around the World in 80 Musical Minutes, at 8 p.m. Jan. 28 at the Whiting, 1241 E. Kearsley St. The orchestra, led by Maestro Enrique Diemecke...
By Michael A. Simon - Jan. 12, 2012
The regular meeting of the board finance and audit committee will take place at noon Jan. 18 in the Curtice Mott Building, Main Campus, Room CM 1019.
The regular meeting of the board personnel...
By Michael A. Simon - Jan. 12, 2012
The regular committee-of-the-whole meeting of the Charles Stewart Mott Community College board of trustees will take place at 6:30 p.m. Jan. 23 in the Regional Technology Center, Room 1301.
The...
By Miguel Ayala and Kathleen Long - Jan. 12, 2012
U.S. Sens. Debbie Stabenow and Carl Levin Jan. 12 announced support for the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. The grant comes through the U.S. Department of Transportation's Paul S. Sarbanes...
By Miguel Ayala and Kathleen Long - Jan. 12, 2012
U.S. Sens. Debbie Stabenow and Carl Levin issued the following statements today after the U.S. Geological Survey announced that Lake Erie and its largest tributaries provide ideal habitats for...
By Ilene Cantor - Jan. 12, 2012
Is a man's car more important than his health? Men change their oil every 3,000 miles. But when it comes to their own health, for many reasons they are reluctant to get a health tune-up. Men not...
By Dawn Jones - Jan. 12, 2012
Flint City Hall will be closed Jan. 16 in observance of the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday.
City Hall will reopen at 8 a.m. Jan. 17.
(Note: This report is provided as a service to our readers and...
By Annie Oper - Jan. 12, 2012
Woodside Church, 1509 E. Court St., will hold a jazz vespers at 6 p.m. Jan. 20. This alternative worship service is presented in a coffee house setting. The service offers a mix of outstanding...
By Alex Kyrias - Jan. 12, 2012
The North American Hockey League (NAHL) announces that the 2012 NAHL Top Prospects Tournament, presented by Combat Hockey, will be held from Feb. 20 to Feb. 22 at the Troy Sports Center in Troy...
By Cullen Schwarz - Jan. 12, 2012
U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow today issued the following statement after reports that the Department of Energy might be breaking previous commitments to Michigan State University's (MSU) facility for...
By Dawn Jones - Jan. 12, 2012
Flint Emergency Manager Michael K. Brown Jan. 11 signed Executive Order No. 12 establishing monthly meetings with Flint City Council. The meetings will be held in City Council Chambers from 5:30 to...
By Laurie Prochazka - Jan. 12, 2012
Northern Michigan Regional Hospital has joined Flint-based McLaren Health Care. Northern Michigan becomes the 10th hospital in the McLaren system and expands the total service area of McLaren...
By Julia Zaher - Jan. 12, 2012
Resource Genesee has received a $17,000 Founder's Emergency Fund Grant from the Community Foundation of Greater Flint. The grant will be used to provide emergency funding of last resort to...
By Sharon Campbell - Jan. 12, 2012
The impact of Flint's emergency manager and the state takeover of the city's finances will be the topic of a public forum at 5:30 to 7 p.m. Jan. 17 in the Reading Room of the Flint Public Library...
By Cullen Schwarz - Jan. 12, 2012
U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow today announced that a location and target opening date has been announced for Detroit's new satellite patent office, the nation's first U.S. patent and trademark office...
By Cullen Schwarz - Jan. 12, 2012
U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow, Senate manufacturing caucus co-chairman, today was the host of U.S. Secretary of Commerce John Bryson at the North American International Auto Show. Stabenow and Bryson...
By Illene Cantor - Jan. 12, 2012
Hurley Medical Center will evaluate the effectiveness of using the hormone progesterone to treat traumatic brain injuries in adults as part of a national research study called ProTECT.
Because it...
By Wanda Harden - Jan. 11, 2012
Celebrate the life and service of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Jan. 16 at the Flint Public Library with crafts for children and the annual Community Celebration with guest speaker Dr. Raymond Gist...
By Bridget Patrick - Jan. 11, 2012
The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD), in collaboration with the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Wildlife Services (WS) and four Michigan conservation...
By Tina Y. Burroughs - Jan. 11, 2012
Applications are being accepted for the John S. Beagle Scholarship established by the Genesee County Bar Foundation to assist students from Genesee County with financial support while in their...
By Wendi Fournier - Jan. 11, 2012
The internationally acclaimed Beatles concert, Rain — A Tribute to the Beatles, makes its debut at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 8 and Feb. 9 at the Whiting, 1241 E. Kearsley St.
Rain performs the full range of...
By Heather Throne - Jan. 11, 2012
The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD) will accept applications through March 12 for the Michigan Agriculture Exporter of the Year Award. The award designates a...
By Sharon Campbell - Jan. 11, 2012
An exhibition of drawings by Mott Community College's basic drawing students will be held from Jan. 17 to Jan. 31 in the Fine Arts Gallery in the Visual Arts and Design Center on the Mott...
By Ashley Steffen - Jan. 11, 2012
Rep. Woodrow Stanley (D-Flint) invites residents to join him for a cup of coffee and conversation from 9 to 11 a.m. Jan. 23 at the Golden Gate Restaurant, G-3105 Flushing Rd.
Stanley holds coffee...
By Cathy Jaruzel Gentry - Jan. 11, 2012
The Genesee County Ancient Order of the Hibernians announces the pre-St. Patrick's Day fundraiser and the queen's pageant from 4 to 10 p.m. Feb. 11 at the Dom Polski Hall on Linden Road just south...
By Wendi Fournier - Jan. 11, 2012
The Whiting presents Wayne Brady at 8 p.m. Feb. 11. Emmy award-winning Wayne Brady is one of the most versatile performers in show business today. He has been entertaining audiences with his...
By Carol Rugg - Jan. 11, 2012
When Maureen H. Smyth joined the staff of the C.S. Mott Foundation in 1983, the grantmaking budget — focusing primarily on Flint and Genesee County — hovered around $22 million. In 2011, when...
By Stephanie Carpenter - Jan. 11, 2012
Qua, the UM-Flint's literary and fine arts journal, is accepting submissions of fiction, poetry and creative nonfiction through Feb. 10 for the winter 2012 issue. Qua accepts submissions of...
By Scott Thomas - Jan. 11, 2012
Trevor Perpich scored the game-winning goal with less than two minutes remaining in the second period. The goal was Perpich's eighth goal of the season, and was the end of scoring for the Warriors...
By Scott Thomas - Jan. 07, 2012
The Michigan Warriors dropped a 4-3 contest to the Traverse City North Stars in a shootout at Perani Arena Jan. 6 to open 2012.
The Warriors got goals from Bobby Bodette (two), Derek Knetter (one)...
By Sherry Stewart - Jan. 07, 2012
McLaren's Pulmonary Rehabilitation Program is offering a free smoking cessation support group the second Monday of every month. The support group can benefit anyone who is struggling to give up...
By Robert Campbell - Jan. 07, 2012
The Flint Classroom Support Fund has announced grants totaling $6,784 for the 2011-2012 school year. The fund provides financial support for special projects in education and instruction for Flint...
By Janice Henry - Jan. 07, 2012
The Flint Institute of Arts will present a retrospective exhibition of illustrations by Jerry Pinkney, one of the most highly acclaimed children's book artists in America. Witness: The Art of Jerry...
By Wanda Harden - Jan. 07, 2012
It's science fair time. Students in fourth through sixth grades are invited to come and glean ideas for their projects at 2 p.m. Jan. 21 as the Flint Public Library and Sloan-Longway Museum present...
By Carol Rugg - Jan. 06, 2012
Neal R. Hegarty has been named vice president of programs at the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation effective Jan. 1. He replaces Maureen H. Smyth who will retire from the foundation later this month...
By Heather Throne - Jan. 06, 2012
Escape into a world of wine, food and fun this winter with a delightful Michigan winter culinary excursion. From festivals to cooking classes, every foodie is sure to find something to satisfy...
By Tom Price - Jan. 05, 2012
Fandangles' announces the exhibit of works by Robert J. Huebel and Chad Nelson Jan. 8 through Feb. 3 at the restaurant at G-6429 West Pierson Rd., Flushing. Fandangles' will present a public...
By Julia Zaher - Jan. 05, 2012
"Life's most persistent and urgent question is: What are you doing for others?"
Those are the words of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., whose life and work will be honored Jan. 16, a national holiday...
By Rhina Griffel - Jan. 05, 2012
The League of Women Voters will hold the 51st District House of Representatives Candidate Forum at 7 to 8:30 p.m. Jan. 20 in the Grand Blanc Senior Citizens Center, 12632 Pagels Drive, Grand...
By Connie Peters - Jan. 05, 2012
The Salvation Army has surpassed its annual Red Kettle Campaign fundraising goal of $840,500 by more than $28,000. This year's campaign raised $868,792.99, of which more than $93,000 was raised...
By Carol Gentry - Jan. 04, 2012
This week marks the 75th anniversary of the Sit-Down Strike. An exhibit dedicated to this important event is on permanent display at Sloan Museum. Everyone is welcome to discover what led to the...
By Dawn Jones - Jan. 04, 2012
The accounting firm of Plante and Moran Dec. 29 released its audit of the city's comprehensive annual financial statement for the fiscal year ended June 30. The financial statement encompasses some...
By Payal Ravani - Jan. 04, 2012
The Potter Park Zoo announces the death of Amboseli, a 22-year-old female African lion. She was one of the oldest lions in captivity.
"Amboseli had so much personality and touched everyone here at...
By David McGhee - Jan. 04, 2012
The Big Brothers Big Sisters 100 Men 100 Boys Program will hold the sixth annual Mentoring Inspiration Breakfast to commemorate National Mentoring Month and the annual observance of Martin Luther...
By Gisgie Dávila Gendreau - Jan. 04, 2012
Secretary of State Ruth Johnson reminds residents that all branch offices and the Office of the Great Seal will be closed in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day Jan. 16.
The Department of...
By Matt Williams - Jan. 04, 2012
U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow announced today that she has nominated 63 Michigan students for placement at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md., the...
By Kimberly Roddy - Jan. 04, 2012
The Flint Children's Museum will be open from noon to 5 p.m. on Sundays, Jan. 22 through May 31. Walk-in guests, birthday parties and other groups are all welcome. It has been closed on Sundays for...
By Miguel Ayala and Katheen Long - Jan. 03, 2012
Sens. Debbie Stabenow and Carl Levin today announced the continuation of an award for the Michigan Manufacturing Technology Center to support small and medium-sized manufacturers throughout the...
By Regina R. Strong - Jan. 03, 2012
The Genesee Regional Chamber of Commerce (GRCC) Dec. 22 received a $7,500 grant from the Jennings Memorial Foundation for the Genesee Chamber Foundation (GCF) to provide funding for the YouthQuest...
By Matt Williams - Jan. 03, 2012
U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow Dec. 21 called for a federal investigation into how counterfeiters are using foreign web sites to sell rip-offs of American-made products and steal American ideas.
Lisa...
By Sharon Campbell - Jan. 03, 2012
The American GI Forum of Flint Hispanic Technology and Community Center, 2101 Lewis St., has received another gift from the same donor that surprised the center with a donation this summer. The...
By Stephanie Ramirez - Jan. 03, 2012
Tickets are available for Flint Youth Theatre's presentation of Henry and Mudge at 2 and 4:30 p.m. April 5. This performance offers families an affordable entertainment experience paired with a...
By Heather Throne - Dec. 20, 2011
Michigan has made the top 10 list for the number of winter farmers markets held in the state for the first time ever. Farmers markets operating at least once between November and March are...
By Michael Kelly - Dec. 20, 2011
A new book about the history of auto dealers in Genesee County has been published by the Genesee County Historical Society. Genesee County Historical Auto Dealerships 1908-1960 is a 60-page book...
By Matt Williams - Dec. 20, 2011
U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow today made the following statement after House Republicans rejected Senate legislation, which passed with an overwhelming bipartisan majority of 89-10 over the weekend to...
By Robert Campbell - Dec. 20, 2011
Flint Community Schools is asking the community for its help in stopping the significant vandalism plaguing district schools. Vandalism has cost Flint Community Schools more than $1 million in...
By Cullen Schwarz - Dec. 20, 2011
President Barack Obama has signed legislation enacting a key part of U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow's Battery Innovation Act to spur the development of new cutting-edge battery technology and create...
By Ann Richards - Dec. 20, 2011
At South Bendle Elementary School near Flint, 80 kindergarten through third-grade students faithfully lace up their gym shoes after school each Tuesday and Thursday, ready to move outdoors in any...
By Dawn Jones - Dec. 20, 2011
Flint Emergency Manager Michael Brown announced Dec. 19 the formation of his five-member advisory committee comprised of two elected officials and three community members. They are Flint Mayor...
By Cullen Schwarz - Dec. 17, 2011
U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow today issued the following statement on the Senate's 89-10 vote for a package to cut a payroll tax cut for middle class families while also ending unemployment benefits...
By Cullen Schwarz - Dec. 17, 2011
U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow today announced Senate passage of a key part of her Battery Innovation Act would create an energy innovation hub for advanced batteries to help continue the expansion of...
By Matt Williams - Dec. 16, 2011
U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow recognized the promotion of Chaplain Carl Rau to the rank of colonel and honored him for his service to our country. during a ceremony in her Washington, D.C. office Dec...
By Ilene Cantor - Dec. 16, 2011
Hurley Medical Center announces the arrival of the new Philips IntelliVue MX40 technology that allows vital information to be viewed at the bedside versus a central location on a floor. The mobile...
By Sheila Beachum Bilby - Dec. 16, 2011
In mid-2010, a jobless DaRell Moore was selling his own blood plasma just to survive when a friend told him that Emerge Staffing, a Minneapolis-based nonprofit, was looking for workers.
He walked...
By Berton Brown - Dec. 15, 2011
"We are living in hard times. Cities are managing misery due to shortsighted legislation by an irresponsible Republican legislature. Adding insult to injury, the Republican Governor Rick Snyder and...
By Miguel Ayala and Kathleen Long - Dec. 15, 2011
U.S. Sens. Debbie Stabenow and Carl Levin today announced support for Hampton Township Fire Department. The grant comes through the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Assistance to Firefighters...
By Karianne Martus - Dec. 15, 2011
Documentary Channel (DOC) will recognize its top documentary film premieres of the year with the 2011 Best of DOC lineup, showcasing one film every evening throughout December. This diverse list of...
By Dawn Jones - Dec. 15, 2011
Flint Emergency Manager Michael Brown announced the appointments of Jerry Ambrose, Howard Croft and Gary Bates to his management team Dec. 14. These are the first appointments by Brown since being...
By Margo Lakin - Dec. 15, 2011
The UM-Flint theater and dance department presents its third main stage production of the season, The Underpants, "wild and crazy guy" Steve Martin's hilarious adaptation of the Carl Sternheim's...
By Duane M. Elling - Dec. 15, 2011
With health care in the U.S. a prime topic of discussion, an initiative in Flint is expected to spark new ways of thinking about medical professionals and their relationships with patients, their...
By Cullen Schwarz - Dec. 15, 2011
U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow today issued the following statement regarding China's announcement it will begin placing duties on imported American-made vehicles tomorrow.
"China relentlessly breaks...
By Matt Williams - Dec. 13, 2011
U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow, chairwoman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, Dec. 13 held a hearing to further investigate the circumstances about financial firm MF...
By Randy Grove - Dec. 13, 2011
The Naval Sea Cadets, U.S. Division 094, in Lansing, is accepting new members, 11 to 17.
The group drills at the Naval Reserve Center, 1620 E. Saginaw, St., Lansing. Call Instructor Randy Grove at...
By Sherry Stewart - Dec. 13, 2011
McLaren's Diabetes Education Program is offering Weight Loss — Controlling Your Weight through Diet and Exercise from 9 to 10 a.m. Mondays beginning Jan. 9 or from 1 to 2 p.m. Tuesdays beginning...
By Sherry Stewart - Dec. 13, 2011
McLaren Regional Medical Center offers a free ongoing stroke education and support series for stroke survivors, those at risk for stroke and their family members from 3:30 to 5 p.m. the first and...
By Sharon Campbell - Dec. 13, 2011
Mott Community College was honored at a prestigious event at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., as one of the top 10 community colleges out of more than 1,200 community colleges in...
By Ann Goldon - Dec. 10, 2011
Each year since 2001, the Michigan Cancer Consortium (MCC) has presented its highest honor, the MCC Spirit of Collaboration Award, to member organizations that have done outstanding collaborative...
By Sue Frownfelter - Dec. 10, 2011
While the campuses of Mott Community College are shut down over the holidays, Dec. 22 to Jan. 2, Lennetta Coney is still taking phone calls. As president of the Foundation for Mott Community...
By Nick DeLeeuw - Dec. 10, 2011
The AT&T Foundation, the philanthropic arm of AT&T Inc., and Reps. Jim Ananich and Woodrow Stanley announced Dec. 9 a $7,500 grant to the United Way of Genesee County. For more than 60...
By Cathy Gentry - Dec. 08, 2011
There have been many celebrations of Chevrolet's 100th anniversary this year, and along with them commemoration of its namesake, Louis Chevrolet. We must also remember the man who buily America's...
By Cindy Ficorelli - Dec. 07, 2011
For the 10th consecutive year, consumers have chosen Genesys as one of the nation's top hospitals for overall quality, best doctors, best nurses, and best image and reputation. National Research...
By Abby Dart - Dec. 07, 2011
Scenic Michigan and the Planning and Zoning Center at Michigan State University will hold five sign regulation workshops in January.
The workshops will be based on a new Sign Regulation Guidebook...
By Matt Williams - Dec. 07, 2011
Sen. Debbie Stabenow, chairwoman of the Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee, which oversees the federal food assistance program, today applauded new measures announced by the U.S...
By Gisgie Dávila Gendreau - Dec. 07, 2011
Outdoor fun at Michigan's state parks doesn't stop when the snow starts flying. Parks across the state offer wintertime activities so Michigan motorists who have winter birthdays shouldn't forget...
By Payal Ravani - Dec. 06, 2011
Potter Park Zoo is saddened to announce the death of Harley, a 10-year-old male red panda.
"The red pandas are very charming and a favorite among our guests," says Zoo Director Gerry...
By Maxine Murray - Dec. 03, 2011
Mayor Dayne Walling commented on city personnel changes Dec. 2.
"Gregory Eason's strong record of government reforms and community accomplishments will continue to benefit our community for many...
By Diane Wojciechowski - Dec. 03, 2011
Women in the area now have a reason to get outside and celebrate winter at the seventh annual Wine, Women and Chocolate event at 1 p.m. Feb. 11 at IMA Brookwood Golf Club, Burton.
More than 225...
By Scott Thomas - Dec. 02, 2011
The Michigan Warriors have joined forces with the youth hockey association that plays at Perani Arena.
The Greater Flint Hockey Association (GFHA) President Kevin Brackett said, "It's a win-win...
By Danielle A. Fry - Dec. 02, 2011
What would the words "sight, swirl, sniff, sip and savor," known as the five "Ss" of wine tasting, and Catholic Outreach of Flint have in common? The answer is Wines for Humanity, a wine tasting...
By Gisgie Dávila Gendreau - Dec. 02, 2011
Michigan's organ donor numbers took a dramatic leap in November with a 56 percent increase over November 2010, Secretary of State Ruth Johnson announced today.
In November, 37,388 people signed up...
By Matt Williams - Dec. 02, 2011
U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow today announced legislation that she is cosponsoring, the Middle Class Tax Cut Act of 2011, which would cut taxes for Michigan families and small business owners. Unless...
By Mel Serow - Dec. 01, 2011
After WW II, the origami crane became a symbol of peace in a number of Asian countries and since has become a universal symbol. About five years ago, Elizabeth Collardey, UM-Flint assistant...
By Regina R. Strong - Dec. 01, 2011
Hamilton Community Health Network (HCHN) held the grand opening for its new flagship facility, 2900 N. Saginaw St., Dec. 1. The 31,000-square-foot facility is the sixth and largest HCHN facility...
By Naseem Stecker - Dec. 01, 2011
Nominations are now open for the State Bar of Michigan's 38th annual Wade H. McCree Jr. Awards for the Advancement of Justice. The McCree Awards recognize Michigan broadcast, print media and online...
By Nick DeLeeuw - Dec. 01, 2011
Luann Dunsford, Michigan Works! Association executive director, Dec. 1 issued the following statement following Gov. Rick Snyder's special message on workforce development.
"Gov. Snyder's special...
By Ilene Cantor - Dec. 01, 2011
Current and future resident physicians in the Hurley Internal Medicine Residency Training Program recently earned five years of accreditation (with zero citations) from the Accreditation Council...
By Azlan Ibrahim - Dec. 01, 2011
Agricultural Leaders of Michigan (ALM) praised Sen. Debbie Stabenow for her leadership in crafting an agricultural policy plan in a bipartisan, bicameral way that focused on protecting programs...
By Elaine D. Redd - Nov. 29, 2011
Hamilton Community Health Network (HCHN) and the Genesee Regional Chamber of Commerce will hold a news conference and ribbon cutting for HCHN's new flagship medical facility in Flint at 10:30 a.m...
By Scott Thomas - Nov. 24, 2011
Despite two goals from Captain Martin Gruse, the Michigan Warriors dropped a contest to the Traverse City North Stars 4-3 Nov. 23 at Centre Ice Arena in Traverse City.
Gruse netted goals seven and...
By Janice Henry - Nov. 22, 2011
The Flint Institute of Arts will open the exhibition Marylyn Dintenfass: Auto Biography and Other Anecdotes Dec. 10 in the Graphic Arts Gallery. The exhibition brings the artist's automotive-themed...
By Scott Thomas - Nov. 20, 2011
The Michigan Warriors dropped its Nov. 20 matinee contest to the Kalamazoo Junior K-Wings 4-1 at Perani Arena.
After a scoreless first period, Kalamazoo jumped out to a 2-0 lead. A.J. White...
By Gisgie Dávila Gendreau - Nov. 18, 2011
Customers in the Mt. Morris area now have the convenience of a self-service option readily available for easy license plate tab renewals, Secretary of State Ruth Johnson announced Nov. 18.
"Our...
By Karen Campese - Nov. 18, 2011
This year has been tough on almost everyone because of the economy and the high unemployment. Americans are a very resilient people. Even during troubling times, they are always ready to lend a...
By Matt Williams - Nov. 17, 2011
In celebration of the first National Rural Health Day, U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow today praised the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs for its commitment to opening rural community-based outpatient...
By Sharon Campbell - Nov. 17, 2011
Dr. Brian Ivory doesn't mind when students in his class clown around sometimes. It's a course requirement.
Ivory, coordinator of the MCC Honors Program, oversees the Mott Campus Clowns, a newly...
By J.J. Mariani - Nov. 17, 2011
McLaren Health Plan is among Michigan's top workplaces in 2011, according to its employees and the Detroit Free Press.
Detroit Free Press' Top Workplaces recently recognized McLaren Health Plan in...
By Gisgie Dávila Gendreau - Nov. 17, 2011
Michigan residents are choosing the convenience of ExpressSOS.com, the online, no-wait secretary of state option, with more than 250,000 transactions completed since the new tool was launched on...
By Cynthia Edwards - Nov. 16, 2011
The Social Security Administration once again ranks as one of the top 10 Best Places to Work in the Federal Government, according to the Partnership for Public Service and American University's...
By Nick DeLeeuw - Nov. 16, 2011
The Michigan Academy of Family Physicians, representing more than 3,000 family physicians across the state, today urged families and parents throughout the state to have their children vaccinated...
By Cullen Schwarz - Nov. 16, 2011
U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow Nov. 16 announced that she will be introducing legislation to prohibit members of Congress from engaging in insider trading. The Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge...
By Robert Campbell - Nov. 16, 2011
Flint Community Schools has a $3.7 million deficit in its general fund, according to an independent audit of the 2010-2011 fiscal year conducted by the accounting firm Yeo & Yeo.
The district...
By Nick De Leeuw - Nov. 16, 2011
Job makers from across the state this week came together, sending a letter to lawmakers asking them to support cost and energy saving upgrades for homeowners and taxpayers by opposing House Bill...
By Stephanie Van Koevering - Nov. 16, 2011
Five local students participated in a shipboard training aboard the USS New Jersey in August, an opportunity that continues to pay dividends more than two months into the school year.
Students...
By Stephanie Van Koevering - Nov. 16, 2011
Lt. Cmdr. David Hall took the reins of a local youth development program sponsored by the U.S. Navy League.
Hall, who recently returned from active military service overseas, will lead the about...
By Cynthia Edwards - Nov. 16, 2011
Michael J. Astrue, Social Security commissioner, announced that the agency's most popular online services, the applications for retirement, Medicare and for Extra Help with Medicare prescription...
By Regina R. Strong - Nov. 16, 2011
YouthQuest announced today the selection of Randels Elementary, in the Carman-Ainsworth Community Schools District, as the newest program site. YouthQuest, a program of the Genesee Regional Chamber...
By Matt Williams - Nov. 16, 2011
U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow Nov. 15 congratulated the Detroit Tigers' Justin Verlander for unanimously winning his first American League Cy Young Award.
"Congratulations to Justin Verlander on...
By Scott Thomas - Nov. 12, 2011
The Michigan Warriors ended its nine-game winless streak with a 5-1 victory over the Jamestown Ironmen at Perani Arena Nov. 12. Michigan now trails second place Kalamazoo by two points in the NAHL...
By Scott Thomas - Nov. 12, 2011
The Michigan Warriors winless streak is now up to a season-high nine games after Traverse City got out to a four-goal lead before the Warriors got on the scoreboard. Traverse City answered with a...
By Betty Torres - Nov. 12, 2011
The holiday season is a time families gather and spend quality time with loved ones. It is also a time that can raise questions about the cognitive health of aging family members. With Alzheimer's...
By Regina R. Strong - Nov. 12, 2011
The Genesee Regional Chamber of Commerce (GRCC) announced the winners of the 2011 Business Awards, recognized as outstanding businesses in eight categories, during an awards banquet Nov. 10. In...
By Maxine Murray - Nov. 12, 2011
"I have come to the decision that it is time for the city to pursue a new direction with respect to the operations of the Finance Department and the Department of Community and Economic Development...
By Amber Dillard - Nov. 11, 2011
Yes, ladies and gentlemen, it is once more time to do "the time warp," to be entertained by a sweet transvestite and take part in the floor show. That's right it's time for Buckham Alley Theatre's...
By Gisgie Dávila Gendreau - Nov. 11, 2011
In honor of Veterans Day, Secretary of State Ruth Johnson reminds veterans and their spouses of the many license plates available that recognize service in the military.
"On Veteran's Day, we...
By Matt Williams - Nov. 11, 2011
The U.S. Senate today unanimously passed a bill co-sponsored by U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow, the VOW to Hire Heroes Act, a jobs bill that would provide an incentive for businesses to hire veterans...
By Scott Thomas - Nov. 09, 2011
The Michigan Warriors winless streak is now up to a season-high eight games after Kalamazoo got two third period goals to hand the Warriors a 4-3 loss.
Michigan carried a 6-0-1 record when holding...
By Matt Williams - Nov. 09, 2011
U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow Nov. 9 announced the introduction of the "VOW to Hire Heroes Act," a jobs bill that would provide an incentive for businesses to hire veterans, provide veterans training...
By Duane M. Elling - Nov. 09, 2011
While the Double Up Food Bucks Program at the Flint Farmers' Market has been under way for only a few months, it's already making its mark in the field.
For example, Double Up customers at other...
By Duane M. Elling - Nov. 09, 2011
A brisk October weekend finds the vendor displays at the Flint Farmers' Market groaning under the weight of crisp apples, brightly colored squash, fresh meats, cheeses and other locally produced...
By Regina R. Strong - Nov. 09, 2011
The region's outstanding businesses and business leaders will be honored at the 2011 Business Awards held by the Genesee Regional Chamber of Commerce (GRCC) at 7 p.m. Nov. 10 at the Riverfront...
By Elaine Redd - Nov. 09, 2011
At the invitation of the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC), the Interstate 69 International Trade Corridor organizations are preparing the formal application for the Next Michigan...
By Maxine Murray - Nov. 08, 2011
"The state's decision shows how serious our financial challenges are in the city of Flint. Significant progress has been made to stabilize the city's finances during a very difficult economy, but...
By Heather Kale - Nov. 08, 2011
Priority Children has started its search for the 17th Children's Champion Award nominees. The awards will be presented Feb. 10.
The Children's Champion Awards started in 1996 to recognize shining...
By U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow - Nov. 08, 2011
Michigan is home to 700,000 veterans who have selflessly answered the call of duty for our country.
This Veterans Day, Michigan families honor these brave men and women for their sacrifice at...
By Cullen Schwarz - Nov. 08, 2011
U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow, sponsor of the American Competitiveness Plan, Nov. 8 urged her colleagues to pass her plan to hold other countries accountable when they abuse international...
By Regina R. Strong - Nov. 08, 2011
Flint-area Insight Institute of Neurosurgery and Neuroscience (IINN) and Space Inc. are among 54 small and midsized companies from across Michigan selected to receive business development support...
By Ann Richards - Nov. 07, 2011
(Editor's note: On the occasion of the dedication and ribbon-cutting ceremony of the new C.S. Mott Children's Hospital and Van Voigtlander Women's Hospital at the UM-Ann Arbor, we are publishing...
By Scott Thomas - Nov. 07, 2011
The Michigan Warriors dropped their second straight road contest against the Jamestown Ironmen, 4-2 Nov. 5.
Michael Economos and Matus Matis scored for the Warriors and Gabe Grunwald stopped 37 of...
By Scott Thomas - Nov. 04, 2011
The Michigan Warriors dropped the opener of their two-game series against the Jamestown Ironmen Nov. 4 by a 2-1 score.
James Kline scored the Warriors lone goal in the second period. Kline has now...
By Maxine Murray - Nov. 04, 2011
Flint's financial position has significantly improved. The deficit is down and the cash flow is up. The Flint finance department has completed the fiscal year 2011 end-of-year close.
The combined...
By Cullen Schwarz - Nov. 04, 2011
U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow Nov. 4 welcomed 35 Michigan World War II veterans who were flown in from Michigan to visit the World War II Memorial. The veterans were flown in by Honor Flight Network...
By Jennifer Holton - Nov. 03, 2011
The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD) announced its annual survey results for the emerald ash borer (EAB) Nov. 3. In 2011, surveys were conducted in the...
By Wanda Harden - Nov. 03, 2011
Need vision screening for your school age children? Have questions about treatment for uterine fibroids or another women's health issue? Want to understand how to file a small claims case? The...
By Scott Thomas - Nov. 02, 2011
The Michigan Warriors dropped the Nov. 2 contest to the Port Huron Fighting Falcons 2-1 at Perani Arena and Event Center.
James Kline netted the only Warriors goal of the contest to open the...
By Cullen Schwarz - Nov. 02, 2011
U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow issued the following statement in response to a report that Michigan is recovering from the recession at the second-fastest rate in the country.
"American auto companies...
By Paul Winters - Nov. 02, 2011
Biobased products and renewable chemicals can contribute to energy security and create new jobs and so should be eligible for advanced energy project credits. The Biotechnology Industry...
By Herman Marable - Nov. 01, 2011
Flint 68th District Judge Herman Marable Jr. and his citizens advisory committee announced Nov. 1 that Jessica Mullins of Swartz Creek has been selected as the Judge Marable Student of the Year for...
By Matt Williams - Nov. 01, 2011
U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow made the following statement regarding today's reports that Michigan banks and credit unions led the nation in Small Business Administration 7(a) loans — making 2,063...
By Danielle Lenz - Nov. 01, 2011
Dr. Kathy Kudray has been named McLaren Health Plan chief medical officer. Kudray will be responsible for the oversight of all quality aspects of patient care, will chair the quality improvement...
By Matt Williams - Nov. 01, 2011
U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow, a long-time leader of the effort to stop illegal currency manipulation and a co-sponsor of the Currency Exchange Rate Oversight Act recently passed by the Senate, issued...
By Gisgie Dávila Gendreau - Nov. 01, 2011
Secretary of State Ruth Johnson today reminded residents heading south for the winter to renew their driver's licenses and plates before leaving Michigan.
"Enjoy your time traveling in warmer...
By Kimberly Roddy - Nov. 01, 2011
Attorney James J. Wascha will be honored and recognized for his contributions as a member of the HealthPlus board of directors at 5 p.m. Nov. 2 at the Flint Children's Museum.
Wascha has served on...
By Robert Campbell - Oct. 29, 2011
Twenty-one students were honored by the Flint Board of Education Oct. 19 for their winning compositions in the Sixth Annual Coca-Cola Essay Contest.
The writing contest, sponsored by the...
By Robert Campbell - Oct. 29, 2011
The Chairman's Circle of the Crim Fitness Foundation has donated a hoophouse to Freeman Elementary School that will be used to grow fruits and vegetables for students. The hoophouse, a...
By Gisgie Dávila Gendreau - Oct. 27, 2011
Six months after Secretary of State Ruth Johnson launched her new campaign to sign up more organ donors, including a new policy directing branch office employees to ask customers if they would...
By Regina R. Strong - Oct. 27, 2011
Genesee County is projected to lead all six counties, in the Regional Economic Forecast recently released by University of Michigan economists, with the largest decrease in unemployment over the...
By Bruce Nieuwenhuis - Oct. 26, 2011
Genesee Wind Symphony will hold concerts at the Fenton United Methodist Church, 119 S. Leroy St., and Woodside Church, 1509 E. Court St., between Nov. 28 and April 29.
The concerts will be held at...
By Aileen England - Oct. 26, 2011
Genesee County Literacy Coalition has a lineup of tutors waiting to assist adults who need help to read for free. Tutors will work through St. Luke's N.E.W. Life Center and Christ Enrichment...
By Jeremy W. Steele - Oct. 26, 2011
Flint residents will find a safer, more convenient facility when they visit the new Michigan Department of Human Services building, 4809 Clio Rd., which officially opened Oct. 26.
The...
By Jennifer Holton - Oct. 25, 2011
Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD) officials today reminded all parents and guardians of their right to be notified before the use of pesticides on school and licensed...
By Cullen Schwarz - Oct. 24, 2011
U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow, chairwoman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, Oct. 24 announced the introduction of her Grow it Here, Make it Here initiative to advance...
By Cindy Ficorelli - Oct. 22, 2011
The Genesys Heart Institute recently expanded its heart specialist team with the addition of three cardiologists Dr. Sunil Rao, Dr. Frank Tilli and Dr. Thomas Vanhecke.
Rao obtained a fellowship...
By Ilene Cantor - Oct. 22, 2011
Hurley Medical Center leadership is voicing its strong opposition to House Bill 4936 currently pending before the Michigan House of Representatives. As the region's only Level I Trauma Center...
By Theresa Roach - Oct. 19, 2011
Safe and Active Genesee for Everyone (SAGE) announces the winners of its Bike It, Walk It, Bus It campaign. Genesee County residents won prizes from Assenmachers Cycling Center, Sports Authority...
By Cynthia Edwards - Oct. 19, 2011
Monthly Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits for more than 60 million Americans will increase 3.6 percent in 2012, the Social Security administration announced...
By Gisgie Dávila Gendreau - Oct. 19, 2011
Michigan residents can now access the secretary of state through a new tool available at ExpressSOS.com, Secretary of State Ruth Johnson announced today.
"By expanding online, we are able to...
By Danielle Lenz - Oct. 19, 2011
The Great Lakes Region of the American Red Cross needs to collect about 700 units of blood each and every day. However, not nearly enough people are giving blood. Local supplies are insufficient to...
By Payal Ravani - Oct. 19, 2011
Potter Park Zoo has announced the birth of three Amur tiger cubs.
"This birth was recommended by the Amur Tiger Species Survival Plan (SSP)," explains Dr. Tara Harris, coordinator of the Amur...
By Regina R. Strong - Oct. 18, 2011
The Genesee Regional Chamber of Commerce (GRCC) today announced the receipt of $232,000 from the Defense Logistics Agency of the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) for its Procurement Technical...
By Carol D. Rugg - Oct. 18, 2011
The Charles Stewart Mott Foundation has made a $1.56 million grant to the Genesee County Parks and Recreation Commission to help maintain and strengthen Michigan's largest county parks system.
The...
By Ilene Cantor - Oct. 18, 2011
Physicians in Hurley's radiology department have a new addition — a two-week-old treadmill. Doctors at Hurley Medical Center are reading X-rays and changing lives, while they work out.
"This is...
By Ben Becker - Oct. 18, 2011
Sen. Debbie Stabenow, chairwoman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, Oct. 18 announced U.S. Department of Agriculture efforts to partner with Michigan State...
By Heather Throne - Oct. 18, 2011
Interest in Michigan's voluntary, proactive program for assuring effective land stewardship practices on farms is growing, announced Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD)...
By Miguel Ayala and Bryan Thomas - Oct. 18, 2011
Sens. Debbie Stabenow and Carl Levin Oct. 18 announced that the Senate passed legislation last night to help prevent future pipeline disasters like Enbridge from occurring. The Pipeline...
By Cullen Schwarz - Oct. 17, 2011
U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow, chairwoman of the Senate Agriculture Committee, today offered Congress' only bipartisan and bicameral recommendations to the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction...
By Miguel Ayala and Bryan Thomas - Oct. 17, 2011
U.S. Sens. Debbie Stabenow and Carl Levin today announced federal support for Michigan transportation projects. The projects were selected by the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) on a...
By Jennifer Holton - Oct. 14, 2011
The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development's (MDARD) pesticide and plant pest management division (PPPMD) annually publishes two registries intended to protect Michigan people —...
By Cynthia Edwards - Oct. 14, 2011
Michael J. Astrue, Social Security commissioner, today announced 13 new compassionate allowances conditions involving the immune system and neurological disorders. The Compassionate Allowances...
By Jennifer Holton - Oct. 14, 2011
Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD) Director Keith Creagh today honored several department employees for their continued excellence and commitment to teamwork...
By Robert Campbell - Oct. 14, 2011
Flint Community Schools students who were present on Oct. 5 were given a chance to win one of several prizes to promote the importance of attendance on student count day.The following students were...
By Robert Campbell - Oct. 14, 2011
Students and staff at Flint Community Schools are teaming up once again with the Salvation Army and local media partners, abc12 and WIOG FM 102.5 FM, to collect cash for the Kids Involved in Coats...
By Danielle Lenz - Oct. 12, 2011
Modern Healthcare magazine has named McLaren Health Plan as one of the nation's best places to work in health care, a recognition received by the organization for the second year in a row.
"It is...
By Dawn Hibbard - Oct. 12, 2011
For the second year in a row Kettering University has won a $50,000 grant from the Ford Motor Company Ford College Community Challenge (Ford C3) to help Flint's Harvesting Earth Educational...
By Ellen Peter - Oct. 12, 2011
Nurse Kristin Chevrette, McLaren Regional Medical Center, recently completed EduCare's Breast Health Navigator Training Program. She is now qualified to serve as the oncology nurse navigator for...
By Gisgie Dávila Gendreau - Oct. 12, 2011
Secretary of State Ruth Johnson today announced a comprehensive plan to help ensure integrity in Michigan's elections through stronger campaign finance laws, new policies and the expanded use of...
By Cullen Schwarz - Oct. 11, 2011
A strong bipartisan majority in the U.S. Senate tonight voted 63-35 in favor of a bill cosponsored by Sen. Debbie Stabenow to crackdown on countries like China involved in artificially manipulating...
By Danielle Lenz - Oct. 11, 2011
McLaren Health Plan has been named a Pinnacle Award winner by the Michigan Association of Health Plans for its MedCheck Program.
"We are pleased that McLaren Health Plan's MedCheck Program has...
By Cullen Schwarz - Oct. 10, 2011
Sen. Debbie Stabenow unveiled her American Competiveness Plan, a set of action steps designed to ensure U.S. businesses and workers can become more globally competitive and create more jobs in...
By Carol D. Rugg - Oct. 10, 2011
The Charles Stewart Mott Foundation Oct. 10 announced the promotion of two staff members. Kimberly S. Roberson, a longtime program officer, has been named program director of the Flint Area...
By Heather Throne - Oct. 09, 2011
Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD) Director Keith Creagh announced Oct. 7 Michigan will receive more than $1.3 million in federal dollars to create, enhance or expand...
By Suzanne Cupal - Oct. 09, 2011
Thousands of Genesee County residents have been able to participate in a survey about their own health and the health of their community. The survey, called the 2011 Speak to Your Health! Community...
By Gisgie Dávila Gendreau - Oct. 06, 2011
Secretary of State Ruth Johnson today announced the appointment of Gisgie Dávila Gendreau as Michigan Department of State communications director.
"Gisgie's unique background in government and...
By Maxine Murray - Oct. 06, 2011
Gov. Rick Snyder has awarded $550,000 to fund the development costs of a demonstration project by Grand Rapids, Lansing and Flint to consolidate the processing of paper city income tax returns...
By Cullen Schwarz - Oct. 05, 2011
U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow today responded to threats from the Chinese government over legislation she is pursuing to crackdown on currency manipulation.
"My message to China is simple. America has...
By Stephanie Craig - Oct. 05, 2011
TechAmerica Foundation today released its 14th annual Cyberstates report detailing national and state trends in high tech employment, wages and other key economic factors. Cyberstates 2011: The...
By Sharon Campbell - Oct. 05, 2011
Judith Cawhorn, Mott Community College executive director of grant development, has been named to the 2012 board of directors for the Council for Resource Development (CRD), Washington, D.C. She...
By Michaela Huntley - Oct. 05, 2011
U.S. Rep. Thaddeus G. McCotter made the following statement in response to the announcement of a proposed collective bargaining agreement between Ford Motor Company and the United Auto Workers...
By Karianne Martus - Oct. 04, 2011
The Flint Farmers' Market announced the success of the Fair Food Network's Double Up Food Bucks Program at the market at a press conference Oct. 4. The statewide program provides additional dollars...
By Rep. Woodrow Stanley - Oct. 04, 2011
The Republican-led Legislature is again planning an attack on our local governments, our school districts and our state's public safety. And they're doing it with the best interest of big...
By Payal Ravani - Oct. 04, 2011
Potter Park Zoo is saddened to announce the death of Ramir, a 14-year-old snow leopard.
"Snow leopards are beautiful creatures, and a favorite among visitors and staff alike," said Sherrie Graham...
By Cullen Schwarz - Oct. 04, 2011
An overwhelming bipartisan majority in the U.S. Senate Oct. 3 voted to move forward on a bill cosponsored by Sen. Debbie Stabenow to crackdown on countries like China involved in artificially...
By Regina Strong - Sep. 30, 2011
Vietnamese officials met with leaders in the region Sept. 30 to learn more about opportunities for trade with the United States. During the bilateral trade mission, the 12-member delegation met...
By Robert Campbell - Sep. 30, 2011
Flint Community Schools is seeking male volunteers to once again participate in a mentoring program designed to deepen literacy and instill a love of reading among middle school students.
Now in...
By Barbara Whittier - Sep. 30, 2011
The Great Start Collaborative and the Genesee Intermediate School District announced today that it has raised $105,000 in private and public donations to help about 25 low-income families afford...
By Barbara Whittier - Sep. 30, 2011
The Bridges to Success program (a 21st Century Community Learning Center initiative) has started another year of programming for students in the county. Bridges to Success is an after school...
By Cheryl DeFrain - Sep. 29, 2011
Though the promotion of Genesee County as a destination has been the job of the Flint Area Convention & Visitors Bureau since its founding, the broader reality of its mission was never...
By Heather Throne - Sep. 29, 2011
Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD) Deputy Director Gordon Wenk today recognized Radrick Farms Golf Course at the University of Michigan for its efforts to ensure...
By Keith Creagh, MDARD director - Sep. 28, 2011
There are countless reasons why Michigan's food and agriculture companies should consider exporting their products — one of which is 95 percent of the world's consumers live outside of the United...
By Mel Serow - Sep. 28, 2011
It's never too soon to start saving for a college education. The UM-Flint is sponsoring a special free event that explores a variety of ways to help pay for college. Paying for College will be held...
By Mel Serow - Sep. 28, 2011
If you live in an older house, you may have wondered who lived there before you moved in. UM-Flint students are working in the archives of the city of Grand Blanc Heritage Museum and older city...
By Ilene Cantor - Sep. 28, 2011
Dr. Nada Abdelbasit, a geriatric fellow, has joined the staff of Hurley Health Services and the practice of Dr. Myriam Edwards, a physician board certified in geriatric medicine, on South Linden...
By Carol D. Rugg - Sep. 27, 2011
The Charles Stewart Mott Foundation Sept. 27 announced a package of grants totaling $3,635,400 in ongoing support of the Flint Cultural Center Corporation, the Flint Institute of Arts and the Flint...
By John Sellek - Sep. 26, 2011
Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette Sept. 26 announced that the newly formed national coalition of 17 attorneys general fighting the spread of Asian carp and other aquatic invasive species...
By Kimberly Roddy - Sep. 26, 2011
In response to the recent decision made by the board of directors of the Detroit Science Center (DSC) and the Detroit Children's Museum (DCM) to temporarily close their facilities, the Flint...
By Matt Williams - Sep. 26, 2011
Sen. Debbie Stabenow, author of the Advanced Technology Vehicle Manufacturing (ATVM) loan initiative that has helped automakers transform old factories, create jobs, and build the cars of the...
By Cullen Schwarz - Sep. 23, 2011
U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow today voted against an effort to cut an advanced manufacturing initiative she authored which provides incentives to automakers to transform old factories to build the cars...
By Elaine Redd - Sep. 23, 2011
The Genesee Regional Chamber of Commerce (GRCC) announces that Flint is one of five older industrial U.S. cities and regions selected to participate in an innovative project designed to build a...
By Jennifer Holton, Sara Wurfel and Kathy Fagan - Sep. 23, 2011
Gov. Rick Snyder will lead a delegation of state, university and local officials and economic developers on a three-country trade mission to Asia that leaves Michigan on Sept. 24 and returns Oct...
By Robert Campbell - Sep. 23, 2011
The GASC Technology Center has been awarded a $5,000 from the Collectors Foundation to allow 16 students to work with Sloan Museum in restoring vintage vehicles, the Flint Community Schools...
By Cullen Schwarz - Sep. 23, 2011
Sen. Debbie Stabenow, author of the Advanced Technology Vehicle Manufacturing Loan initiative that has helped automakers transform old factories, create jobs and build the cars of the future in...
By Bridget Patrick - Sep. 23, 2011
The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD) announced Sept. 23 an incentives program to encourage more Michigan hunters to have their deer tested for bovine tuberculosis...
By Ken Van Wagoner - Sep. 23, 2011
An early morning arsonist wreaked havoc on the Carriage Town neighborhood Oct. 17, 2010, by igniting its soon-to-be completed community center known as the Hugh Jackson A.B.C. Hardy House...
By Octavia Cavey - Sep. 22, 2011
The Midland Children's Museum invites girls and their friends and families to experience the American Girl fashion show at 10 a.m., 2 and 6 p.m. Oct. 15, and 2 p.m. Oct. 16 at Midland Center for...
By Cullen Schwarz and Tara Andringa - Sep. 22, 2011
With the economy still struggling, U.S. Sens. Debbie Stabenow and Carl Levin, along with a bipartisan group of their colleagues, Sept. 22 unveiled new legislation that will crack down on currency...
By Alex Kyrias - Sep. 22, 2011
The North American Hockey League (NAHL) is still riding high off the recent completion of the ninth annual NAHL Showcase Tournament, presented by Combat Hockey, held at the Schwan Super Rink in...
By Michaela Huntley - Sep. 22, 2011
U.S. Rep. Thaddeus G. McCotter (Mich.) introduced a resolution condemning Communist China's discrimination, harassment, imprisonment, torture and execution of its prisoners of conscience Sept. 22...
By Rep. Woodrow Stanley - Sep. 21, 2011
Sen. Randy Richardville is playing politics after cutting the School Aid Fund $470 per pupil, cutting revenue sharing and welfare assistance for children, while taxing the elderly and giving...
By Michael Kelly - Sep. 21, 2011
In an increasingly competitive global economy, America's economic strength depends upon the education and skills of its workers. In the coming years, nearly eight in 10 new jobs will require higher...
By Maxine Murray - Sep. 21, 2011
The design team for the Flint River Restoration Plan will be receive an honor award in the category of landscape planning and analysis from the Michigan Chapter of the American Society of Landscape...
By Sen. Debbie Stabenow - Sep. 20, 2011
Today, as we recognize Alzheimer's Action Day, I stand with the 20 million Americans who are impacted each day by Alzheimer's disease.
Alzheimer's affects a growing number of Americans, including...
By Ben Becker - Sep. 20, 2011
Sen. Debbie Stabenow, chairwoman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, Sept. 20 applauded the U.S. trade representative's filing of a case before the World Trade...
By Jessica Tramontana - Sep. 20, 2011
"I am extremely dismayed at my Republican colleagues rushing through another large piece of legislation that is not in the best interest of Michigan's citizens. Ten million dollars has already been...
By Cullen Schwarz - Sep. 20, 2011
Sen. Debbie Stabenow Sept. 20 urged colleagues in both chambers of Congress to oppose an effort to slash an advanced manufacturing initiative she authored that has already created thousands of jobs...
By Nick DeLeeuw - Sep. 20, 2011
State Reps. Eileen Kowall and Jim Ananich today stood with over a dozen smal-business owners from across Michigan and introduced the Michigan Main Street Fairness Act, a bipartisan legislative...
By Ilene Cantor - Sep. 20, 2011
Hurley Medical Center is reaching out to the greater Genesee County community with a special speaker series providing clinical and nonclinical experts to speak at a variety of local organizations...
By Sharon Campbell - Sep. 20, 2011
A respectful gathering of community leaders and elected officials joined Mott Community College staff and students Sept. 11 to honor first responders — specially trained individuals who are...
By Betty Torres - Sep. 20, 2011
More than 300 residents of Genesee County joined the Alzheimer's Association's Walk to End Alzheimer's and united in a movement to reclaim the future for millions at Genesys Sept. 17. Participants...
By Herman Marable - Sep. 20, 2011
Flint 68th District Judge Herman Marable Jr. and his Citizens Advisory Committee announced Sept. 19 Davison High School students J. Clinton Rooker, 16, and Emily Helm, 16, have been selected as...
By Cullen Schwarz - Sep. 15, 2011
Sen. Debbie Stabenow, author of the Advanced Technology Vehicle Manufacturing Loan initiative that has helped automakers transform old factories, create jobs and build the cars of the future in...
By Bridget Patrick - Sep. 15, 2011
The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD) today announced the first fatality associated with eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) in a Midland County horse. Lab tests...
By Jennifer Holton - Sep. 15, 2011
More than 60 vendors from all over the state gathered on the east lawn of the Capitol in Lansing Sept. 15 to offer consumers a sample taste of the bounty of the Michigan agriculture harvest.
The...
By Tatilia Y. Burroughs - Sep. 15, 2011
The Genesee County Bar Foundation scholarship committee has selected Kaylie Kinney as its 2011 recipient of the John S. Beagle Scholarship. The scholarship will be awarded at the Genesee County Bar...
By Sharon Campbell - Sep. 14, 2011
The Washington-based Aspen Institute has named Mott Community College as one of the top 10 community colleges in America. There are more than 1,200 community colleges in the country.
"The story of...
By Cullen Schwarz - Sep. 14, 2011
U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow today called for action to stop China from forcing American companies to hand over their advanced technologies as a condition of doing business there. Noting that forced...
By Cindy Ficorelli - Sep. 14, 2011
Dr. Nathan Landesman, gastroenterologist, recently joined the medical staff of Genesys Regional Medical Center in Grand Blanc.
Before joining Genesys, he obtained extensive, advanced training in...
By Bridget Patrick - Sep. 14, 2011
Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD) Director Keith Creagh Sept. 14 announced 57 counties in the Lower Peninsula have been designated as Bovine Tuberculosis (TB) Free in...
By Andrew Ward - Sep. 13, 2011
Consider the world in all its glory, where cultures — past and present — entwine and meld to create music anew. We experience these cultures, some lost to time, in subtle nuances of flowing...
By Miguel Ayala and Bryan Thomas - Sep. 13, 2011
U.S. Sens. Debbie Stabenow and Carl Levin today announced an important economic boost to the Great Lakes Bay Region. The Federal Aviation Administration has awarded MBS a grant to construct...
By Barbara Whittier - Sep. 13, 2011
Genesee County Public Schools are offering innovative, untraditional paths to earning a high school diploma via a program coordinated through Genesee Intermediate School District in conjunction...
By Connie Peters - Sep. 13, 2011
Are you looking for an adult supervised, structured environment that will keep your children safe from harm for a few hours after school? The Salvation Army Beecher Corps might just be the place...
By Michael Kelly - Sep. 12, 2011
Mott Community College was named today as one of the 10 finalist community colleges by the Aspen Institute's College Excellence Program. MCC now enters the last stage of the competition for the $1...
By Kyle Hearn - Sep. 12, 2011
The number of Genesee County homes going into foreclosure is at record numbers. This month saw one in every 441 housing units in the county receive a foreclosure filing. The national average is one...
By Carol Rugg - Sep. 10, 2011
More than a dozen schools in Genesee County will again offer safe places for kids to learn and grow outside the classroom this coming academic year, thanks to a $3.1 million grant from the Charles...
By Elaine Redd - Sep. 10, 2011
The Genesee Regional Chamber of Commerce (GRCC) announced Sept. 9 that the organization has been selected as a winner in the Michigan Economic Developers Association (MEDA) sixth annual MEDA...
By Miguel Ayala and Bryan Thomas - Sep. 08, 2011
U.S. Sens. Debbie Stabenow and Carl Levin today announced Northeast Michigan will receive support for local Great Lakes restoration efforts. The project is designed to preserve and restore local...
By Barbara Whittier - Sep. 07, 2011
Teachers and staff of the Genesee County Energy Consortium have chalked up over a million dollars worth of good behavior. Their energy-efficient practices have earned big savings. Now those good...
By Anthony Lubkin - Sep. 07, 2011
Today's top story on myAMadvantage.com has motivated the Flint Area Chamber of Commerce's president and CEO to speak out to the Genesee County Board of Commissioners on behalf of the local business...
By Chuck Monahan - Sep. 06, 2011
Gleaner Life Insurance Society, headquartered in Adrian, Mich., announce that Arthur Bigelow is the society's 2011 Fraternalist of the Year award recipient. Bigelow lives in Mt. Morris.
A Gleaner...
By Miguel Ayala - Sep. 06, 2011
U.S. Sens. Debbie Stabenow and Carl Levin Sept. 6 announced that MBS International Airport, serving Saginaw, Bay City and Midland, is receiving critical support to construct a new terminal building...
By Scott Thomas - Sep. 02, 2011
Michigan Warriors announce that John Hamre joins the organization as assistant coach and Dr. Matt Sardelli will return as team physician. Hamre will also take over some of the operational duties of...
By Tracy Ward - Sep. 02, 2011
Historic snowmobile enthusiasts now have a new way to enjoy their sport and Michigan's great outdoors with the new historic snowmobile registration decal that went on sale this week, Secretary of...
By Jennifer Holton - Sep. 02, 2011
All across Michigan, students are heading back to school. Many families will choose to pack lunches for their kids to make sure they are making healthy food choices. The Michigan Department of...
By Matt Williams - Sep. 02, 2011
Sen. Debbie Stabenow, chairwoman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, underscored the critical role agriculture is playing in conserving the Great Lakes and...
By Jennifer Holton - Sep. 01, 2011
The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD) Sept. 1 unveiled a new inspection seal for the state's more than 4,700 retail gas stations to help consumers identify which...
By Tracy Ward - Sep. 01, 2011
More than 44,000 Michigan residents registered as organ, tissue and eye donors during August setting a record for the most sign-ups in a month and continuing the state's unprecedented surge in...
By Jennifer Holton - Sep. 01, 2011
With the severe wet weather Michigan has experienced, residents could see more mosquitos. The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD) is reminding consumers to exercise...
By Jennifer Holton - Sep. 01, 2011
The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD) fined Pilgrim's Pride of Colorado for shorting consumers who bought Pilgrim's Pride Boneless Skinless Chicken Breast Singles. A...
By Ilene Cantor - Aug. 31, 2011
Hurley Medical Center announces that it has formed a partnership with Mott Community College and is now the hospital of choice for athletes in team sports requiring medical care off the field.
As...
By Maggie Jaruzel Potter - Aug. 30, 2011
The world's newest country, the Republic of South Sudan, presents challenges for international grantmakers, particularly those who are currently funding on the African continent or those interested...
By Monica Stoneking - Aug. 30, 2011
Since Hurricane Irene began its path along the East Coast, the storm has forced the cancellation of over 60 American Red Cross blood drives resulting in the shortfall of more than 2,100 units of...
By Matt Williams - Aug. 29, 2011
Sen. Debbie Stabenow Aug. 29 met with Michigan small-business owners during a roundtable meeting at Biggby Coffee Headquarters in East Lansing and toured Clean Rooms International in Grand Rapids...
By Barbara Whittier - Aug. 29, 2011
The Genesee Valley Center held a Loud and Proud online contest on Facebook which was won by Genesee Intermediate School District's Marion Crouse Instructional Center. It beat 17 local schools to...
By Ilene Cantor - Aug. 29, 2011
Kohl's Department Stores has awarded $137,745 to the Hurley Foundation for the second year of its Kohl's Cares for Healthy Kids Program. The program's goal is to teach children and their parents to...
By Ann Richards - Aug. 25, 2011
Art walks — an increasingly popular strategy for attracting patrons to galleries and retail establishments — contribute to a sense of vitality and community, particularly in urban settings.
In...
By Danielle Lenz - Aug. 25, 2011
McLaren Health Plan has reached individual contractual arrangements with four of the five Ascension Health ministries based in Michigan, but not with Ascension Health overall. McLaren Health Plan's...
By Erin Incarnati - Aug. 24, 2011
McLaren Health Care's Great Lakes Cancer Institute-Clarkston has been named a silver winner in the Brick Industry Association's 2011 Brick In Architecture Awards. Great Lakes Cancer...
By Sharon Campbell - Aug. 23, 2011
People who suffer from breathing disorders literally depend on assistance from respiratory therapists for every breath they take.
Respiratory therapists work to improve the day-to-day living of...
By Danielle Lenz - Aug. 23, 2011
McLaren Health Plan Inc. received a financial strength rating of A from Weiss Ratings, the nation's leading independent provider of ratings and analyses. McLaren Health Plan, a health maintenance...
By Tracy Ward - Aug. 22, 2011
Secretary of State Ruth Johnson announced today that the Bureau of Elections is launching a Twitter account to alert candidates, committees and those interested in campaign finance of reports...
By Regina R. Strong - Aug. 19, 2011
Bringing new business investments to the region takes a collaborative effort. According to site consultants, who are visiting the area as part of the Genesee Regional Chamber of Commerce's (GRCC)...
By Kimberly Roddy - Aug. 19, 2011
The Flint Children's Museum says farewell to Susan Schneberger, transitional executive director, and welcomes Brian Dilworth as its new executive director.
Last year, under the leadership of...
By Marcia Franks - Aug. 19, 2011
The Genesee County Breastfeeding Coalition announces the recipient of the 2011 Genesee County Breastfeeding Advocate of the Year is Dr. Epifania Aranas and the 2011 Genesee County Breastfeeding...
By Danielle Lenz - Aug. 18, 2011
Michigan Association of Health Plan's (MAHP) most prestigious award, the Ellis J. Bonner Outstanding Achievement Award, was given to Kathy Kendall, president and CEO of McLaren Health Plan...
By Cindy Ficorelli - Aug. 18, 2011
Genesys Athletic Club will hold the 11th annual Dash for a Difference Sept. 24 to raise funds for Genesys Hospice patients and families.
The event includes a five-kilometer run at 10 a.m....
By Diane Wojciechowski - Aug. 18, 2011
The IMA Recreation Association will hold the ninth annual Community Salute honoring Libby Maynard, University of Michigan Regent Oct. 12.
The event will be held at IMA Brookwood Golf and Banquet...
By Barbara Whitter - Aug. 15, 2011
The National Association of Special Education Teachers (NASET) selected Kenneth Sirignano, teacher at Genesee Intermediate School District's Marian D. Crouse Instructional Center, as one of its...
By Tracy Ward - Aug. 15, 2011
In a major step toward reducing wait times for customers, Secretary of State Ruth Johnson announced today that Michigan motorists can now renew vehicle license plate registrations online through...
By Cullen Schwarz - Aug. 15, 2011
U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow, chairwoman of the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee, applauded the U.S. Department of Transportation's (DOT) commitment to make no additional...
By Duane M. Elling - Aug. 15, 2011
(Editor's note: The below retrospective on Eleanor Josaitis, co-founder of Focus: HOPE in Detroit, was originally published in the December 2004 edition of Mott Mosaic, a Mott Foundation news...
By Karen Campese - Aug. 13, 2011
The economy continues to struggle and gas prices remain high. The cost to fill up the gas tank in an average car is over $60. If that is breaking your budget, there are two things you can do about...
By Hilda McShane - Aug. 13, 2011
Genesee County Parks was informed by Red Frog Events Aug. 12 that the 2012 Warrior Dash race Saturday morning slots are filled.
"There are currently 8,139 registrants for the July 28 and July 29...
By Sue Rishmawi - Aug. 11, 2011
The Salvation Army of Genesee County advisory board welcomes Majors Wayne and Tracy Ruston as the new commanding officers of the Flint-Beecher Corps and Community Center.
Majors Wayne and Tracy...
By Jared Field - Aug. 11, 2011
Jack Schripsema was named president of the Flint Area Convention and Visitors Bureau (FACVB) by its board of directors July 26. According to Board Chairman Michael J. Thorp, the board's search...
By Christine Gleason - Aug. 11, 2011
Genesys Health System in Grand Blanc and St. Mary's of Michigan in Saginaw announce that Ron Haase is now serving both Genesys and St. Mary's as vice president and chief human resources officer for...
By Regina R. Strong - Aug. 08, 2011
The Genesee Regional Chamber of Commerce (GRCC) Aug. 8 announced the receipt of $160,000 earmarked for youth-focused activities from Career Alliance, the Ruth Mott Foundation and A.G. Bishop Trust...
By Matt Williams - Aug. 08, 2011
U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow, chairwoman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, Aug. 8 highlighted the potential of bio-based manufacturing as an emerging industry where...
By Cathy Jaruzel Gentry - Aug. 06, 2011
More than 60,000 school children visited Sloan Museum, Longway Planetarium and Buick Automotive Gallery during the 2010-2011 school year to explore history, science and technology. The menu of...
By Cullen Schwarz - Aug. 05, 2011
Sen. Debbie Stabenow was given the Michigan Center for Nursing's Friend of Nursing Award for her leadership on health and nursing issues at the Michigan Nursing Summit Aug. 5 in Ann...
By Maggie Jaruzel Potter - Aug. 05, 2011
The National Council of Nonprofits' succinct tagline — "National voice. State focus. Local impact." — describes how the council serves nonprofits through its network of state associations...
By Ilene Cantor - Aug. 04, 2011
The Hurley board of managers elected officers, Chairperson Charlotte Edwards, Vice Chairperson Philip Shaltz, Treasurer Carl Bekofske and Secretary Frances Gilcreast, at its annual meeting July...
By Karel Bush - Aug. 04, 2011
East Lansing was awash in Michigan wine this week as 25 wine experts gathered Aug. 2 at the Kellogg Hotel and Conference Center for the 34th annual Michigan Wine and Spirits Competition. Judges...
By Tracy Ward - Aug. 04, 2011
Secretary of State Ruth Johnson's initiatives aimed at promoting organ donation in Michigan, which for years has been ranked one of the worst states in the nation in terms of organ donor...
By Jill Dempsey - Aug. 03, 2011
The Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Foundation recently announced a $100,000 grant to the Greater Flint Health Coalition's (GFHC) Diabetes Group Visit Project over a two-year period. Initiated...
By Jennifer Holton - Aug. 03, 2011
Murdick's Famous Fudge, 230 Bridge St., Charlevoix, has issued a voluntary recall of its individually wrapped caramels (all varieties), peanut brittle, cashew brittle and saltwater taffy (all...
By Nick DeLeeuw - Aug. 03, 2011
The Blue Water Chamber of Commerce today joined Custer Township Supervisor John Knoerr and St. Clair Commission Chairman Jeffery Bohm to call on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in...
By Scott Thomas - Aug. 03, 2011
The Michigan Warriors announce that three members of the 2011 Robertson Cup Finals team will continue their careers and play college hockey at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point.
Forwards...
By Theresa Roach - Jul. 29, 2011
After an eventful two years, Buckham Gallery Executive Director Jen Sikora is stepping down and a new face will greet art enthusiasts at the gallery's next opening reception.
When Sikora joined...
By Cathy Jaruzel Gentry - Jul. 29, 2011
The Collectors Foundation of Traverse City has awarded Sloan Museum a $10,000 grant to continue its successful auto restoration internship program. This funding will help to educate young people...
By Cullen Schwarz - Jul. 28, 2011
Sen. Debbie Stabenow, chairwoman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, said July 28 that Michigan's robust fruits and vegetables sector is a bright spot in the...
By Kyle Hearn - Jul. 27, 2011
The number of Genesee County homes going into foreclosure remains at a record high. Between May and June more than 1,600 homes were foreclosed on. Metro Community Development (Metro) is available...
By Sharon Campbell - Jul. 27, 2011
When Eduardo Zimmermann, site coordinator for the Hispanic Technology and Community Center, gave a recent routine tour of the center to two officials from a local foundation, he might have expected...
By Meghan Connolly - Jul. 23, 2011
The U.S. Department of Treasury July 22 announced the Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) program awards and that Metro Community Development, a Flint based nonprofit organization...
By Regina R. Strong - Jul. 23, 2011
The Genesee Regional Chamber of Commerce (GRCC) July 22 announced the 2011 Katharine Roat Stevens Scholarship Recipients. They are Sarah Caitlin Woods, Ardelia Bailey and Leecia Charese Barnes. The...
By Cynthia Edwards - Jul. 22, 2011
The Flint, North Flint and Owosso social security offices will be open to the public from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Mondays through Fridays effective Aug. 15. It is a reduction of 30 minutes each...
By Regina R. Strong - Jul. 21, 2011
The Genesee Regional Chamber of Commerce (GRCC) announced today the creation of the E3 Innovation Network (E3IN), a collaborative group of organizations focused on investment and job creation...
By Gary Johnson - Jul. 21, 2011
Summer often brings very high temperatures that may last for days or weeks. A heat wave can cause severe heat-related illness, such as heat exhaustion and heat stroke. Very high body temperatures...
By Cullen Schwarz - Jul. 21, 2011
U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow, author of legislation to prevent Asian carp from entering the Great Lakes, issued the following statement today about reports that new evidence has been discovered of...
By Mel Serow - Jul. 21, 2011
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) has recently awarded more than $2.1 million in new grants to the UM-Flint nursing...
By Barbara Worrell - Jul. 20, 2011
McLaren Regional Medical Center has joined the prestigious ranks of America's top medical institutions in the 22nd annual U.S. News & World Report guide to Americans best hospitals. McLaren...
By Jennifer Holton - Jul. 20, 2011
The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD) announced July 20 that the state's wheat producers have approved a referendum to establish the Michigan Wheat Program.
"The...
By Cullen Schwarz - Jul. 20, 2011
Sen. Debbie Stabenow July 20 called on U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk to take swift action against Russia's unfair practices against American-made automobiles. Russia currently stipulates that...
By Cindy Ficorelli - Jul. 19, 2011
US News Media and World Report issued its annual hospital rankings and Genesys was recognized as a best hospital in nine medical specialties July 19.
Genesys earned a best hospital designation for...
By Cullen Schwarz - Jul. 19, 2011
U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow congratulated 12 school-based health centers across Michigan for winning awards for their health services to children. As a member of the Senate Finance Committee...
By Bridget Patrick, Kelly Niebel and Mary Dettloff - Jul. 18, 2011
In Michigan, most rabies cases occur during the summer months. So officials from the Michigan Departments of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD), Community Health (MDCH) and Natural Resources...
By Matt Williams - Jul. 18, 2011
U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow today praised A123 Systems for hiring its 1,000th Michigan employee and further expanding Michigan's advanced battery industry. A123 Systems is a developer and...
By Ilene Cantor - Jul. 18, 2011
Hurley Health and Fitness Center (HHFC) has been voted the Best Gym and Fitness Center in Genesee County by the Flint Journal and mlive.com. In honor of this designation, HHFC is offering special...
By Carol D. Rugg - Jul. 18, 2011
(Editor's Note: In the C.S. Mott Foundation's 85th year, it looks back even as it plans for the future. This article, originally published in the September 1986 edition of the "Mott Exchange" and...
By Fred Kump - Jul. 18, 2011
The C.S. Mott Foundation has made a grant of $64,500 to the Flint Institute of Music to introduce children, ages 8 to 18, to the art of tap dance during the annual Tapology Dance Festival for...
By Cullen Schwarz - Jul. 15, 2011
U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow issued the following statement today in response to Rep Dale Kildee's announcement that he will retire at the conclusion of his current term in 2012.
"To say Rep. Kildee...
By Elaine D. Redd - Jul. 15, 2011
"The Regional Chamber of Commerce congratulates U.S. Rep. Dale Kildee on his much deserved retirement. He has had a distinguished career in public service with unparalleled accomplishments.
"For...
By Dayne Walling - Jul. 15, 2011
"Rep. Dale Kildee is an exemplary public servant with a distinguished record of accomplishments unmatched in Flint's history.
"Kildee has been a leader in education, human rights and social...
By Theresa Roach - Jul. 15, 2011
Safe and Active Genesee for Everyone (SAGE) awarded $1,000 and $500 grants to groups and organizations working to further active living in Genesee County for the first time.
SAGE awarded grants to...
By Cindy Ficorelli - Jul. 15, 2011
Tammy Merkel has been named vice president of performance excellence and clinical integration for Genesys. She replaces Jean Doerge who accepted a position with Trinity Regional Health System in...
By Sharon Campbell - Jul. 15, 2011
Director Norwood Jewell and Assistant Director Steve Dawes of the UAW Region 1C recently presented a check for $2,500 to the American GI Forum of Flint Hispanic Technology and Community...
By Rhina Griffel - Jul. 15, 2011
The online voter guide has been published for the August primary by the Flint area League of Women Voters. You can access the voter guide or the online comparison tool via the LWV-FA web site...
By Tony Cuttitta - Jul. 14, 2011
The Greater Flint Health Coalition (GFHC) and its partners, including hospitals, colleges, unions, businesses, health insurers, legislators, physicians and community organizations, have launched...
By Sharon Campbell - Jul. 14, 2011
Lenore Croudy was re-elected the Mott Community College board of trustees chairwoman in a unanimous vote at an organizational meeting July 13. Croudy, who begins her fifth term as a MCC trustee, is...
By Sharon Campbell - Jul. 14, 2011
Ernie Myers, former athletic director and coach, is one of the key figures in the rich sports tradition at Mott Community College. MCC is paying tribute to him with a dedication ceremony at the...
By Matt Williams - Jul. 14, 2011
U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow today made the following statement honoring the life of former First Lady Betty Ford.
"Betty Ford represented the determination that all of us in Michigan know so well...
By Tracy Ward - Jul. 14, 2011
Secretary of State Ruth Johnson today thanked Gov. Rick Snyder for his support of bills that give veterans the option of purchasing motorcycle license plates that feature the insignia of their...
By Matt Williams - Jul. 14, 2011
Following recent announcements by U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow to spur clean energy job growth in Michigan, the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources July 14 overwhelmingly passed...
By Donna Ullrich - Jul. 12, 2011
Michigan's historic Westwind Milling Company in Argentine will hold an authentic Civil War period dinner Aug. 6 to benefit iMichigan Productions' film project about Michigan's role in the Civil...
By Tracy Ward - Jul. 12, 2011
Secretary of State Ruth Johnson announced July 12 that the web site at www.Michigan.gov/sos has a new streamlined look and feel, with easier-to-read pages and colorful graphics.
"I invite you to...
By Ben Becker - Jul. 12, 2011
Michigan Sen. Debbie Stabenow, chairwoman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, today announced that Michigan will be one of only two states to participate in a new...
By Tracy Ward - Jul. 12, 2011
The number of people who added their names to Michigan's Organ Donor Registry in June jumped 25 percent from the same month last year, Secretary of State Ruth Johnson announced July 11.
A total...
By Matt Williams - Jul. 11, 2011
U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow today made the following statement on the passing of Michigan journalist Charlie Cain.
"I had the pleasure of knowing Charlie for over 25 years since I was first elected...
By Matt Williams - Jul. 08, 2011
Sen. Debbie Stabenow July 8 unveiled a major new initiative that she authored to expand Michigan's advanced battery industry and create new clean energy jobs. Stabenow unveiled her new legislation...
By Kathleen Rollins - Jul. 08, 2011
Misfits and Heroes by Kathleen Rollins intends to take its readers on a journey back 14,000 years to an adventure out of Africa. Rollins, inspired by her research findings that there was a large...
By Tracy Ward - Jul. 07, 2011
Joined by two Gold Star mothers, Secretary of State Ruth Johnson and Sen. John Pappageorge marked the first production of the Gold Star Family license plates at the Gus Harrison Correction Facility...
By Cullen Schwarz - Jul. 06, 2011
Applauding the U.S. trade representative for a key WTO decision in favor of the United States and other nations, Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) today called for the trade representative to now take...
By Heather Throne - Jul. 06, 2011
Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD) Director Keith Creagh July 5 announced the selection of Dr. James Averill as the animal industry division director, Kevin Besey, as...
By Tracy Ward - Jul. 06, 2011
The Department of State Lapeer County PLUS Office in Lapeer will close for a week this month while it moves to a new location that features a larger floor plan for customers and staff, Secretary of...
By Ben Becker - Jul. 05, 2011
Sen. Debbie Stabenow, Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry chairwoman, July 5 announced that Saginaw Bay is one of only three watersheds across the country to benefit from a new...
By Heather Throne - Jul. 01, 2011
The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD) will honor Cherry Central as the Michigan Agriculture Exporter of the Year at the National Cherry Festival at 2 p.m. July 5 at...
By Kimberly Roddy - Jul. 01, 2011
The Flint Children's Museum has joined Michelle Obama's nationwide Let's Move initiative. It now offers more nutritional and physical activities for children throughout the year to combat childhood...
By Tracy Ward - Jul. 01, 2011
As summer kicks into high gear, more Michigan residents will be out walking, jogging or riding bicycles. Secretary of State Ruth Johnson reminds pedestrians, bicyclists and drivers to watch for...
By Tina Ray - Jun. 30, 2011
Indian Trails, a premier U.S. motor coach company, has announced the start of new daily scheduled service between Duluth, Minn., and points along Wisconsin's Northern Tier.
The new service, which...
By Tracy Ward - Jun. 30, 2011
Secretary of State Ruth Johnson today presented the Michigan Health and Hospital Association (MHA) a Shining Star Award, the highest honor the secretary of state gives to individuals and...
By Sue Rishmawi - Jun. 30, 2011
The Salvation Army presented Consumers Energy with an inaugural recognition award to acknowledge the importance of the PeopleCare Program June 28 at the National Energy and Utility Affordability...
By Tracy Ward - Jun. 29, 2011
More than a million time-saving license plate tab renewal transactions have been performed on Department of State self-service kiosks since the program began over six years ago, Secretary of State...
By Stephanie Ramirez - Jun. 29, 2011
Flint Youth Theatre (FYT) announces its 54th season of professional theater that engages minds and changes lives. The stories comprising Rites of Passage Encore: Transitions and Transformations...
By Robert Gill - Jun. 29, 2011
The crime in the Potter Longway neighborhood is getting ridiculous. I have forwarded some of you a copy of the crime report for last month and so far this month things are getting crazy. I heard a...
By Julia Zaher - Jun. 29, 2011
Genesee County is joining the ranks of Michigan communities with 211 service. Lindsey Younger, Resource Genesee president and CEO, announced the launch of the free 24-hour help hotline June...
By Carol D. Rugg - Jun. 28, 2011
Shannon Lawder has been a member of the Mott Foundation's Civil Society grantmaking team since 1995, and she was named program director in 2007. In March 2011, Mott's board of trustees approved a...
By Tracy Ward - Jun. 28, 2011
Secretary of State Ruth Johnson today thanked lawmakers for passing the common-sense fix she proposed for the state's new restrictions for teen drivers with a Level 2 Graduated Driver License.
The...
By Ilene Cantor - Jun. 28, 2011
Dr. Michael Boucree, Hurley Medical Center outcomes management vice president and chief quality and patient safety officer, leaves Flint after more than two decades for a position in his native New...
By Carol D. Rugg - Jun. 28, 2011
The Prima Civitas Foundation has sought to help Michigan residents and leaders explore, understand and realize a new economic vision for the state since its launch in 2006. The East Lansing-based...
By Maggie Jaruzel Potter - Jun. 28, 2011
For Milada Grabovica, the worst day on her current job was getting stung by about 50 bees. Still, the 26-year-old says her worst day as a beekeeper was better than her best day as a waitress.
"In...
By Cullen Schwarz - Jun. 27, 2011
U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow and U.S. Rep. Dale Kildee today introduced the Reengaging Americans in Serious Education by Uniting Programs Act (RAISE UP). The legislation will coordinate existing...
By Tracy Ward - Jun. 24, 2011
Secretary of State Ruth Johnson praised lawmakers for their support of bills that give veterans the option of buying motorcycle license plates that feature the insignia of their military service...
By Julia Zaher - Jun. 24, 2011
A new phone service is being launched in Genesee County to connect people to free community, social, government and health services information.
By dialing 211, callers will receive easy...
By Tracy Schrauben - Jun. 23, 2011
GreenStone Farm Credit Services recently announced Jim Nowak as its new regional vice president of sales and customer relations in mideastern Michigan.
In this position, Nowak will serve as the...
By Cullen Schwarz - Jun. 22, 2011
U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow today testified before a Senate committee on the job-creation potential of new advanced manufacturing technologies. As the chairwoman of the bipartisan Senate...
By Carol Rugg - Jun. 22, 2011
Macie Schriner has joined the staff of the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation as a communications officer for online strategies. She will assume responsibility for the ongoing development of the...
By Sherry Stewart - Jun. 22, 2011
McLaren Regional Medical Center offers a free stroke education series for stroke survivors, those at risk for stroke and their family members to attend year-round. These free programs will be held...
By Elaine Redd - Jun. 22, 2011
The Genesee Regional Chamber of Commerce, officials from Fenton and Acument Global Technologies Inc., one of the world's leading providers of mechanical fastening systems, jointly celebrated the...
By Dawn Jones - Jun. 21, 2011
The Flint Fire Department responded to nine house fires in a five-hour span during the overnight hours between June 20 and June 21. Arson is suspected in all nine fires that were set in vacant...
By Dawn Jones - Jun. 21, 2011
For several days the Flint Police Department has been investigating leads in connection with the June 17 homicide of Attorney C. Frederick Robinson. Based on these investigations the department has...
By Herman Marable - Jun. 21, 2011
Flint 68th District Judge Herman Marable Jr. and his citizens advisory committee announced June 21 that seven students have been selected as Judge Marable's Students of the Month for September...
By Sharon Campbell - Jun. 20, 2011
Mott Community College has made another national listing, demonstrating that the college is achieving notable success in accomplishing its mission for the community. MCC was not only measured...
By Dawn Jones - Jun. 18, 2011
Longtime civil rights activist and prominent Flint Attorney C. Frederick Robinson was found dead in his east side Flint home late Friday night.
Just before 11:45 p.m. June 17 Flint police...
By Michael J. Thorp - Jun. 18, 2011
The Genesee County Parks is pleased to announce the fourth season of the Huckleberry Radio Hour, an old-time radio show broadcast live on 1470AM-WFNT from the historic Colwell Opera House at...
By Holly Carlton - Jun. 18, 2011
More than 150 fans of the annual Back to the Bricks Car Show and Cruise left downtown Flint at about 10 a.m. June 17 headed for the first stop of an eight-day tour of the perimeter of Michigan's...
By Tracy Ward - Jun. 18, 2011
A "new" Department of State mobile office will travel across Michigan to serve residents, but with fewer costs and greater portability, Secretary of State Ruth Johnson announced June 17.
The...
By Mel Serow - Jun. 15, 2011
The UM-Flint and Pat Tillman Foundation announce two students have been selected as Tillman Military Scholars for the 2011-2012 academic year. They are Kyle Cawood, a nursing major, who will attend...
By Heather Throne - Jun. 15, 2011
The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD) has selected Cherry Central Inc. of Traverse City as the Michigan Agriculture Exporter of the Year. The company was honored June...
By Dawn Jones - Jun. 14, 2011
The Michigan Economic Growth Authority Board (MEGA) approved a multi-million dollar tax credit for General Motors June 14 in Lansing. GM had requested the tax credit for the proposed building of a...
By Regina R. Strong - Jun. 14, 2011
The Community Foundation of Greater Flint has awarded the Genesee Chamber Foundation (GCF) a $10,000 grant from its Healthy Youth, Healthy Seniors Fund to support the YouthQuest Health and...
By Mel Serow - Jun. 13, 2011
Current and future public health professionals have a new opportunity to further their chosen careers with a master's of public health (MPH) degree now offered by the UM-Flint.
The UM-Flint public...
By Nick DeLeeuw - Jun. 13, 2011
As students and schools across Michigan this week close the book on the 2010-2011 school year and begin summer vacation, the Michigan Association of Public School Academies (MAPSA) June 13 released...
By Donna Ullrich - Jun. 13, 2011
The Michigan Civil War Sesquicentennial History Partners and the Michigan Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission are seeking the help of Michigan communities, organizations and individuals to...
By Ann Goldon - Jun. 09, 2011
Results from an air monitoring study conducted before and after the state smoke-free air law took effect find a major reduction in the level of particulate matter in the air in restaurants after...
By Sheila Beachum Bilby - Jun. 08, 2011
Chinara Arthur, a newly licensed 28-year old nurse, likens the past few months to being on a roller-coaster.
Since graduating in December with an associate's degree in nursing from Mott Community...
By Ilene Cantor - Jun. 08, 2011
Mouse livers may not sound exciting to some, but Dr. Rajaie Namas, a second-year internal medicine resident at Hurley Medical Center, found them fascinating — at least at the cellular...
By Elaine D. Redd - Jun. 08, 2011
New Century Adult Day Program will hold a press conference and grand opening of a new medical clinic, New Century II, 3710 Davison Rd., at 11 a.m. June 10.
The event will be staged by Glenn...
By Regina R. Strong - Jun. 07, 2011
Do you know how to gather market research? Are you prepared to create a successful proposal for government? Do you understand the government solicitation process?
The Procurement Technical...
By Tracy Ward - Jun. 07, 2011
New initiatives to encourage more Michigan residents to join Michigan's Organ Donor Registry are seeing early success, announced Secretary of State Ruth Johnson.
Among the new initiatives is a...
By Sharon Campbell - Jun. 03, 2011
Mott Community College Trustee Chairwoman Lenore Croudy is giving back to a lot of "lifetime friends" with the announcement of an endowment bearing her name.
More than $17,000 was raised at a...
By Ilene Cantor - Jun. 03, 2011
Hurley Medical Center, the region's leader in bariatrics, continues to offer the newest in weight loss surgery — the sleeve gastrectomy. Hurley Medical Center is the only hospital in the region...
By Jennifer Holton - Jun. 02, 2011
Federal conservation technical and financial assistance is available to Michigan landowners and agricultural producers in the Saginaw Bay and Western Lake Erie Basin as part of the Great Lakes...
By Janice Henry - Jun. 02, 2011
The Flint Institute of Arts (FIA) is the recipient of a $25,000 history of art grant from the Samuel H. Kress Foundation. The grant will be used to fund the part-time position of associate curator...
By Elaine D. Redd - Jun. 02, 2011
When the brothers of Kettering University's Beta Theta Pi fraternity found themselves in need of a place where they could live together for the first time in three years, they were faced with a...
By Olga M. Long - Jun. 02, 2011
The Michigan Saves Home Energy Loan Program increased its loan cap from $12,500 to $20,000 June 1. The higher loan cap will eliminate a barrier for consumers who want to invest in deep energy...
By Sherry Hayden - Jun. 01, 2011
The College Cultural Neighborhood Association is working with Woodside Church, the Genesee County Metropolitan Planning Commission and CBC Recycling to bring the Genesee County recycling trailer to...
By Payal Ravani - Jun. 01, 2011
Potter Park Zoo is proud to announce a new partnership with DFCU Financial, Michigan's largest credit union. DFCU Financial will sponsor the 10th anniversary of the BIG Zoo Lesson.
"We are...
By Ben Becker - Jun. 01, 2011
Sen. Debbie Stabenow, chairwoman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry announced June 1 the U.S. Department of Agriculture will strengthen its commitment to protecting...
By Dawn Jones - Jun. 01, 2011
The city of Flint is awaiting the decision of a three-member arbitration panel that will decide the consolidated lawsuits of 48 current and former Flint police officers. The officers allege racial...
By Ilene Cantor - Jun. 01, 2011
Hurley Medical Center announces that Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha is the new pediatric program director. Hanna-Attisha is a graduate of Michigan State University's College of Human Medicine and...
By Ann Richards - May. 31, 2011
Across the country, cities are struggling to provide adequate public safety in a time of reduced tax revenue, layoffs and escalating crime. In many communities, cutbacks have shrunk the municipal...
By Ilene Cantor - May. 27, 2011
The Michigan State Medical Society (MSMS) committee on CME accreditation recently awarded the Hurley Medical Center Institute for Continuing Medical Education six years of accreditation with...
By Randall Thompson - May. 27, 2011
Proposed military motorcycle plates pay tribute to the service and sacrifice of Michigan veterans and are a great way to show support for the armed services, said Secretary of State Ruth Johnson...
By Theresa Roach - May. 27, 2011
More than 2,500 miles in active and alternative transportation were recorded by local organizations and companies during the Commuter Challenge, a countywide competition led by the Safe and Active...
By Cindy Ficorelli - May. 27, 2011
Hearing that a loved one has been diagnosed with a serious, possibly life-limiting illness can be overwhelming. Emotions seem to run wild — fear, anger, sadness, guilt, anxiety. And then, what do...
By Julie Pierce - May. 27, 2011
With the start of the Michigan boating season in May, Secretary of State Ruth Johnson and the U.S. Coast Guard encourage residents to help keep the state's waterways and marinas safe by reporting...
By Jennifer Holton - May. 26, 2011
With the severe wet weather Michigan has experienced over the last few weeks, residents could see more mosquito activity. The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD) today...
By Randall Thompson - May. 26, 2011
Secretary of State Ruth Johnson looked on May 26 as Gov. Rick Snyder signed legislation that will allow the sale of Gold Star license plates to the families of military personnel killed while...
By Cullen Schwarz - May. 25, 2011
Sen. Debbie Stabenow, author of the Advanced Technology Vehicle Manufacturing Loan Program that has helped automakers transform old factories, create jobs and build the cars of the future in...
By Cindy Ficorelli - May. 25, 2011
Nancy Haywood has been named chief financial officer (CFO) for Genesys Health System.
Haywood will report directly to Betsy Aderholdt, president and CEO of Genesys. She will lead the system's...
By Randall Thompson - May. 25, 2011
For the first time, the families of military personnel killed while serving on active duty will be able to honor their loved ones with a special Gold Star license plate, Secretary of State Ruth...
By Hilda McShane - May. 25, 2011
Due to the extremely inclement weather today and the forecast for tomorrow, the bridge dedication at For-Mar Nature Preserve scheduled for May 26 will not take place. The event will be...
By Cullen Schwarz - May. 25, 2011
U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow, author of legislation to promote domestic advanced vehicle technology research, development and production, issued the following statement today following General Motors'...
By Cullen Schwarz - May. 24, 2011
U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow, co-chairman of the Senate manufacturing caucus, and 10 of her colleagues May 24 urged Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner to support business tax reforms that strengthen...
By Kimberly Roddy - May. 24, 2011
The Flint Children's Museum, 1602 W. University Ave., will open its doors for free to about 500 local children who otherwise may not have had the opportunity to visit the museum this year thanks to...
By Janice Henry - May. 24, 2011
The Flint Institute of Arts, in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts, will join 1,300 museums across the U.S. offering free admission to all active duty military personnel and their...
By Cullen Schwarz - May. 24, 2011
U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow made the following statement on reports that Chrysler would be paying back their loans from the federal government May 24.
"Not long ago Chrysler, and hundreds of...
By Jennifer Holton - May. 24, 2011
The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD) May 23 announced its participation in National Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) Awareness Week. It runs through May 28. EAB Awareness...
By Jennifer Holton - May. 23, 2011
With the Memorial Day holiday right around the corner and warm summer months fast approaching, thoughts of hot dogs and burgers sizzling on the grill have Michiganians heading outside for food and...
By Ilene Cantor - May. 23, 2011
Hurley Medical Center has been designated a NICHE (Nurses Improving Care for Healthsystem Elders) hospital — the only national designation indicating a hospital's commitment to elder care...
By Cullen Schwarz - May. 23, 2011
U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow led a group of 41 senators in a letter today to President Barack Obama urging him not to submit any trade agreements to Congress — including pending agreements for...
By Cullen Schwarz - May. 23, 2011
U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow, author of legislation to prevent Asian carp and other invasive species from entering the Great Lakes, issued the following statement May 23 about the Asian Carp Regional...
By Talaya Grimes - May. 23, 2011
The Africa Grantmakers' Affinity Group (AGAG) has released the summary report of their recent study that asked a critical question often left unexamined in making grants to NGOs (non-government...
By Nick DeLeeuw - May. 21, 2011
Douglas Misiuk, Misiuk Funeral Home in Chesaning, was recently elected to the Michigan Funeral Directors Association (MFDA) board of directors. The MFDA is a professional organization representing...
By Karen Campese - May. 21, 2011
Summer is a time for being outdoors, vacationing or just enjoying the nice weather. Unfortunately, it is not an enjoyable time for everyone. For those dealing with disease, illness, injury or...
By Scott Thomas - May. 19, 2011
The Michigan Warriors announces that forward Justin Hoomaian is joining goaltender Robert Tadazak and defensemen Michael Szuma and Kevin Killian as college commitments.
Hoomaian will join the...
By Heather Throne - May. 19, 2011
The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD) will have a Michigan pavilion at this year's Michigan Restaurant Association (MRA) and Michigan Grocers Association (MGA)...
By Scott Thomas - May. 19, 2011
The Michigan Warriors announces that defenseman Kevin Killian is joining goaltender Robert Tadazak and defenseman Michael Szuma as college commitments to advance their hockey careers.
Killian will...
By Ann Richards - May. 19, 2011
Kettering University is taking an increasingly entrepreneurial approach to engineering education that also is benefiting the community that surrounds it.
Nowhere is that more apparent than at...
By Sheila Beachum Bilby - May. 19, 2011
With gasoline at the pump reaching record highs nationwide in the U.S., the labors of a small company in Flint might be about to start paying off.
Swedish Biogas International AB (SBI) is just...
By Ilene Cantor - May. 19, 2011
Alan Klein, a pediatric dentist at Hurley Medical Center and advisor to the Sheppy Dog Fund, has recommended a donation of $90,000 be given to Hurley's new Paul F. Reinhart Emergency Trauma Center...
By Cullen Schwarz - May. 18, 2011
U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow today made the following statement after U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk announced that the United States won a landmark World Trade Organization (WTO) case. The WTO...
By Julia Zaher - May. 17, 2011
The Resource Genesee board of directors has named Flint resident Lindsey Younger president and CEO for the nonprofit organization. Younger has been director of information services at the nonprofit...
By Tatilia Y. Burroughs - May. 17, 2011
Members of the Genesee County Bar Association elected officers and directors at the association's annual meeting May 16.
The officers are President Karen L. Folks, Vice President James J. Wascha...
By Sherry Stewart - May. 17, 2011
McLaren Regional Medical Center is offering a stroke education series for stroke survivors, those at risk for stroke and their family members. These free programs will be held from 3:30 to 5 p.m...
By Heather Throne - May. 17, 2011
Founded in 1996, the Michigan Clean Sweep Program helps protect the state's natural resources and prevents pollution by ensuring the safe and proper disposal of outdated, unused or unwanted...
By Sarah Dunne - May. 17, 2011
Efforts to improve the lighting, traffic flow, pedestrian safety and aesthetics of a key corridor connecting downtown Flint with the heart of the city's cultural district have received an important...
By Maggie Jaruzel Potter - May. 17, 2011
It's been a fortnight since deadly tornadoes ripped through seven Southern states, and some environmental leaders in the region say the storms' damage extends beyond the known casualties —...
By Scott Thomas - May. 16, 2011
Two members of the 2010-2011 Michigan Warriors team that finished the season as the NAHL runners-up have been selected in the 2011 USHL entry draft.
Warriors defenseman Ryan Trenz, who was...
By Sharon Campbell - May. 16, 2011
Two students from Mott Community College received awards for their dedication and commitment to community service during the Michigan Campus Compact 15th annual Outstanding Student Service Awards...
By Connie Peters - May. 16, 2011
The Greater Flint Sunrise Rotary has more than $308,000 through its annual golf outing during the past 18 years, including more than $13,000 in 2010. The funds have provided scholarships to local...
By Carol Rugg - May. 12, 2011
DeJuan J. Woods of Wixom, Mich., has joined the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation as an associate program officer for the Pathways Out of Poverty grantmaking team. He is responsible for Mott's...
By Andrea Beale - May. 12, 2011
A former dolphin trainer, a neuroscience specialist, several people with international teaching experiences and an All-American water polo player who plans to swim the English Channel were among...
By Dawn Jones - May. 12, 2011
Four Flint firefighters and one Flint police officer have been disciplined in connection with the April 17 house fire on the 3900 block of Leerda.
"These five public safety employees have been...
By Ilene Cantor - May. 11, 2011
Dr. Samuel R. Dismond Jr., Hurley family physician, and his wife, Janice A. Dismond, a registered nurse, were presented a Presidential Citation during the 146th annual meeting of the Michigan State...
By Cullen Schwarz - May. 10, 2011
Sen. Debbie Stabenow today announced that Lansing-based Niowave, a cutting-edge producer of superconducting particle accelerators, was awarded the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Small...
By Mel Serow - May. 10, 2011
Mott Community College and the UM-Flint have a long history of forming partnerships to better the educational opportunities for area students. Now the two schools have created Mott2UM-Flint, a new...
By Cynthia Edwards - May. 10, 2011
The Social Security Administration today announced the most popular baby names in Michigan for 2010. Sophia and Jacob topped the list.
The top five boys names for 2010 in Michigan were Jacob...
By Cullen Schwarz - May. 10, 2011
With local gas prices hitting record highs, Rep. Gary Peters and Sen. Debbie Stabenow today announced legislation to help Michigan's automakers and suppliers develop the next generation of...
By Duane M. Elling - May. 10, 2011
Rethinking and reusing existing urban assets rather than "carving up yet another farm field for development" are definitive steps to creating strong, vibrant and sustainable cities and regions...
By Cindy Ficorelli - May. 06, 2011
Winners of the ninth annual Community Caring Award were announced May 6 at a breakfast honoring community organizations and individuals who make a difference in the life of thousands of Genesee...
By Cullen Schwarz - May. 06, 2011
U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow May 6 held a press conference with local residents and business owners at the Northwestern Marathon gas station in Southfield to discuss efforts to combat rising gas...
By Annie Oper - May. 05, 2011
Woodside Church, 1509 E. Court St., welcomes the Rev. Kendall Harold Brown as its interim minister and pastor. Brown has developed a deep appreciation of the special blessings and unique challenges...
By Randall Thompson - May. 05, 2011
Secretary of State Ruth Johnson today announced that driver education instructors and providers now have the convenient option of renewing their licenses online.
The Secretary of State's new...
By Ilene Cantor - May. 04, 2011
Shawndra Jones of Linden is the latest DAISY (diseases attacking the immune system) Award winner. She works in the Hurley Medical Center burn unit.
The Daisy Foundation was formed in January 2000...
By Cullen Schwarz - May. 04, 2011
The Small Business Council of America (SBCA) presented Sen. Debbie Stabenow the Small Business Council of America's 2011 Congressional Award May 4 for her longtime advocacy for small...
By Sharon Campbell - May. 04, 2011
Once again the Mott Community College Bears have won a state championship. This time it was in golf.
The MCC Bears came in first in the Michigan Community College Athletic Association (MCCAA) golf...
By Olga M. Long - May. 03, 2011
Financial Plus Federal Credit Union has named Katrina Khouri the public relations specialist serving Financial Plus' five Genesee County locations. Khouri is responsible for matching Financial...
By Scott Thomas - May. 02, 2011
The North American Hockey League (NAHL) announced May 2 at the Robertson Cup Championship Tournament banquet that Michigan Warriors goaltender Robert Tadazak has been named its Most Valuable Player...
By Ilene Cantor - May. 02, 2011
Hurley Medical Center announced that Melany Gavulic has been chosen as the senior vice president for operations at Hurley. The board's approval of Melany's appointment is the result of a...
By Wendi Fournier - Apr. 29, 2011
The Whiting presents a wide variety of performances, from the Bacon Brothers, Chris Isaak, Wayne Brady and Midtown Men to Mamma Mia!, Rain — A Tribute to the Beatles, Burn the Floor and The...
By Herman Marable - Apr. 29, 2011
Seven Judge Marable Students of the Month for the 2010-2011 school year were recognized April 29. The ceremony took place in Flint 68th District Judge Herman Marable Jr.'s temporary courtroom at...
By Jennifer Holton - Apr. 29, 2011
The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD) April 29 unveiled a new web site, www.michigan.gov/pestexam, to make it easier and more convenient for the state's 23,000...
By Ilene Cantor - Apr. 28, 2011
The Hurley Foundation has received a $50,000 grant from the Ruth Mott Foundation to assist with the Dort Park relocation and redevelopment project that is part of the Paul F. Reinhart Emergency...
By Matt Williams and Bryan Thomas - Apr. 28, 2011
Sen. Debbie Stabenow and Sen. Carl Levin April 28 sent a letter to Ambassador Ron Kirk, U.S. trade representative, urging him to demand that China play by the rules and not implement another...
By Sherry Stewart - Apr. 27, 2011
Join McLaren's top orthopedic experts as they present Bone Up on Joint Pain and Replacements, a free educational program to discuss joint pain and shoulder, hip and knee replacements 6 p.m. May 25...
By Sen. Debbie Stabenow - Apr. 27, 2011
Michigan residents Jim Smith of Davison and Bonnie Bare of Clio are tired of seeing, hearing and smelling the Canadian trash trucks that are still coming down Interstate 69 from the Blue Water...
By Elaine D. Redd - Apr. 20, 2011
The Genesee Regional Chamber of Commerce (GRCC) April 20 announced leadership appointments at YouthQuest, the organization's afterschool program for at-risk children. The program operates at 15...
By Randall Thompson - Apr. 19, 2011
Secretary of State Ruth Johnson, in the first state of the secretary of state address April 19 in Lansing, highlighted challenges facing the Department of State, strategies to resolve those issues...
By Elaine D. Redd - Apr. 19, 2011
The Genesee Regional Chamber of Commerce announced today that Magna Electronics Technology Inc., an operating unit of Magna International Inc., has received a $2.1 million tax credit from the...
By Bridget Patrick - Apr. 14, 2011
Routine bovine tuberculosis (TB) surveillance testing conducted by the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) recently found...
By Karianne Martus - Apr. 14, 2011
Survival Heirlooms, a seed business, holds its grand opening April 16 at the Flint Farmers' Market.
Remember those tomatoes your grandmother grew or the ones the farmer down the road used to sell...
By Chris Gleason - Apr. 11, 2011
Genesys Health System and Patricia Maryland, Ascension Health Michigan, announce that Elizabeth "Betsy" Aderholdt has been named president of Genesys Health System.
Aderholdt has been serving as...
By Dawn Jones - Apr. 10, 2011
Flint Police arrested a man Sunday afternoon in Flint City Hall. Police found the windows of the front doors of City Hall had been broken and other signs of vandalism inside the building. The...
By Shawn Starkey - Apr. 09, 2011
UM-Flint and St. Clair County Community College have signed an agreement to give registered nurses the opportunity to complete a bachelor of science degree in nursing on St. Clair County Community...
By Elaine D. Redd - Apr. 06, 2011
The Genesee Regional Chamber of Commerce (GRCC) and the eTeam has announced the recipients of two new awards — the Genesee 10 to Watch Award and the Spark Award — at the fourth annual Jumpstart...
By Sharon Campbell - Apr. 06, 2011
Leaders from Oakland University and Mott Community College are forming a partnership for a joint admission and concurrent enrollment program that will provide an innovative higher education option...
By Dawn Jones - Apr. 01, 2011
During the past year, the city of Flint has quietly racked up a series of victories in lawsuits and grievances filed against it. The most recent victory came in a case where the parent of a Flint...
By Janice Henry - Mar. 24, 2011
The Flint Institute of Arts has been awarded a grant from Target stores to continue offering Target Free Saturdays at the FIA. Since beginning its partnership with Target five years ago, more than...
By Kara Ross - Mar. 24, 2011
The Food Bank of Eastern Michigan and Feeding America, the nation's largest domestic hunger relief organization, March 24 released a landmark study, Map the Meal Gap, providing the first detailed...
By Ilene Cantor - Mar. 24, 2011
The Hurley Foundation has received a $10,000 grant from Verizon Wireless. The funds will go to the There's No Excuse for Abuse Campaign. It will enable Hurley Medical Center to focus on domestic...
By Bridget Patrick - Mar. 24, 2011
The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD) today announced the establishment of a "potential high risk area" around a Cheboygan County deer taken during the 2010 hunting...
By Lorna Latham - Mar. 21, 2011
David McGhee of Flint has been selected to be a part of the American Express and National Urban League Emerging Leaders Program (ELP).
Applications poured in from around the country for the elite...
By Kara Sherd - Mar. 15, 2011
McLaren Health Plan (MHP) has hired Teri Mikan as vice president of regulatory affairs and compliance officer.
Mikan will help lead MHP in the development of new products, complying with health...
By Cindy Ficorelli - Mar. 15, 2011
Dr. George Zureikat, a pediatrician, has joined the Genesys medical team as pediatric inpatient specialist medical director.
In this newly created position Zureikat will focus on the treatment and...
By Dawn Jones - Mar. 15, 2011
The State Administrative Board approved Flint's $8 million fiscal stabilization bond request this morning (March 15) in Lansing. The Flint City Council must now approve the issuance of the...
By Ilene Cantor - Feb. 25, 2011
Hurley Medical Center has added one of the most advanced diagnostic tools for helping physicians reach confident diagnoses, while helping patients feel more comfortable during MR scans. The new...
By Maggie Jaruzel Potter - Feb. 23, 2011
Since its creation in 1995, the Nelson Mandela Children's Fund (NMCF) has extended its reach from South Africa to many other countries on the African continent.
It also has grown from having a...
By Ilene Cantor - Feb. 17, 2011
Hurley Medical Center announced its latest DAISY Award winner, Liselotte Barrett, Feb. 16. She works in the 1East Birthing Center Unit.
DAISY is an acronym for Diseases Attacking the Immune...
By Ilene Cantor - Feb. 16, 2011
Dr. Brian Nolan, director of pediatric critical care and clinical director of pediatrics at Hurley Medical Center, has been nominated to receive a Pinnacle Award — Hurley Medical Center's highest...
By Tina Ray - Feb. 10, 2011
For the more than 36 million Americans who experience hearing loss, a motor coach trip creates a struggle to hear which stop is next or listen to the tour guide explain the history of an area.
No...
By Shelia Beachum Bilby - Feb. 02, 2011
The stark contrast between the haves and have-nots in New Brunswick, N.J., prompted Rohan Mathew and Joe Shure — then students at nearby Rutgers University — in November 2008 to launch the...
By Cindy Ficorelli - Feb. 01, 2011
Psychiatrist Furhut Mansour has joined the medical team at Genesys Hillside Center for Behavioral Services in Grand Blanc.
Mansour is fellowship-trained in child and adolescent psychiatry through...
By Shelia Beachum Bilby - Jan. 25, 2011
The stark contrast between the haves and have-nots in New Brunswick, N.J., prompted Rohan Mathew and Joe Shure — then students at nearby Rutgers University — in November 2008 to launch the...
By Ilene Cantor - Jan. 25, 2011
Hurley Medical Center has received a three-year accreditation with commendation from the Commission on Cancer (CoC) of the American College of Surgeons for the 54th year in a row.
Hurley first...
By Ilene Cantor - Jan. 24, 2011
Hurley Medical Center announced Jan. 13 that Nancy Dodds of Grand Blanc is its latest DAISY Award winner. DAISY is an acronym for diseases attacking the immune system.
The Daisy Foundation was...
By Johnny Mason - Jan. 14, 2011
Tired of the stereotype of his hometown of Flint, as a dark, depressed and ugly place, graphic artist and photographer Johnny Mason has released Flint: In The Details, a photographic study of...
By Dawn Jones - Jan. 13, 2011
Flint Mayor Dayne Walling announced today that the city of Flint has reached a tentative contract agreement with AFSCME Local No. 1799 employees. Details of the double digit concessions agreement...
By Craig Rasmussen - Jan. 12, 2011
Halo Burger, a home-grown brand that has become synonymous with great taste, excellent service and an outstanding customer experience, was recently acquired by Dortch Enterprises, another local...
By Ann Richards - Jan. 11, 2011
The nonprofit sector has long been the "invisible subcontinent" on the economic landscape of the U.S., says Lester M. Salamon, author of a new report entitled Michigan Nonprofit Employment.
"We...
By Sharon Campbell - Jan. 11, 2011
Bring your ideas. Bring your imagination. Build your invention. Mott Community College now has a place where anyone can make just about anything.
A longtime pioneer dedicated to bridging the...
By Ilene Cantor - Jan. 07, 2011
Hurley Medical Center announced its latest DAISY award winner, Kara Polmanteer of Davison, Jan. 3. DAISY is an acronym for "diseases attacking the immune system."
The Daisy Foundation was formed...
By Ken Silfven - Dec. 27, 2010
Secretary of State Terri Lynn Land Dec. 27 announced that the creation of a PLUS office in Livingston County will mean enhanced services for area customers.
The Livingston County PLUS Office opens...
By Payal Ravani - Dec. 22, 2010
Ramir, a 13-year-old snow leopard, has arrived at the Potter Park Zoo in Lansing.
"We're happy to have Ramir join us," said Zoo Director Gerry Brady. "It's important that Association of Zoo and...
By Carol D. Rugg - Dec. 22, 2010
For a second year in a row, the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation has made a series of special, year-end grants to help its home community of Genesee County address local needs for food, housing and...
By Lara Delosh - Dec. 21, 2010
By next summer, Flint-area teens and college students will see a long-treasured venue for local music and art relocated and transformed thanks to a $200,000 grant from the Charles Stewart Mott...
By Jeanette Lake - Dec. 17, 2010
The American Red Cross Great Lakes Blood Services Region will soon be able to accept blood donations from 16-year-olds who have written parental or guardian consent thanks to a new bill that passed...
By Carol Rugg - Dec. 16, 2010
At a time when many foundations are giving up on print annual reports, the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation decided to breathe new life into the old medium by marrying its just-released report with...
By Julia Zaher - Dec. 15, 2010
Kenyetta Dotson of Flint is the recipient of Resource Genesee's 2010 Sybyl Award. She received the award Dec. 9 at Resource Genesee's holiday luncheon held at the Riverfront Banquet Center in...
By Julia Zaher - Dec. 14, 2010
Resource Genesee, which has served as the Volunteer Center for Genesee County for more than a decade, has been awarded a $47,713 grant from the Michigan Community Service Commission (MCSC). The...
