Michigan Schools Can Get Up to $100,000 to Cook Meals
LANSING, Mich. — School districts across Michigan now have a shot at state money to cook more lunches from raw ingredients instead of reheating processed food. A new Scratch Cooking Pilot run through the state agriculture department’s Farm to Family Program offers grants of up to $100,000 per district. There is a catch on who
Michigan Utility Line Plan Could Erase Wheatland Campsites
MECOSTA COUNTY, Mich. — A proposed set of high-voltage transmission lines meant to shore up Michigan’s power grid has put a half-century-old music gathering in its path. The Wheatland Music Organization says one possible route for ITC’s Copperton Projects would wipe out more than 130 campsites on its Mecosta County grounds. In a statement posted
Michigan Early Voting Wraps Up Sunday
DETROIT, Mich. — Sunday is the final chance for Michigan voters to cast a ballot early and in person before Tuesday’s general election, closing out a nine-day window that has already pulled well over a million voters to the polls. Early voting sites statewide opened Oct. 24 and have been required to stay open at
Lions Put Goff and No. 2 Scoring Offense
DETROIT, Mich. — The Lions get their biggest test of the season Sunday when the unbeaten Minnesota Vikings come to Ford Field for a 1 p.m. NFC North game, a matchup of one of the league’s most productive offenses against its toughest defense. Minnesota is 6-0, 3-0 on the road and sitting in the NFC’s
Michigan Supreme Court, Education Board Seats Are Also
DETROIT, Mich. — Below the marquee races for U.S. Senate and governor, Michigan voters on Tuesday will also fill two seats on the state Supreme Court and two seats on the State Board of Education, contests that every voter in the state sees on the ballot. Six candidates are competing for the two Supreme Court
El-Sayed Shrugs Off Stevens Feud as Michigan Voters Decide
STERLING HEIGHTS, Mich. — With Election Day two days away, Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed is trying to put a lingering fight with his former primary rival behind him as he battles Republican Mike Rogers for Michigan’s open seat. At a Saturday campaign stop in Sterling Heights, speaking with reporters afterward, El-Sayed brushed off
Michigan Attorney General Race Tight as Gilchrist Leads
LANSING, Mich. — Two open statewide offices on Tuesday’s Michigan ballot are heading in different directions in the final stretch, according to a late-October survey: the race for attorney general is essentially a coin flip, while the secretary of state contest has tilted toward the Democrat. Mitchell Research & Communications polled 636 likely voters Oct.
Michigan State Volleyball Falls to Indiana in Five
EAST LANSING, Mich. — Michigan State volleyball had No. 19 Indiana on the ropes Friday night, taking the first two sets at Breslin Center, before the Hoosiers stormed back to win in five. Michigan State won the opening sets 25-19 and 25-15, then dropped the next three by scores of 19-25, 19-25 and 7-15. The
Nessel Asks Regulators to Rehear DTE Deal
LANSING, Mich. — Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel on Friday asked the state Public Service Commission to take a second look at its approval of DTE Electric contracts to power a planned Google data center in Van Buren Township, arguing the deal leaves other utility customers exposed to costs. Her petition for rehearing, filed in
Michigan Unemployment System Goes Dark Nov. 2
LANSING, Mich. — Anyone drawing unemployment in Michigan has until Monday, Nov. 2, at 4:30 p.m. to file a certification in the old online system before the state agency shuts down for a week to move to new software. The Unemployment Insurance Agency is replacing its 14-year-old Michigan Web Account Manager, known as MiWAM, with