Michigan
A century and counting: Aerial surveys help manage elk herd
by (Michigan Wildli...)
Submitted 02-07-2018 under NONPROFITS
As the single-engine Cessna crisscrosses the wintry skies, Jennifer Kleitch spots a piece of Michigan history. “Elk on the right!” Kleitch shouts, a smile spreading across her face as she quickly tallies the grouping of massive mammals...
City Manager Greg Sundstrom attends his last city commission meeting
by (jproth1)
Submitted 01-31-2018 under NEWS
Exactly eight and a half years ago, to the day, Greg Sundstrom was sworn in as Grand Rapids City Manager. Tuesday night’s City Commission meeting was his last. Sundstrom announced his retirement last August. He addressed the...
New coffee shop opens on Grand Rapids' Westside
by (jproth1)
Submitted 01-30-2018 under LOCAL LIFE
With a name fitting the location, The Corridor Coffee Shop opened Monday January 22, 2018 on Grand Rapids' westside. It's located at 637 Stocking Avenue NW in the area known as the Westside Corridor. With the resurgence of the Westside over...
Abandoned mines on the Westside: Are they in danger of sinking?
by (jproth1)
Submitted 01-23-2018 under NEWS
At the beginning of January, construction crews were seen working along the westside of the Grand River near the Blue Bridge and the Grand Valley State University Eberhard Center to fill a sinkhole that revealed a century-old gypsum mine located...
Catalyst Radio: WMEAC talks watersheds, pipelines, environmental conservation
by (Catalyst Radio)
Submitted 11-17-2017 under NONPROFITS
The West Michigan Environmental Action Council’s (WMEAC) Executive Director, Bill Wood, talks with host, Cindy Kamp, about initiatives to protect local watersheds, shut down Line 5, and encourage environmental conservation. WMEAC celebrates...
Stepping into the wild
by (Michigan Wildli...)
Submitted 07-06-2017 under NONPROFITS
It’s hard to believe that some children, especially those living in urban areas, have never experienced Michigan’s great outdoors. “Every day is a wonderful day for me because I get to watch the faces of children who have never...
Rare Kirtland's warbler making comeback
by (Michigan Wildli...)
Submitted 05-08-2017 under NONPROFITS
Karen Markey has been covered in ticks. She’s fallen flat on her face. She’s gotten lost in the middle of the northern Michigan woods. But there’s nowhere else she would rather be. “Nothing is more satisfying than getting out...
Center for Inquiry Michigan sponsoring March for Science on Saturday
by (cfimichigan)
Submitted 04-18-2017 under NONPROFITS
Center for Inquiry (CFI) Michigan, a local secular community group, is officially sponsoring the March for Science in Lansing on Saturday, April 22nd. Jennifer Beahan, CFI Michigan Program Director, will be a featured speaker at the Lansing March,...
Program breaks barriers to Michigan's great outdoors
by (Michigan Wildli...)
Submitted 11-07-2016 under NONPROFITS
Inside the blind, they wait. There’s a thermos of hot coffee and whispered talk about the deer that may come today. Anticipation builds with the coming dawn. And for a while, it’s like before. Before Vietnam or Iraq. Before losing arms...
Grand Rapids' Third Regiment played important role in Civil War
by (Michael Tuffelmire)
Submitted 03-17-2016 under LOCAL LIFE
Two days after South Carolina seceded from the United States on December 20, 1860, with 10 more states following suit, fresh stacks of the Grand Rapids' newspaper, the Daily Eagle, lay along with streets with an enlistment call...