Chrysler Presents 16 Scholarships to Local Students for Telling Their Story of Metro Detroit (The Auto Channel)

6 August 2008, 6:22 am

AUBURN HILLS, Mich., Aug. 6 -- - Sixteen students from 10 schools were selected as winners; total awards equal $29,000 - First-place high school winner is from Cranbrook Schools in Bloomfield Hills; undergraduate school winner is from Marygrove College in Detroit and graduate school ... read more

Businessman Jim Slezak ousts Ted Hammon in race for 50th District Michigan House of Representatives seat (The Flint Journal)

6 August 2008, 1:25 am

DAVISON, Michigan -- In his first run for public office, businessman Jim Slezak has already pulled off a stunner: becoming the only challenger in Michigan to knock off a state House incumbent Tuesday.... read more

MSU's Javon Ringer hopes new regimen equals more yards (Detroit Free Press)

6 August 2008, 12:29 am

EAST LANSING -- Javon Ringer is taking his expanded role at running back quite seriously, and Michigan State has more than a few staff members ready to help him make the most of it.... read more

Letting out his 'crazy side' (Royal Oak Daily Tribune)

5 August 2008, 11:33 pm

EAST LANSING -- Ryan Allison needed to change sides to find his true calling as a football player. After playing wide receiver since middle school, Allison can finally let all of his aggressions out in his senior year at Michigan State.... read more

Michigan Declines To Review Reform Government Initiative (Michigan Technology News)

4 August 2008, 1:29 pm

LANSING - Processing an initiative petition to amend the Constitution is essentially a ministerial duty that does not include having the state review a proposed amendment to see if it is constitutional, the state said in its reply to the lawsuit attempting to stop placement of the Reform Michigan Go... read more

Michigan St. professor heads to Beijing as trainer (Battle Creek Enquirer)

4 August 2008, 12:12 pm

EAST LANSING — Larry Nassar lettered in gymnastics in high school, boys and girls both.... read more