Jerry Linenger, the American astronaut who spent 132 sometimes harrowing days aboard the station, likens the Russian craft to an aging car. The controversial Silo X Halloween attractions are back, but the futuristic horror displays won't be setting up on the grounds of Oakland University as they have in the past. More than 40,000 people visited the attraction last year at Adams Road and Walton Boulevard. This western Michigan town suddenly became a radioactive hot spot when World War II-era plane parts were discovered in a warehouse. In an effort to prepare for a possible urban nightmare, nearly 300 Detroit and Wayne County employees are attending federal classes to learn how to respond to nuclear, biological or chemical terrorism.
Crime pays for an Ionia County teacher.
Rather than go through the long, costly process of trying to fire Christine Bradley, the school district is giving her a year's salary and benefits in exchange for her resignation. She was a pretty lady, there was nothing wrong with her. A Christian television station with millions of dollars in income is battling with local authorities over whether it should be exempt from property taxes. After months of investigation by auditors and lawyers, action, the state is poised to take legal action on allegations that oil and gas drillers failed to pay millions of dollars in royalties. It could come as early as today.