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  • Tax credits to help Grand Rapids area firm add 200 jobs Wednesday, July 20, 2011 @ 2:05AMThe Grand Rapids area is in line to get a new auto supplier factory creating about 200 jobs under actions taken Tuesday by the Michigan Economic Growth Authority.
  • GM plant closing may bring 190 more supplier layoffs Wednesday, July 20, 2011 @ 1:47AMComprehensive Logistics could lay off 120 to 190 people when Lansing Car Assembly shuts down May 6, union officials representing 370 people there estimate.
  • Neal Kohl Wednesday, July 20, 2011 @ 1:47AMNeal Kohl, 73, of Lexington, died Sunday, July 17, 2011, at the Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney following a fatal stroke. Funeral Services will be Thursday, July 21, 2011, at 11 a.m. at First United Methodist Church in Lexington with the Rev. Tess Hufford officiating.
  • Midwest broils as heat wave intensifies; cooling centers set up for residents Wednesday, July 20, 2011 @ 1:45AMMidwest residents woke yesterday to the whir of fans and air conditioners, the soundtrack to an unusually intense heat wave enveloping most of middle America and slowly spreading eastward.
  • Michigan astronauts: U.S. lost in space Wednesday, July 20, 2011 @ 1:44AMMichigan's astronauts lament the end of America's manned space flight capability as NASA's final shuttle mission comes to a close with Thursday morning's planned landing of Atlantis.
  • Hoekstra back in race for Senate, seeks Stabenow's seat Wednesday, July 20, 2011 @ 1:44AMMichigan Republicans may have finally found their candidate who is head and shoulders above the rest to run against Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Lansing
  • Ty Conklin is likeliest suspect to back up Jimmy Howard Wednesday, July 20, 2011 @ 1:42AM"We plan to sign a goaltender by the end of the week," Wings GM Ken Holland. That goalie will be Jimmy Howard's backup, likely playing 20-25 games and comfortable with the backup role.
  • CHELSEA: Make-A-Wish bicycle tour will end at the Chelsea Fairgrounds July 31 Wednesday, July 20, 2011 @ 1:17AMThe three-day, Wish-A-Mile 300 Bicycle Tour will end in Chelsea this year on July 31 at the Chelsea Fairgrounds.
  • Ty Conklin expected to return as backup goalie for Red Wings Wednesday, July 20, 2011 @ 1:10AMTy Conklin went 25-11-2 with a .909 save percentage and 2.51 goals-against average in '08-09. / JULIAN H. GONZALEZ/Detroit Free Press The Red Wings will announce this morning that they have signed Ty Conklin to be the No. 2 guy next season, according to a source close to the situation.
  • Heat ruins Monsters post Halloween party Wednesday, July 20, 2011 @ 1:02AMPardon the pun, but Mikael Backlund is heating up after a slow start to his rookie American Hockey League season.
  • Hossler, Starke on top at U.S. Junior Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 11:28PMInvestigators say a 16-year-old Kentwood girl was driving eastbound on Garfield ... Grand Rapids Police say a two-year-old girl has died from injuries she ...
  • U.S. News Media Group Releases 2011-12 Best Hospitals Rankings Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 11:01PMU.S. News Media Group has released the 2011-12 Best Hospitals rankings, its 22nd annual publication of the analysis. The rankings are freely available at www.usnews.com/besthospitals and will be featured in the U.S.
  • Places ready to handle the summer heat Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 10:25PMVarious businesses and charities are ready to tackle the heat wave that is affecting West Michigan.
  • Fontana dominates in Northern Open Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 10:22PMDULUTH — Hibbing’s Mike Fontana loves the heat and there was lots of it on Sunday in Duluth for the Northern Open Tennis Tournament.
  • Exotic themes, heat mark third day of Michigander Bicycle Tour Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 10:21PMEditor’s note: We will follow the daily progress of the 20th annual Michigander Bike Trail this week. Each day, also see a story about one of the trails that the tour will ride.
  • Grand Rapids school board shuffles officers, but will arguments end? Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 10:11PMSenita Lenear, a strong ally of Superintendent Bernard Taylor, won re-election as board president despite the board now having a majority of members backed by the district’s teachers union, which has long been at odds with Taylor.
  • Rapids VFW beats Hibbing Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 10:05PMHIBBING — For three innings, the Hibbing VFW baseball had everything going its way. Post 8510 had a 3-0 lead over Grand Rapids and things were looking good, then Grand Rapids started hitting the ball.
  • Serving Niles since 1886 Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 10:04PMBUCHANAN — After a 40-year break, Sixth Generation reunited Saturday night at American Legion Post 51 for their induction into Rock and Roll Legends Online Hall of Fame with the highest vote total, thanks to its Facebook-fueled comeback.
  • Photos: Berlin Fair opens in Marne Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 9:41PMCheck out the gallery.
  • Photos: Cooling off at the Lamar Park Splashpad Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 9:41PMCheck out the photo gallery.
  • Patient-centered care found to reduce medical costs Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 11:49PMWhen patients play a more active role in their health, costly and unnecessary tests can be eliminated, a study says.
  • Sports Overtime interviews Mike Knuble Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 10:42PM24 Hour News 8 Sports Overtime on Sunday night had an extended interview with a former Michigan Wolverine, Detroit Red Wing and now Washington Capital forward.
  • Three from area have fun in ICA/Shrine all-star football game despite 34-8 loss Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 9:51PMPEORIA - For the first time since 2007, three Journal Gazette/Times-Courier area football players participated in the annual Illinois Coaches Association Shrine All-Star Football Game.
  • How did Monday’s storms affect you? Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 9:50PMWord on the Street
  • AzulStar Selects Ruckus Smart Wi-Fi to Deliver Fast, Reliable Broadband Internet and Phone Service to Multi-Dwelling ... Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 9:46PMGRAND HAVEN, MI--(Marketwire - 07/17/11) - AzulStar, Inc., a leading provider of wireless Internet solutions, today announced that it has chosen advanced Wi-Fi products and technology from Ruckus Wireless, Inc., to deliver cost-effective wireless broadband access as part of a managed services offering to large apartments, condominiums and other Multi-Dwelling Units (MDU). AzulStar selected ...
  • Summer Camps Take On the Heat Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 5:15PMWhen it's this hot, most people are trying to stay indoors or in a swimming pool, but at MSU this weekend, it's just the opposite. Summer sports camps are kicking off in the midst of the heat wave.
  • William Merrill, key member of the Watergate prosecution team, dies today at Home for Veterans Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 4:41PMAs the associate Watergate special prosecutor, Bill Merrill directed a key part of the investigation that brought down three of former President Richard Nixon’s top advisors and ultimately led to Nixon’s resignation.
  • Baseball results (5/8/08) Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 4:32PMFowler 15, Bath 0Fowler 216 006 0-15 10 0Bath 000 000 0-0 4 6WP–Matt Simon LP–Tommy StilesHighlights–Fowler: Wes Robbe 4H 2R 2RBI , Matt Simon 3H 1 2B 4RBI Bath: Sam Zeeb 2H Fowler 9, Bath 3Bath 010 011 0-3 8 6Fowler 330 030 0-9 6 1WP– Schmitt LP–Brenden PlemmonsHighlights–Bath: , Alex Wiswasser 2H 1 2B Fowler:Trent Becker 2H 1 2B 5RBI , Camron Miller 2H , Record:Fowler 12-5, 8-4Bath 9-9, 4-8 ...
  • Grand Rapids, Mich., Hosts Grandwich Contest Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 3:42PMNothing identifies a place like the food. It's the genius loci. Businesses, entertainment and sports events are perks; food is integral. Regional food roots go far back and deep down. Grand Rapids, Mich. is choosing its signature food: the Grandwich.
  • Habitat for Humanity receives training/tech grant from USDA Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 2:22PMCrookston chapter to benefit from local training
  • If banks charged a fee for debit cards, would you still swipe? Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 4:24AMAmericans prefer using their debit cards at the register. But a small fee could change that. A new Associated Press-GfK poll finds that about two-thirds of consumers use debit cards more frequently than credit cards.
  • Free bus rides offered to fight air pollution Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 3:30AMThe Associated Press The Associated Press GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. Fixed-route bus rides on The Rapid will be free Sunday as part of a Clean Air Action Day. The Rapid provides public bus transportation to the Grand Rapids area. The Grand Rapids Press reports that Clean Air Action days are called by air pollution control agencies when pollutants rise to unhealthy levels for some people. The Michigan ...
  • Lansing-area hospitals step up marketing, set out to boost reputations Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 3:10AMThe area's two largest hospitals are tugging at the hearts of area residents as they compete for patients.
  • Red Wings prospect Mitch Callahan focusing on style, not stats Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 2:40AMMitch Callahan, who isn't afraid to drop his gloves, finished last season plus-4 with the WHL's Kelowna Rockets. The Red Wings don't have another prospect quite like Mitch Callahan.
  • Former Electrolux workers retrain for jobs, but new work doesn't always follow Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 12:00AMGREENVILLE, Mich. -- When the Electrolux refrigerator factory shut down in 2006, idling almost 3,000 workers, this self-proclaimed "Refrigerator Capital of the World" put the last two locally produced units in a museum.
  • Businesses boost creativity in Detroit Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 11:45PMThe Detroit Creative Corridor Center, with the help of several initiatives, created the Creative Ventures Acceleration Program in which 17 businesses took part to help boost Detroit’s success in the creative sector.
  • Cancer is no game: Ionia Relay for Life a hit with community members Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 7:21PMHundreds of cancer survivors and supporters stuck through the sun and heat in order to help find a cure and spread awareness of the disease Friday at Ionia Relay for Life.
  • Broadaway 2 clear at Chiquita Classic Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 7:13PMThe star of the Discovery Channel show Storm Chasers is in West Michigan ... Wildlife rehabilitator Peg Markle joins Lee Van Ameyde on WZZM 13 News at 5:30 ...
  • Post-Hell Christianity And Other Questions Of The Afterlife Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 7:12PMGRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (RNS) For millennia, people have been trying to imagine what happens after death. Is there an afterlife, a heaven? Who gets in? And what happens to those who don't?
  • Longstreth descendants descend on Warminster for reunion Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 6:46PMThey came from Ohio, Michigan and Nebraska. They even flew over the Atlantic Ocean.
  • Ortiz appeals four-game suspension Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 6:28PMThe City of Holland is still recovering from a series of powerful storms. ... The latest lip dub produced in Grand Rapids stars the residents of the Clark ...
  • Betty Ford: A first lady's last farewell Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 6:21PMSteven Ford holds a program from his mother's funeral service Thursday at Grace Episcopal Church in East Grand Rapids. / MANDI WRIGHT/Detroit Free Press
  • National Youth Volunteers Wrap Up A Week In Grand Rapids Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 6:19PMWhile many kids are enjoying the lazy days of summer, a group of high schoolers from across the nation decided to head here, to West Michigan.
  • Livestream: 18-Wheeler Fire On I-35 At AT&T Parkway Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 6:05PMA woman is killed in an industrial accident on the city's East Side. An Oklahoma woman is arrested after police say she ran off the road and tried to kill a woman she thought was Casey Anthony.
  • A's call up hot-hitting INF Sogard Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 5:58PMThe latest lip dub produced in Grand Rapids stars the residents of the Clark ... Consumers Energy says a downed power line has cut off electricity to 1,164 ...
  • Friday Freebies - July 15 Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 5:50PMThis week's roundup includes Cyber Friday (yes, in July!) sales and free food for the Facebookers - plus a few other money-saving tips.
  • Amtrak option lets golfers tote clubs as carry-ons Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 12:17PMAmtrak has a new option for golfers who want to explore courses around the Midwest. In a pilot program, Amtrak is allowing golfers to bring clubs on board as carry-on baggage on certain routes.
  • Pricey 2012 presidential race spotlights fundraising 'bundlers' Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 12:16PMWashington — As President Barack Obama and his Republican challengers officially report today how much they've raised in the second quarter of the presidential race, the focus will turn to bundlers, those who raise large amounts of money and have landed plum government jobs.
  • Bird attacks pedestrians near GR museum Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 12:10PMAt least one feisty, red-winged blackbird is taking aim at pedestrians in Grand Rapids.
  • Recalls recap: Ceramic heaters, safety lanyards and weight systems for divers Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 12:09PMA sampling of product recalls announced this week