GRAND RAPIDS - Thirty teams and over sixty students competed for The MWest Challenge earning a total of $45,000 in prizes. First Place Venture: $15,000 Fluitions Innovations Andrew Van Dyke Briauna Taylor Brittany Taylor Katherine Christopher Leah Bauer Second Place Venture: $10,000 Soletics Lindsay Noonan Vanessa Gore Third Place Venture: $4,000 OneBowl Justin Herd Social
GRAND RAPIDS - IRS certified tax preparers and accounting students from Aquinas College, Davenport University and Cornerstone University will be joined by community volunteers to provide free tax preparation for people with incomes under $57,000 on April 12, 14 and 15. Every year, millions of dollars in tax refunds and credits go unclaimed by those
WASHINGTON DC - The US Supreme Court won't allow a challenge to the National Security Agency's phone snooping skip steps and come straight to its doorstep. Instead, the case will have to work its way through the appeals process. Last year, a federal district court judge ruled that the NSA's bulk collection of phone record
LANSING - The Lansing Economic Area Partnership has issued a second round RFP to award existing business incubators up to $10,000 each to continue and expand their work. Proposals are due by May 1. LEAP said the most successful applicants will agree to a memorandum of understanding with LEAP to agree to adopt best practices
CHICAGO - Greenlancer.com won $50,000 in prizes in last week?s in Clean Energy Challenge business plan competition and conference in Chicago. The fourth annual event, sponsored by the Clean Energy Trust, offered $500,000 in prizes donated by the federal Department of Energy, Wells Fargo, Boeing Co., United Continental Holdings Inc., Honeywell International, Exelon Corp.?s Commonwealth
ROCHESTER ? The Ninth annual Michigan Earth Day is scheduled for April 25-27 in downtown Rochester, where organizers expect more than 50,000 people to attend the free event. Showcasing the green and healthy-living efforts and offerings of area businesses and community groups, the festival will feature more than 150 exhibits, displays and presentations as well
CANTON - A German 3D printing company has announced it will locate its first U.S. facility in Michigan after representatives met with Gov. Rick Snyder in Germany. The company?s Michigan service center is expected to begin operations in Canton later this year and create 15-20 high-tech manufacturing jobs. Friedberg-based Voxeljet uses large-format 3D printers to
EAST LANSING - The Spartan Spanners of the Michigan State University College of Engineering brought home top honors from this year?s regional Steel Bridge and Concrete Canoe competitions and are headed to nationals in May after receiving four first place honors for overall performance, economy, efficiency and stiffness. MSU?s Concrete Canoe Team finished second place
SOUTHFIELD - In the latest release of the 2014 PayScale College ROI Report, Lawrence Technological University ranked highest in the metropolitan Detroit area and placed in the top 100 colleges and universities nationwide. This report measures the return on investment and increased earning power generated by a college bachelor?s degree. The Seattle-based research firm looked
DETROIT - New annual reporting obligations under the Affordable Care Act go into effect for 2015. Although the new reporting won?t actually begin until early 2016, your organization will need to look at (and if necessary, modify) its payroll system in 2014 to ensure that it will be capturing the required information throughout 2015. Information