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Dodge, Case IH, New Holland Donate $400,000 In Equipment To Forgotten Harvest

OAK PARK ? Dodge, Case IH and New Holland Agriculture have donated $400,000 in equipment to Forgotten Harvest to expand its large-scale farming through Forgotten Harvest Farms, where healthy fruits and vegetables are harvested by volunteers and delivered fresh and free of charge to agencies fighting hunger in the region. ?In three years of harvesting

By |2013-10-10T00:00:00-04:00October 10th, 2013|Announcements/New Products, Archive|

MSU Engineering, Boeing To Use $4 Million To Create Sensors That Detect Aircraft Cracks

EAST LANSING - Michigan State University College of Engineering and the Boeing Company have been awarded a contract worth about $4 million from the U.S. Air Force to develop new designs of sensors that will better detect cracks in the second- and third-layers in airframe structures. Lalita Udpa, professor of electrical and computer engineering in

By |2013-10-10T00:00:00-04:00October 10th, 2013|Announcements/New Products, Archive|

Solar Panel Production Moving Forward In Northern Michigan

COPEMISH ? Contractors Building Supply hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony for its solar panel assembly plant on Oct. 3 becoming the U.S. manufacturing facility for all Sonali Energees products. About 60 people attended, including Dan Scripps from the Michigan Energy Innovation Business Council, Mike Worden, President of Honor Bank and Ron Bytwerk, Mayor of Copemish

By |2013-10-10T00:00:00-04:00October 10th, 2013|Archive, Clean, green, hybrid|

Solar Panel Production Begins In Northern Michigan

COPEMISH ? Contractors Building Supply hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony for its solar panel assembly plant on Oct. 3 becoming the U.S. manufacturing facility for all Sonali Energees products. About 60 people attended, including Dan Scripps from the Michigan Energy Innovation Business Council, Mike Worden, President of Honor Bank and Ron Bytwerk, Mayor of Copemish

By |2013-10-10T00:00:00-04:00October 10th, 2013|Archive, Events/Announcements|

Groups Ask Power Companies To Drop Mercury Rules Challenge

LANSING - It is essential to Michigan's environment to reduce the amount of mercury being released into it, so electric utilities, particularly DTE, should drop a challenge to new federal standards, environmental groups said in a teleconference Thursday. But DTE executives said DTE cannot drop the lawsuit because it is only indirectly a party and

By |2013-10-10T00:00:00-04:00October 10th, 2013|Archive, Clean, green, hybrid|

Michigan Municipal League Calls For Sales Tax Increase For Local Government

LANSING - The Michigan Municipal League unveiled Thursday proposals to expand the sales tax to services and increase the sales tax by 1 cent, and dedicating the new revenue to local governments. "This plan presents bold policies to help Michigan cities recover from more than $5 billion in cuts that the state Legislature and governor

By |2013-10-10T00:00:00-04:00October 10th, 2013|Archive, Politics/Government|

Snyder Testimony Sheds Little Light On Bankruptcy

DETROIT - Governor Rick Snyder mostly evaded questions during three hours of sworn testimony under questioning from attorneys representing unions trying to convince a judge to deny Snyder and Detroit Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr's efforts to let Detroit resolve its financial problems through bankruptcy. According to an unofficial transcript of the more than three-hour deposition,

By |2013-10-10T00:00:00-04:00October 10th, 2013|Archive, Politics/Government|

Chrysler’s Rae To Take Retirement After 35 Years

AUBURN HILLS ? After 35 years with Chrysler, Nancy Rae, senior vice president of human resources, has elected to retire. She will be succeeded by Michael Keegan. The changes are effective January 1, 2014. ?In her leadership role, Nancy has been a highly valued business partner in driving cultural change, advancing leadership and talent development,

By |2013-10-10T00:00:00-04:00October 10th, 2013|Announcements/New Products, Archive|

MEDC President: ?We Did Not Overstate Any Job Numbers’

LANSING - Michigan Economic Development Corporation CEO Michael Finney told a skeptical House Commerce Committee on Wednesday that last month's audit on the Michigan Strategic Fund wasn't reported correctly by the media and did not take into account a bankrupted company when calculating jobs. An audit released in September said the Michigan Strategic Fund, which

By |2013-10-09T00:00:00-04:00October 9th, 2013|Archive, Events/Announcements|