LOS ANGELES – CBS Television Studios announced Monday that it will bring Star Trek back to weekly life with a new series in 2017. The show is scheduled to debut in 2017, so it will just miss the 2016 celebrations of the franchise's 50th anniversary. It will air with a premiere episode on CBS and
HILLVIEW, Kentucky - It was a case that gripped the nation. Or at least Kentucky. Last July William Merideth said he saw a drone flying over his old Kentucky home. He believed it was spying on his 16-year-old daughter who was sunbathing in the garden. So he took out his shotgun and blasted the drone
LANSING - Nationally, cyber charter schools substantially underperformed traditional public schools, but those in Michigan were about on par with their peers, a report issued Wednesday by the Center for Research on Education Outcomes at Stanford University said. Overall, the report found students in cyber charter schools were 180 days behind their peers in traditional public schools
DETROIT – A $40 million Wayne State University business school named after Little Ceasar Pizza co-founder Mike Ilitch will be built near the new Red Wings arena, the Detroit News reported Wednesday. The official announcement is expected Friday. A source familiar with the plan told the Detroit News the new Mike Ilitch School of Business
LANSING - The petition submitted by the group seeking to repeal Michigan's prevailing wage fell far below the minimum number of signatures from registered voters needed to bring the proposal before the Legislature, the group defending prevailing wage said Monday. Not only did Michigan Prevails file a challenge with the Department of State to the
ANN ARBOR - Charles Reinhart Company Realtors will kick-off their 20th Annual Coat Drive on November 2nd with the goal of collecting 2,000 adult and children’s coats to distribute to local agencies throughout Washtenaw County. Through the month of November, Charles Reinhart Company Realtors will be collecting new and gently used winter coats at all
THOMAS TOWNSHIP, SAGINAW COUNTY – The Great Lakes Tech Park Tuesday was designated AT&T Fiber Ready, helping economic development leaders more effectively position the park for site selection by emphasizing the availability of high-speed, fiber-based services. “It is a pleasure to highlight Great Lakes Tech Park as one of many Michigan industrial developments where AT&T’s
DETROIT - Startup Weekend, the popular weekend long event for starting a company, is back to Detroit but this time for a much younger crowd. Youth can come and join in on the fun for a very special Digital Innovation Competition for Kids. Startup Weekend Detroit – Youth is coming to Ford Field November 6-8, 2015
DETROIT - New startup Akadeum Life Sciences closed a round of funding this month that brings them to a total of $1 Million in funding. The life sciences startup in Ann Arbor has found a unique way to improve diagnostics. “We improve life science research and diagnostics by capturing cells with microbubbles,” said Brandon McNaughton, Co-founder and
ANN ARBOR – University of Michigan spin-out, Sakti3, has been acquired by vacuum cleaner manufacturer Dyson, which plans to incorporate its solid-state Lithium-ion technology to improved battery life on its cordless vacuums – plus deliver new products and build a battery production plant. The deal was reported to be worth $90 million. Dyson founder James
