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Take plenty of extra time if you head out. ** ** Check out the Winter Weather Alert graphic to see the latest Warnings ** Here are some local storm totals as of 7:30 PM: Hillman 10" Free Soil 12" Central Lake 12" Grayling 8.4" Traverse City 7" Curtis 16" Evart 13" Atlanta 8" Ludington 13" Tonight's radar shows the main storm is now far away from ...

Rally car racing is cool. How can you not like watching cars drift and jump on gravel logging roads, mountain passes, and forest roads, just inches from drop-offs and very immovable trees and rocks? If you've been wanting to see this racing live and in person, you're in luck because the folks over at Rally America have released their 2010 schedule ...

It can be used to make rope and even cement that's why a Montmorency County man says he wants to expand Michigan's agriculture to harvest industrial hemp.

The Department of Natural Resources today announced the new boat launch at Tomahawk Creek Flooding State Forest Campground's West Unit has reopened for use.

Youth foundation sets award, fundraising dinner for Nov. 5 The Uplift Our Youth Foundation will sponsor its fifth annual grant award and fundraising dinner on Nov.

Fast-selling travel documents speed return from Canada, Mexico Secretary of State Terri Lynn Land announced today that the popular enhanced driver's license and state ID card now are available at the Atlanta and Mio branch offices.

David Lee Snover- age 75 of Lake, passed away on Thursday September 3, 2009 at Mid-Michigan Medical Center-Clare, after a long illness.A He was born on September 5, 1933, the son of Robert and BerniceA Snover A in Imlay City MI.A He was united in marriage to Patricia Butterfield on June 30, 1956 in Lake George.A A David loved antique tractors and ...

State Veterinarian Dr. Steven Halstead today announced the Michigan Department of Agriculture has extended the comment period for the proposed bovine Tuberculosis changes that will shrink the Modified Accredited Zone and affect all interstate and intrastate cattle and bison movement through September 8, 2009.

* Chris Andrews has joined Lansing-based Public Policy Associates Inc. as a senior editor. He previously worked for the Lansing State Journal. * Wendi Tilden has joined the Michigan Humanities Council in Lansing as development director. * Mulliken resident Debra Gearhart, of the Michigan Department of History, Arts & Libraries, Records Management Services, has been named president-elect of the Institute of Certified Records Managers, based in North Syracuse, N.Y. * The following have been elected to the Lansing-based Entrepreneur Institute of Mid-Michigan board: Courtney Minor, pres- ident; Velma Kyser, secretary; Angelia McGarry, treasurer; Camron Gnass, Ryan Henry and Mike Murshak, board members. * Carl Borchgrevink, associate professor of Michigan State University's School of Hospitality Business, has been named president of the Research Chefs Foundation in Atlanta. * Bill Hufnagel has been named vice president and manager of mortgage banking operations at East Lansing-based Summit Community Bank. Jerry Sambaer has been named chief financial officer of the division and Tim Sambaer has been named chief operating officer. * The following have received Michigan State University College of Human Medicine faculty and academic staff awards: E. James Potchen, Lifetime Faculty Excellence in Teaching Award; Susan Barman and William Wadland, Distinguished Faculty Awards; Dianne Singleton, Outstanding Clinician Award; Dilip Patel and Yakov Sigal, William B. Weil Jr. Endowed Distinguished Pediatric Faculty Award; Wanda Lipscomb, Lester J. Evans Distinguished Service Award; and William Short, Outstanding Community Faculty Award. * Delhi Township-based Two Men and a Truck International Inc. has been certified as a ProMover by Alexandria, Va.-based trade group American Moving & Storage Association. Business People items must be submitted by 5 p.m. Monday a week before publication. Information must be resubmitted for each week it's to be published. Send to Business Calendar, Lansing State Journal, 120 E. Lenawee St., Lansing, MI 48919; fax 377-1298; e-mail business@lsj.com.

I had great expectations of returning from our July 4th bass fishing trip to northern Michigan with enough fodder to spin off a half dozen columns.

The top 10 finalists for the "American Idol"-style show on Atlanta-based Gospel Music Channel's "Gospel Dream" includes three Georgia finalists: Ashli Marie Pritchett Hometown: Thomaston, GA Audition city: Atlanta Sixteen-year-old Ashli Marie counts Natalie Grant, Martina McBride, Rascal Flatts, and Carrie Underwood as her musical influences.