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So what will it be for this column, Miss Powell? Are you going to complain that in one week your three-year-old laptop gave up the ghost and your two-month-old cell phone required software updating? None of the ...

Floods are now forcing some big changes to a 25-year-old tradition in southeast Michigan.

A blaze of a yet undetermined origin destroyed at least four boats late Monday and early Tuesday in Bay Point Marina on Lake Erie, authorities said.

From nearly 9 feet high on stilts, a 25-year-old disabled man is casting a shadow long enough to reach into both the hearts and wallets of those he passes along the way from suburban Toledo, Ohio, to Ironwood ...

Douglas and Patricia Johnson of Wellington are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter Erin Lindsay Johnson to Eric Alan Thompson, son of Dennis and Linda Thompson of Blissfield, Michigan.

When Neil Sauter decided to walk 830 miles across Michigan on stilts, he was just looking for an adventure.

Very near the southern border of Michigan lies the historic town of Blissfield. This quaint village is full of great Victorian homes and buildings, many of which now house downtown businesses.

View this photo story as a photo gallery Purchase reprints of any of these photos He's the first to feel a drop of rain or flinch at blustery northern winds.

WILLIAMSTON - A long-running dispute between downtown Williamston business owners and the City Council regarding placement of "sandwich-board" signs and conducting sidewalk sales continues to evoke strong ...

Representatives of a proposed large dairy farm on Longnecker Road must convince the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality they have a well-designed plan to handle the cows and their waste.

Neil Sauter, 25, of Blissfield, Mich., enters the Lincoln Park Elementary School gym Monday afternoon for an assembly in his honor.

For the Citizen Patriot Writer Mary Jean Westerlund of Jackson was new to Elizabeth Berg's New York Times best-selling books.

“I'm definitely hoping that as more people hear about it as I make it up the state that more people will donate.”

It may have taken awhile to get used to walking 20 miles a day on stilts, but it seems Neil Sauter has hit his stride. via Grand Haven Tribune

He plans to travel an astonishing 830 miles at 20 miles a day, all while on stilts. via WCTV Tallahassee

“I want singers to know there are opportunities out there”

Carla Gibson, the entertainment director of the Bellevilel National Strawberry Festival and the owner of Main Street Entertainment is always looking for undiscovered, local talent. via The View

Thursday, May 08, 2008 By Jacob Carpenter jcarpenter@citpat.com -- 768-4945 A Blissfield man walking tall across the state for cerebral palsy made his way to Jackson County on Wednesday. via Jackson Citizen Patriot

“I watched a movie about a guy who walked across Japan, and it seemed like a really fun trip”

Somewhere between Mason and Leslie, you may notice a guy who's 8 feet, 8 inches tall. via Lansing State Journal

After talking to students at New Bedford Academy about rising above challenges, Neil Sauter strapped his nearly 6-foot frame onto a -foot-tall pair of wooden stilts and started out Monday on the first day of ... via Detroit Free Press

A 25-year-old Blissfield man is standing tall in his effort to make people aware of cerebral palsy. via WOOD-TV Grand Rapids

“I thought, why buy new when I could buy good used clothing”

You may have passed through Britton, Mich., without noticing it. A lot of folks miss this small community in Lenawee County when they are driving from Dundee to Tecumseh on M-50. Dundee is the home of Cabela's, ... via Toledo Blade