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Northern Michigan volunteer firefighter Tony Pizzo suffered for years from a condition that caused his brain to swell and become too large for his skull. via WWUP-TV Cadillac

“I wouldn't say it's dying, but it's not practiced by as many people regularly”

As a member of the Wood Engravers Network, Detroiter John Benson is one of just a few individuals throughout the world who's keeping the art of relief block printing alive. via Detroit News

MANISTIQUE: Man guilty of pushing wife off cliff to her death A jury convicted a man of pushing his wife to her death from a 140-foot-high cliff at Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore. via Detroit Free Press

A feeding operation is proposed in Leonidas Township, and opponents are learning there may be no way to prevent it from opening. via Saginaw News

Michigan Tech University is limiting access to its ROTC building for the rest of the spring semester after a threatening message was found in a bathroom. via WNEM-TV Saginaw

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Joe Jackson decided to strip his music down to the bone on his latest studio album, "Rain," recorded in his newly adopted hometown of Berlin. via Detroit Free Press

“The Daily News looks forward to many more years of growth and progress.”

Today marks the 87th anniversary of The Daily News. The Daily News is celebrating the event with an open house, refreshments and a prize drawing. via The Daily News

“We move among them every day, but often overlook the variety of distinguished buildings in our cities and towns”

The life and work of architects in the Copper Country is the topic of a new Web site to be unveiled at a public event Monday at 7 p.m. in Room 139 of Fisher Hall on the Michigan Technological University campus ... via The Daily Mining Gazette

An EF1 tornado ripped through Allegan and Barry counties early Wednesday morning, cutting a swath from a rural area east of Plainwell northeast to Pine Lake. via Saginaw News

“It's just the non stop terrible conditions, I mean as soon as we get a little bit of moisture, we're riding the bumps all the way through the end”

It's a bumpy ride for most of us here in northern Michigan..but for some residents, their road is so bad even the mail carrier refuses to drive down it at times. via WTOM-TV Traverse City

“They're all steel and brick walls and up to code and they have to be approved by the state fire marshal before they can be opened, and those also are monitored and go directly back to our office if a fire alarm goes off.”

DMG Writer HOUGHTON - Federal grant money will help Michigan Technological University launch a fire safety and prevention program throughout the upcoming year. via The Daily Mining Gazette

“We will look for people who can cross over from one occupation to a new occupation”

Michigan Works will be hosting two job fairs to help connect job seekers with employers now facing a heightened demand to fill hundreds of positions. via WTOM-TV Traverse City

“I felt overwhelmed, and it kind of made me sad about the total disregard for these people's lives.”

The summer of 1944 was no ordinary summer in America. The country was in the throes of World War II, and D-Day was looming. via Heritage Newspapers

Upper Peninsula residents looking for an end to seemingly endless winter weather had an April Fool's joke played on them. via WOOD-TV Grand Rapids

“Nothing, they just want to train.”

Categories: Business News Update Dr. David Wolf goes through a personal training session with USA Triathlon Coach Edie Sherman at Body Specs, Inc. via Ann Arbor News

“We would need to move some people around out of rooms”

Gov. Jennifer Granholm has made suggestions for changes in the state's educational system for the coming budget year, including mandatory all-day kindergarten. via The Daily Mining Gazette

Seventeen high school girls will be competing for scholarship money and the chance to represent the state in the 50th anniversary edition of the Michigan's Junior Miss Program. via Hometown Life

Herbert R. Usitalo, 79, of Sedar Bay Road, passed away Wednesday, March 19, 2008, in Hancock, after a brief illness. via The Daily Mining Gazette

“That's the water that recharges the Great Lakes, that leftover”

DMG Writer HOUGHTON - The Great Lakes, especially Lake Superior, are so large it seems impossible to drain them. via The Daily Mining Gazette

“That tells me sellers are more motivated to strike a deal”

The Copper Country is typically insulated against the kind of factors that cause housing markets to skyrocket or plummet. via The Daily Mining Gazette