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Baldridge Joins Founding Director as Co-Leader of Cornerstone’s Creativity & Innovation Honors Institute
For nearly a decade, Cornerstone University’s Creativity & Innovation Honors Institute (CIHI), established by Don Perini, professor of creativity and CIHI director, has challenged students from all majors to become interdisciplinary thinkers, master adapters, and unconventional problem-solvers. Alexandria Baldridge, assistant professor of business, will join the CIHl faculty this August as a co-director of the uncommon project-based learning honors program.
Singer Jason Mraz cultivates joy, sunny milieu during ‘magical’ Meijer Gardens ride
Touring behind his latest studio album, the pop-hued artist returned to Grand Rapids on Wednesday for an upbeat, sold-out concert. The review and photos at Local Spins. As a sold-out crowd at Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park discovered on Wednesday night, Jason Mraz and his consummate band are quite the restorative in concert.
This is Michigan’s hottest time of the year: How we’re stacking up
Contrary to popular belief, our daily average high temperatures are actually at their peak right now, and they begin to decrease by Aug. 1. This isn’t to say that hot weather will not occur next month, but based on climatology, late July is our hottest part of the year for Lower Michigan.
Buddy's closes Alpine location just over one year since opening
WALKER, Michigan — Buddy's Pizza has closed its Alpine Avenue NW location just over one year since it opened its doors. The closure was announced on Friday, July 5 and was effective immediately. The store first opened its doors in March 2023. The signage has already been removed as...
Tupelo Honey worker loses job after Trump assassination attempt comment
GRAND RAPIDS, MI — Restaurant chain Tupelo Honey says a worker is “no longer employed” there following comments the individual made on social media following Saturday’s assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump. A social media post by the restaurant did not include the comment or...
Early childhood health, learning millage renewal on Kent County August election ballot
KENT COUNTY, MI – A proposed millage renewal that will appear on the Aug. 6 ballot in Kent County would generate over $8.7 million next year to expand access to early childhood programming and childcare for families with young children. The “Ready by Five Early Childhood Millage” proposal asks...
Kent County man accused in alcohol-for-sex scheme with teens
KENT COUNTY, MI -- A 42-year-old Caledonia man is accused of giving alcohol to teens in exchange for sex, then recording the sexual acts, police said. Kent County sheriff’s deputies said the man was arrested Wednesday, July 17, while conducting a search warrant at the man’s home. If...
Some Michigan drivers see no savings on auto insurance after 2019 overhaul: Here's why
Months into her first term, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed into law in May 2019 an overhaul of Michigan's no-fault auto insurance system with a goal of lowering premiums that, by many measures, were the most expensive in the country. She proclaimed at the signing ceremony that while the bipartisan bill...
Michigan State Police Reopen Decades-Old Cold Case of The Disappearance of Cassandra Durham
The Michigan State Police announced this week that they are reopening the decades-long missing person cold case of Cassandra Durham. Cassandra has been missing since August 1987. According to officials and the FBI's official missing persons website, she and her boyfriend, identified only as having the initials "E.B." were traveling...
Michigan Making Money: Salaries Of The State’s Top 1% Earners
Most people have a desire to make as much money as they possibly can to not just take care of themselves and their families but also to have bragging rights as one of the richest people alive or to ever live. I can't lie, it's nice motivation to have in life and money does make life easier and happier but is not the end all be all since we don't get to take it with us after life. Nonetheless, most of us are competing for the best paying jobs for different reasons.
WARNING: Michigan Residents May Have Been Exposed To Measles, Here’s Where
Anytime there’s any kind of infectious disease or virus. It’s important to get the word out and let people know if they’ve been exposed to anything dangerous. One of the most dangerous is rubeola, or as it’s commonly known measles. Measles is probably one of the...
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