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Michigan Supreme Court gives big victory to people trying to recoup cash from foreclosures
The Michigan Supreme Court said Monday that its 2020 decision stopping local governments from keeping cash windfalls from the sale of foreclosed homes can be applied retroactively, meaning that hundreds of millions of dollars could potentially be returned to people who lost properties over unpaid taxes.Local governments were "essentially stealing from people," said Christina Martin, an attorney who argued the case for former property owners. "It doesn't matter if it's going to be expensive to pay them back. They have to pay them back."For years, counties kept profits from the sale of foreclosed homes or land — even if the...
Trinity Health Livingston & Ann Arbor Award Community Grants
Trinity Health Livingston and Trinity Health Ann Arbor have awarded eight grants to community-based organizations in Livingston and Washtenaw Counties. The organizations chosen are being provided financial support to further improve the health and well-being of residents living and working in communities served by each hospital. To be considered for...
Issues of the Environment: Ecology Center study finds PFAS in rainwater in Ann Arbor and Southeast Michigan
In the past decade, a few studies have looked at precipitation across the Great Lakes region to see if PFAS would turn up there. Invariable, it has been detected, albeit at very low concentrations. This is concerning because even though the levels are very dilute in rain droplets, it indicates that they can readily concentrate in the environment where they fall.
Cambridge's Matt Buckman commits to Hillsdale College for basketball
Cambridge senior Matt Buckman committed to play college basketball at NCAA Division II Hillsdale College on Tuesday. Buckman, a 6-foot-4 guard/forward, averaged 25.7 points per game last season for the Blue Jays. He added 5.6 rebounds and 3.2 assists while shooting 50 percent from the field, 82 percent from the free throw line and 39 percent from 3-point range. Buckman, the 2023-24 Capitol South Player of the Year, enters this season having scored a program-record 1,517 points. Buckman is a three-sport athlete who also quarterbacks the football team and is a multi-year varsity golfer. Hillsdale College, which is located in Hillsdale, MI, went 18-10 last season after three consecutive 20-win campaigns and plays in the Great Midwest Athletic Conference.
NCAA Expected to Issue Notice of Allegations Against Michigan This Week, Reportedly Could Seek One- or Two-Year Postseason Ban
The NCAA is reportedly set to issue its Notice of Allegations against Michigan for its impermissible scouting scandal. According to Chris Balas of TheWolverine.com, the NCAA is prepared to issue a Notice of Allegations against Michigan as soon as Tuesday. Per Balas’ report, Michigan is expected to be hit with Level I violations for the off-campus, in-person scouting operation led by former staffer Connor Stalions.
Kalamazoo First Responder Creates Tool That Could Save Michigan Teens Lives
It's no secret to any of us here in Michigan, the United States, and really all over the world that the suicide rates have gone up. The overall rate has gone up, but the most concerning demographic is teenagers as their world continues to change and the suicide rate continues to climb with no halt in the foreseeable future. Although we can say life shouldn't be hard for them, we didn't experience the world like they do now.
Ann Arbor alley tagger is ‘breaking one of the biggest unwritten street rules,’ artist says
ANN ARBOR, MI — Gary Horton’s artwork can be found in a number of places in the Ann Arbor area. The Ypsilanti-based muralist and graffiti artist has colorful, action-packed murals that pop on the sides of downtown buildings and large paintings on display inside the Michigan Theater. But...
Country Star Jelly Roll Officially Sworn in as Deputy Sheriff in Michigan
Jelly Roll has definitely come up in the world. He’s quickly gone from former convict to country music darling. It all comes down to being honest about his past through his music and present choices. Now, a sheriff in Michigan is rewarding him for his journey by officially swearing him in as a deputy sheriff.
New northern lights forecast gives several chances for Michigan under clear skies
A very active sunspot situation has hurled some of the sun’s geomagnetic energy toward Earth’s atmosphere. The latest forecasts show a timing of energy that could produce northern lights. NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC) gave us an updated forecast of when the strongest geomagnetic energy is expected...