Where do you put 100 [alleged] terrorist prisoners? Source: The New Republic Author: Noam Scheiber Posted on 11.18.09 by Thomas L. Knapp "The news this weekend that the administration is considering moving up to 100 Guantanamo prisoners to a little-used facility in northwest Illinois makes you wonder about the political calculation involved in the ...

Standish, Michigan, tells Liz Cheney to sell it up the street: Officials in a small Michigan town featured in a new video about Guantanamo by Liz Cheney's national security group want her to know that they're not falling for her "fearmongering" - and tell us they want Gitmo detainees in their town.

Former Arkansas governor, presidentialA hopefulA and Fox News Channel host Mike Huckabee visits Grand Rapids to talk about new book.

Six days out of the year ornament artist works a booth and personalizes some of her creations for customers Deer check stations By Kim Russell Sunday, November 15, 2009 If the NBC25 and Jay's Trophy Deer PoleA is any indication, it is going to be a successful deer hunting season.

Michigan continues to be in the running to house Guantanamo Bay detainees, despite plans for federal officials to tour a nearly empty prison in rural Illinois today.

Officials from Pennsylvania's Department of Corrections are set to visit the now-closed Standish Maximum Correctional Facility in Arenac County and one other Michigan prison next week.

Top prison officials from Pennsylvania's corrections department have scheduled a two-day visit to Michigan next week to review the suitability of a pair of closed state prisons for housing of the Keystone State's excess population.

HOLLY: You may deck the halls -- but not the residents -- of this northern Oakland County township and village.

Bay City soon could be selling water up in Arenac County. As part of a plan to get more water to the Saganing Eagles Landing Casino in Standish Township, Saginaw Chippewa tribal leaders are exploring tapping into Bay City's water.

U.S. Rep. Pete Hoekstra is highlighting his efforts to keep Guantanamo Bay prisoners out of MIchigan in a letter to donors asking them to open their wallets and support his gubernatorial campaign because of his work.

Michigan to Close Prison Considered for Gitmo Detainees By ALEX P. KELLOGG Wall Street Journal- Oct 31, 2009 A state prison in Michigan that is being considered as a potential location for holding terror detainees from Guantanamo Bay is expected to close Saturday, a state Department of corrections spokesman said.

After months of protests and pickets, rumors and town hall meetings, the Standish Maximum Correctional Facility will officially close Saturday.

The deadly shootout near Detroit involving the FBI and the leader of a radical Sunni Muslim group has fueled already simmering fears of some residents in Standish, Mich., where a proposal to move Guantanamo Bay detainees to an empty maximum security prison is dividing the community.

Next>> Low barriers to entry Terror Cells Darrell Dawsey Tuesday, October 20, 2009 at 4:00 pm Faced with the prospect of closing a state prison that provides some 350 jobs to area residents, the city council of tiny Standish, Mich., voted to support a resolution that makes the town a possible relocation site for suspected terrorists currently being ...

Pinconning-Fraser firefighters were in the right place at the right time to catch a Saturday night fire but a Friday blaze got a head start on them.

Over the last month our nation has focused a great deal of attention on General McChrystal's substantialtroop request for our mission in Afghanistan.

One of the first things Barack Obama did as president was promise to close the Guantanamo Bay prison by January 2010.

Magic Frank says Michigan deserves answers on Gitmo North , which is really a very coy way of saying that what Michigan needs is a good dose of rightwing fear mongering.

STANDISH - After hearing from many skeptical citizens, the Standish City Council delayed action on a proposal to tell the Obama administration it is eager to make the town's soon-to-close state prison the new home for suspected terrorist detainees from Guantanamo Bay.

The City Council in Standish, Mich., says it has delayed a plan to allow detainees from Guantanamo Bay in Cuba to be housed at the Standish state prison.