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12 hrs ago | WXYZ

Police Investigate Teen's Death

Police in Monroe are investigating the death of a teenager. The body of 16-year-old Joshua Miracle was found Saturday morning in Carleton's Ash Park.

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Related Topix: Detroit Metro

20 hrs ago | WLNS-TV Lansing

Western Michigan opens Detroit-area recruit center

Western Michigan University has decided to open a recruiting office in Royal Oak and plans to start offering "new academic programming" in the Detroit area as well.

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Related Topix: Michigan, Detroit Metro

Sat Nov 07, 2009

Flint Township/Swartz Creek Advance

Broncos women's basketball player Ebony Cleary sidelined indefinitely

Western Michigan University women's basketball coach Tasha McDowell said junior forward Ebony Cleary might miss additional games after not playing in Wednesday's exhibition opener against Aquinas College.

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Fri Nov 06, 2009

MLive.com

Woman's fervor to help girls leads to award; NAACP branch to honor Junior Girls founder

Pam Roland posed in front of the wall with photos from the annual children's fashion show, with young girls of the Kalamazoo Junior Girls organization.

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Related Topix: African-American, Kalamazoo, MI, Home Listing, Home

MLive.com

Talk on LGBT tolerance draws rapt attention

November 06, 2009, 11:01AM Tyler Tjomsland Kalamazoo Gazette Dr. Catilin Ryan, director of the Family Acceptance Project at the Marian Wright Edelman Institute at San Francisco State University, lectures WMU students and members of the community about Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender youth and family issues on November 05, 2009 in WMU's ...

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Related Topix: Gay/Lesbian, Transgendered, Michigan, Family, Kids

WXMI

Links between constitutional sex rules, women's rights probed by Western Michigan, UW-Oshkosh

The National Science Foundation has given a three-year, $312,000 grant to political scientists Priscilla Lambert of Western Michigan University and Druscilla Scribner of the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh. Western Michigan says they and their associates will make a cross-national analysis of 100 countries.

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Related Topix: University of Wisconsin Oshkosh

South Bend Tribune

Ethanol fuels hopes and a lot of debate

Could ethanol be the key to Michigan's renewable energy future? Ethanol has become more popular as a renewable energy source.

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Related Topix: Michigan, Alternative Energy, Science / Technology, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Energy, Agriculture, Science

Thu Nov 05, 2009

Oceana's Herald-Journal

William J. Hayes II

William J. Hayes, II, 94, of Marshall, formerly of Shelby, died Thursday evening, Oct.

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Related Topix: Shelby, MI, Marshall, MI, Grand Rapids Metro, Au Train, MI

Wed Nov 04, 2009

Star-Gazette.COM

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Deanna Swoboda, an assistant professor at Western Michigan University and tuba soloist, will join the Corning Area Community Concert Band next week when it presents its annual Fall Scholarship Concert.

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Related Topix: Corning, NY, Classical, Dallas Brass, Houghton College, Elmira, NY, Elmira Metro

Tue Nov 03, 2009

Clinton County News

Western Michigan trustees back plan for med school

The Western Michigan University board of trustees has adopted a formal statement in support of the administration's effort to create a privately funded medical school at the public university.

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Related Topix: Michigan

Detroit Free Press

Metro Detroit news: Bing cheers drop in Angels' Night blazes

The number of fires during this year's Angels' Night patrol dropped 12% from last year, despite about 20,000 fewer volunteers patrolling the streets, the mayor's office reported.

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Related Topix: Detroit Metro, Detroit, MI, Fire, Kalamazoo Metro

Mon Nov 02, 2009

WWMT-TV Kalamazoo

WMU looks to grow

Western Michigan University's President is taking the next step in his quest for a medical school.

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Kalamazoo Gazette

NAACP: Centennial time for renewed focus

Special to the Kalamazoo Gazette KALAMAZOO - The road to racial equality has been a long - a 100-year trek for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.

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Related Topix: African-American, Kalamazoo, MI, Standardized Testing, Education

Kalamazoo Gazette

Voters could redraw all districts

Voters in Michigan will decide next year whether to hold a constitutional convention to amend the state's governing doctrine, which could include reorganizing local municipalities and school districts.

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Sun Nov 01, 2009

Flint Township/Swartz Creek Advance

Freshman tight end Hammond makes impact for Broncos

Tight end Blake Hammond shrugged off the mention of his relatively modest statistics Saturday.

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Sat Oct 31, 2009

MLive.com

WMU medical-school idea raises questions, not funds

By Paula M. Davis pdavis@kalamazoogazette.com 388-8583 KALAMAZOO - It's been two years since Western Michigan University President John M. Dunn raised the idea of creating a medical school in affiliation with Bronson and Borgess hospitals.

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Related Topix: Kalamazoo Metro, Kalamazoo, MI, Michigan, Battle Creek, MI, Central Michigan University

Kalamazoo Gazette

Halloween Fun Abounds

The fee is $5 or two canned goods per person. Kids Korner for children 13 and under will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday.

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Related Topix: Kalamazoo Metro, Battle Creek, MI, Family, Kids, Portage, MI, Life, Holidays, Halloween

WWMT-TV Kalamazoo

Loss of Promise Scholarship leaves students upset

MICHIGAN Governor Jennifer Granholm signed the remaining six budget bills needed to make sure the government stayed open, but when doing so she issued 75 line item vetoes, cutting $127 million from fifteen budgets.

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Related Topix: Michigan, Michigan Government, Jennifer Granholm, US Governors, Education Etc.

Fri Oct 30, 2009

MLive.com

Some voters say Kalamazoo's anti-discrimination vote doesn't address 'bathroom issue'

When you cut away equality arguments and lay aside the Bible, some Kalamazoo voters say it is the "bathroom issue" that will influence their Nov.

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Related Topix: Transgendered, Criminal Defense Law, Law, Michigan, Gay/Lesbian

Battle Creek Enquirer

BCHS nurse navigator certified by breast center

Susan DeRuiter, RN in The Cancer Care Center at Battle Creek Health System has completed National Consortium of Breast Centers requirements to become a certified breast patient navigator.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Cancer, Health, Battle Creek, MI, Nursing, 9

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