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More than a year has passed since a Detroit Free Press editorial piece called Lansing a “sad little town,” advocating for the state capital to be moved back to Detroit.

Roughly 160 city-run ambulance services would see as much as $70 million in federal dollars for transporting Medicare and Medicaid patients under a program a House committee last week supported having Michigan join.

Canadian Geese in the flying V indicate the changing of the seasons. But when the geese are around, they can become too much for some cities and townships to handle, which is spurring a possible change in the rules to make the birds easier to remove.

For $5 per hour, up to $50 daily, east side Detroiters can drive an insured electric vehicle (EV) located at River Crest Apartments, through a new ride-share system that launched earlier this month.

Chris Kleinjans, a community nutrition instructor, unseated Ottawa County Commissioner Lucy Ebel, a part of the controversial Ottawa Impact alt-conservative coalition, by a 60 to 40 percent margin Tuesday evening, costing Ottawa Impact a functional majority on the board.