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Michigan News

Man sentenced for gun sales

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — A man who purchased more than 40 guns and then sold some to felons was sentenced to three years in federal prison Monday. The guns sometimes turned up in crimes, including the fatal shooting of a 2-year-old child near Grand Rapids a year ago and a homicide in ...

Nature Center Summit set for February

ROSCOMMON — Nonformal educators at nature centers, zoos, camps and conservation districts teach thousands of Michigan residents about natural resources each year. Faculty members at Michigan colleges and universities also reach thousands of students in biology, zoology and other ...

Native Americans share trauma of Arizona boarding schools

LAVEEN VILLAGE, Ariz. — During seventh grade at Phoenix Indian School, Pershlie Ami signed up to go on what the school called an “outing” — promoted as opportunities for Native American students to earn spending money off campus. They were opportunities — for cheap labor. Ami said ...

Braille services, resources available to Michiganders

By Journal Staff LANSING — To recognize the braille reading system’s impact on individuals who are blind or visually impaired and to call attention to the invaluable services and resources that enable Michiganders to learn and enhance their reading skills, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has ...

GM to sink over $900M into 4 plants, Flint to get new engine

FLINT, Mich. — General Motors says it will spend more than $900 million to update four factories, with the bulk going to an engine plant in Flint, Michigan, to build the next-generation V8 for big pickup trucks and SUVs. Factories in Rochester, New York; Defiance, Ohio; and Bay City, ...

Period for public comments for Alpena Airspace Complex ends

By Journal Staff ALPENA — The public-comment period for the draft environmental assessment for the modification and addition of airspace at the Alpena Special Use Airspace Complex, prepared by the Michigan Air National Guard and the National Guard Bureau, has closed. The draft EA was ...