Category Archives: Media

Absolute Michigan Giveaway: Higher Grounds Trading Company

December 14, 2011 – 5:57 pm

Higher Grounds Trading Co., was voted one of the top Michigan businesses to watch in 2010 and has been a big part of  getting the nonprofit On the Ground off the ground. On the Ground is involved in a variety of projects including the Chiapas Water Project, which brings clean drinking water to coffee growing regions in Mexico; the Run [...]

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Mt. Mancelona: A Man and his Mountain

December 14, 2011 – 8:55 am

Last winter Jason Dodge of miskireport.com and his crew spent time at Mount Mancelona and, with intern Justin Vander Velde and the  assistance of the documentary class at Grand Valley State, produced this very cool video about long-shuttered Mt. Mancelona.  Jason writes: This project is the pinnacle of things that I have been involved with up until [...]

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Michigan Movies: Dogman director Rich Brauer

December 6, 2011 – 11:44 am

Michigan-based Brauer Productions is releasing the new feature film Dogman next Wednesday (December 14) at the State Theatre in Traverse City. We caught up with filmmaker & director Rich Brauer to talk about his new movie and the Dogman legend. Learn more about the legend of the Dogman from Absolute Michigan. Also check out the [...]

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Emergency Manager Michael Brown takes over in Flint

December 5, 2011 – 10:48 am

Hope For The Future by Flint Foto Factory Last week Gov. Rick Snyder appointed Michael Brown as the emergency manager for the city of Flint under Public Act 4. A state-appointed review panel recommended a state takeover for the city of Flint, citing recurring cash flow shortages and other financial deficiencies. Flint had an estimated [...]

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Absolute Michigan Giveaway: Yooper Steez

December 1, 2011 – 4:17 pm

Yooper Steez was founded in 2008 by Justin Sailor and is dedicated to providing original Upper Peninsula products and fresh stories of the UP through their engaging blog to people who appreciate what the Upper Peninsula has to offer. They connect Yoopers across the world and give them a way to express and share their [...]

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Weird Wednesday: Delos Marvin of Dimondale

November 30, 2011 – 7:34 am

The last Wednesday of every month is a Weird Wednesday on Absolute Michigan. Today we journey to Lansing with Dave Votta of the Capital Area District Library. Dave is a librarian who researches regular Lost Lansing features. Click the banner to read many more great stories about the history of the Capital City! by Dave Votta, [...]

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Remembering Fred Meijer

November 28, 2011 – 8:25 am

Frederik Meijer, a pioneer of supercenter retailing and visionary philanthropist, died Friday, November 25 in Grand Rapid at the age of 91. Meijer was a pioneer of the supercenter, one-stop shopping and hypermarket concepts, and the chain of 197 Meijer stores has over 60,000 employees in Michigan, Illinois, Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky. The Frederick G.H. [...]

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The Ford Rotunda and the Christmas Fantasy

November 23, 2011 – 8:16 am

A couple of years ago, Michigan in Pictures featured the Ford Rotunda, and a lot of people search for it every year in the holiday season. The Ford Rotunda page at Automotive Mileposts explains that the Rotunda was commissioned by Ford and designed by legendary Detroit architect Albert Kahn for the 1933 Chicago World’s Fair. [...]

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2011 AL MVP & Cy Young Winner Justin Verlander

November 22, 2011 – 8:21 am

With 280 points and double the first place votes that anyone else received, Justin Verlander was selected by AL sportswriters as the 2011 American League MVP. The New York Times notes that a pitcher being selected as most valuable player is nothing new, as the very first American League M.V.P. in 1931 was Philadelphia Athletics ace Lefty [...]

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The Rouse Simmons and the Great Lakes Christmas Tree Ships

November 21, 2011 – 8:14 am

Through Pasty Central’s This Day in History for November 21st, we’re reminded that of the story of the Rouse Simmons. This was originally published on Michigan in Pictures. Here is a portrait of Elsie Schuenemann at the wheel of the Christmas Ship, near the Clark Street Bridge on the Chicago River in the Loop community [...]

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