Category Archives: Television & Internet Video

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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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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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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Seeking Michigan: The Wreck of the Carl D. Bradley

November 16, 2011 – 8:11 am

By Valerie van Heest and courtesy Seeking Michigan and the Archives of Michigan. The goal of Seeking Michigan is simple: to connect you to the stories of this great state. Visit them regularly for a dynamic & evolving look at Michigan’s cultural heritage and read more from Seeking Michigan on Absolute Michigan! We have added the trailer [...]

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Today is Veterans Day

November 11, 2011 – 6:30 am

This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave. ~Elmer Davis Today’s photo and quotation is provided by luna.nik and I think that it pretty much sums up what is asked, what is given and what we are called to remember and honor on [...]

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The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald edited by Joseph Fulton

November 10, 2011 – 5:23 am

Today is the 36th anniversary of the sinking of the S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald, and if you’re in Michigan, you’ll probably hear The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald by Gordon Lightfoot today. I’m pretty sure, however, that you won’t enjoy it more than when you’re watching this video. Joseph Fulton put together this amazing tribute to [...]

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Freshwater Fury: The Great Storm of 1913

November 8, 2011 – 9:14 am

Dear wife and Children. We were left up here in Lake Michigan by McKinnon, captain James H. Martin tug, at anchor. He went away and never said goodbye or anything to us. Lost one man yesterday. We have been out in storm forty hours. Goodbye dear ones, I might see you in Heaven. Pray for [...]

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Michigan Underwater Preserves: Alger Underwater Diving Preserve

November 7, 2011 – 9:02 am

Graveyard Coast II by Michigan Nut michiganpreserves.org explains that although the vast inland waterway of the Great Lakes provided natural highway, there were also dangerous, fraught with sudden storms, fog, heavy traffic and shipping companies who cared more about the bottom line than the thousands of schooners, steamers and barges that ended up on the [...]

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Grand Rapids Wine, Beer & Food Festival ~ Nov 17-19, 2011

November 3, 2011 – 3:44 pm

The 2011 Grand Rapids Wine, Beer & Food Festival takes place Thursday, November 17th through Saturday, November 19th at DeVos Place in Grand Rapids. It draws over 10,000 over three days, making it the largest food and wine festival in Michigan and one of the premier events of its kind in the Midwest. Classes, tastings from [...]

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