Category Archives: SW

The Michigan Environmental Trail – Our Land, Our History

January 15, 2007 – 10:10 am

Elizabeth Park Reflection by mandj98 If there’s one thing that all Michiganians can be proud of, it’s the beauty of our natural environment. Whether it’s the Great Lakes shoreline, our sprawling forests and trails or the sand dunes, it makes a big mark on our state and in our lives. It seems only appropriate that [...]

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Cereal City USA closes for good, Freep changes look for ..?

January 5, 2007 – 11:23 am

Cereal City USA by Vaughn Michigan papers are reporting that Cereal City USA in Battle Creek is closing for good, effective immediately for failing to draw enough visitors or make enough money for the foundation’s board to justify keeping it open. While we should give the exclusive to the hometown Battle Creek Enquirer, the Detroit [...]

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Photo Friday: Christmas at Meijer Gardens

December 22, 2006 – 9:49 am

This Friday’s photo, xmas @ the gardens, was taken by Jeffrey Hartman and is part of an excellent set of photos of the Christmas displays at Meijer Gardens in Grand Rapids. You can learn more about Jeff at his Jeffrey Hartman Photography web site. If you’d like to tour Meijer Gardens’ holiday display, head over [...]

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Touring Michigan’s Big Things with Wandering West Michigan

November 20, 2006 – 6:51 am

Trout by Josh Leo Wandering West Michigan is a weekly video blog hosted by Josh Leo. It features videos highlighting the events, businesses, people, attractions and everything else that makes the west side of the Great Lakes State unique. It’s pretty new, but it’s the best Michigan video blog I’ve yet seen! Watch Michigan’s Big [...]

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The Birth of Cereal City & the Kellogg Company

October 12, 2006 – 11:13 am

It happened in 1894 during an experiment to make healthier food for patients at the Battle Creek Sanitarium or the “San.” A batch of cooked wheat accidentally was left out and dried. Rather than throw it away, Dr. John Harvey Kellogg, director of the San, and his brother, William Keith (better known as W.K.), passed [...]

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Michigan Named Top Digital State

October 5, 2006 – 8:00 am

Michigan State Capital Dome by eatingorange From the Digital Government Web Site: A recently released national survey ranks Michigan first in the nation in the use of information technology to transform and improve government. The Digital States Survey, conducted by the Center for Digital Government in conjunction with Government Technology magazine, is the nation’s most [...]

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Michigan Walk of Fame Accepting Nominations

September 26, 2006 – 9:46 am

Rosa Parks Bus by G0Da The Michigan Walk of Fame is accepting nominations for 2007 inductees to the Walk until November 1st. We’d also like to ask any of our readers in Lansing to snap a shot of the walk, a star on the walk or anything having to do with the Michigan Walk of [...]

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Aerial Videos of Metro Detroit, Lansing and East Lansing

September 21, 2006 – 10:00 am

The Detroit Free Press has a feature on something we stumbled on the other day: a collection of aerial videos of the Lansing & Detroit areas taken with a model plane. In and around Detroit, there videos of Belle Isle (above), Ford Field and the surrounding area, Tiger Stadium, Woodward Avenue, the Detroit Yacht Club, [...]

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Elderly Instruments to Sell Rare Dobro Collection

September 19, 2006 – 11:47 am

Franklin Adkins playing dobro Lansing’s own Elderly Instruments has a very unique collection of instruments for sale. World renowned for it’s extensive inventory of both new and used fretted instruments it is no wonder why Elderly has this historic collection in hand and for sale. From Elderly Instruments: We are very proud to offer for [...]

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Good News from the Farm, Whitecaps, Mudhens Win!

September 19, 2006 – 8:42 am

Michigan in Pictures had this feature on two Detroit Tiger minor league affiliates¬† this morning. Despite the risk of becoming “that Michigan baseball photo blog”, we have to give a “way to go” to the West Michigan Whitecaps who captured their 4th Midwest League Championship on Saturday at Comstock Park in Grand Rapids. According to [...]

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