USI softball squad chases bright future
Source: Courier & Press
Grand Rapids :: MI :: USA | updated 2013-05-16 17:04:21 -0700 | sports-news
No sooner had the University of Southern Indiana softball team's season ended than the players were thinking about next year. That's the only thing they were talking about on the bus ride home from Grand Rapids, said coach Sue Kunkle...
Pop Evil: Onyx
Source: Aquarian
Grand Rapids :: MI :: USA | updated 2013-05-15 15:20:53 -0700 | entertainment-news
Pop Evil Onyx eOne Entertainment Originally hailing from Grand Rapids, MI, hard rock group Pop Evil have been a presence musically for over a decade. Their most up-to-date work, Onyx , is the band's attempt to move forward with their...
Michigan coach: Irish 'chickening out' of football rivalry
Source: The Journal Gazette
Grand Rapids :: MI :: USA | updated 2013-05-14 14:17:03 -0700 | sports-news
Michigan coach Brady Hoke has taken the Notre Dame rivalry up a notch. Hoke made a crowd chuckle on Monday at the West Michigan Sports Commission luncheon by saying the Fighting Irish are chickening out from the storied series. Notre...
Dalla Santa making his presence felt up top for Lynden Christian
Source: The Bellingham Herald
Grand Rapids :: MI :: USA | updated 2013-05-14 02:28:01 -0700 | sports-news
For their first two years playing for the Lynden Christian boys' soccer team, twins Toby and Trevor Dalla Santa seemed almost inseparable. They played in the middle of the Lyncs' attack, and where one went, the other seemed to follow....
Today in History
Source: The Boston Globe
Grand Rapids :: MI :: USA | updated 2013-05-13 21:27:06 -0700 | entertainment-news
In 1796, English physician Edward Jenner inoculated 8-year-old James Phipps against smallpox by using cowpox matter. In 1804, the Lewis and Clark expedition to explore the Louisiana Territory as well as the Pacific Northwest left camp near present-day Hartford, Ill....
Meijer recalling portable baseboard heaters
Source: United Press International
Grand Rapids :: MI :: USA | updated 2013-05-13 09:08:37 -0700 | business-news
U.S. retailer Meijer is recalling about 4,560 portable baseboard heaters imported from China due to reports of overheating, a watchdog agency said...Consumer Products Safety Commission said the retailer had received two reports of overheating, including one report of a fire...
Bellingham son of Watergate prosecutor recalls his father with mix of sadness, pride
Source: The Bellingham Herald
Grand Rapids :: MI :: USA | updated 2013-05-13 04:05:43 -0700 | allnews
Four decades ago, while his father was a regular figure in the national media, Rick Merrill was living a news-free existence on a farm in Vermont. His father, William Merrill, was the assistant Watergate special prosecutor who brought members of...
Bellingham son of Watergate prosecutor recalls his father with mix of sadness, pride
Source: The Bellingham Herald
Grand Rapids :: MI :: USA | updated 2013-05-13 04:05:43 -0700 | allnews
Four decades ago, while his father was a regular figure in the national media, Rick Merrill was living a news-free existence on a farm in Vermont. His father, William Merrill, was the assistant Watergate special prosecutor who brought members of...
Death notices, May 12, 2013
Source: The Daily Sentinel
Grand Rapids :: MI :: USA | updated 2013-05-11 23:41:52 -0700 | allnews
Survivors include his parents, Gary Bailey and Karie Schwark of Grand Junction; and one brother, Adam Bailey. Betty Burns, 89, Grand Junction, died April 22, 2013, at Grandview Care Lodge...Survivors include two sons, James of Sylvania, Ohio and John...
Death notices, May 12, 2013
Source: The Daily Sentinel
Grand Rapids :: MI :: USA | updated 2013-05-11 23:41:52 -0700 | allnews
Survivors include his parents, Gary Bailey and Karie Schwark of Grand Junction; and one brother, Adam Bailey. Betty Burns, 89, Grand Junction, died April 22, 2013, at Grandview Care Lodge...Survivors include two sons, James of Sylvania, Ohio and John...
Angler woes: First a late ice-out, now a bait shortage
Source: Star Tribune
Grand Rapids :: MI :: USA | updated 2013-05-11 18:09:55 -0700 | sports-news
First they had to deal with lakes covered with ice on the fishing opener...You can't trap minnows with ice on the lakes,'' said Phil Koep, owner of Urbank Live Bait in Clitherall, Minn., a major bait wholesaler that serves 75...
Boy, 16, dies after playing Russian roulette
Source: NY Daily News
Grand Rapids :: MI :: USA | updated 2013-05-10 12:01:22 -0700 | entertainment-news
Detroit boy, 16, dies after playing Russian roulette with friends Antonio O'Neill, 16, died from a single gunshot wound at a home in East Detroit at 10:45 a.m...Friday, May 10, 2013, 12:40 PM Antonio O'Neill, who apparently died Thursday during...
Mellencamp and King's 'Ghost Brothers' to go on tour
Source: USA Today
Grand Rapids :: MI :: USA | updated 2013-05-10 12:06:23 -0700 | entertainment-news
EDT May 10, 2013 "Southern Gothic, supernatural" musical coming to a city near you, in concert form. John Mellencamp, Stephen King and T Bone Burnett have opted for a novel approach to getting their new musical more exposure. They are...
On Becoming a D-Mom (Happy Mother's Day!)
Source: DiabetesMine.com
Grand Rapids :: MI :: USA | updated 2013-05-10 05:25:52 -0700 | health-news
It's tough to single out one in particular But we're excited to have found a mommy blogger who's caring for not just one little girl with type 1 diabetes, but two. Heather and Tim Brand You may recognize Heather Brand...
EPA, other US agencies expand urban waters effort
Source: Sacramento Bee
Grand Rapids :: MI :: USA | updated 2013-05-09 21:31:43 -0700 | green-news
The Environmental Protection Agency, the White House and other federal departments announced Friday that they are expanding a program for restoring and improving urban waterways nationwide. The Urban Waters Federal Partnership now operates in seven locations.
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