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hoekstra true value hardware hardware store closing after 150 years in business customers flock to wish co owners well people are flocking to a family owned hardware store that s become a staple in kalamazoo . hoekstra s true value hardware is closing after nearly 150 years in business . read more john auchter www.auchtoon.com auchter s art do you learn from your mistakes or are you donald trump mgoblog flickr how long will jim harbaugh stay in ann arbor detroit slow roll crowded out by campaign other events by michigan radio newsroom & catherine shaffer 13 hours ago detroit bike city kendra https creativecommons.org licenses by sa 2.0 detroit s popular weekly slow roll bike ride was canceled for the second week in a row due to competing events . week in review a new water crisis lawsuit and another challenge to petition limits by rebecca kruth & jack lessenberry 13 hours ago steve carmody michigan radio lawsuits keep piling up in the wake of the flint water crisis . this week in review jack lessenberry and i talk about a new complaint that calls for a grand jury criminal investigation into gov. rick snyder s legal fees . we also talk about another challenge to michigan s 180 day time limit on collecting petition signatures and upcoming visits from vice presidential candidates tim kaine and mike pence . listen listening ... 3 53 listen to the conversation . carfentanil laced heroin is showing up in michigan . here s how we know . by sarah cwiek 13 hours ago narconon carfentanil laced heroin is showing up in michigan . that was confirmed last week when public health officials in wayne county definitively linked at least 19 deaths since july to the powerful synthetic opioid . they were on the lookout for carfentanil after it appeared in nearby states this summer particularly ohio where a late summer surge in fatal overdoses was tied to carfentanil . there was also a suspected case in kent county last month . flint s chief public health adviser urges residents to cooperate with shigella probe by steve carmody 15 hours ago steve carmody michigan radio flint residents are being urged to cooperate with an investigation into disease outbreak that may or may not be connected to the city s water crisis . since march 1 more than 130 people in genesee and saginaw counties have fallen sick with an illness called shigellosis . the disease causes bloody diarrhea and abdominal pain but has not been linked to any fatalities . business backed plan to help flint fills void government mostly can not by daniel howes 19 hours ago steve carmody michigan radio leave it to the former chair of the michigan democratic party to demand a grand jury investigation of republican governor rick snyder over his legal fees tied to the flint water crisis . business has a better idea lend its expertise free of charge to projects that promise to get flint back on its feet after getting walloped by lead tainted water and financial retrenchment . a nation engaged fireworks by genera fields oct 14 2016 jodi westrick michigan radio america is changing . non white kids now make up a majority of kindergartners . by the next presidential election the census bureau predicts the majority of all children will be children of color . and by 2044 no one racial group will be a majority in the country . this cross current of demographic and cultural change is upending traditional voting patterns and straining the fabric of what it means to be american . cheers apple cider with gin by lester graham oct 14 2016 lester graham michigan radio october is my favorite month tammy coxen of tammy s tastings said . do you know why apple cider apple cider is a popular ingredient in a lot of cocktails which seem perfect for fall . often the cider is mixed with bourbon or rum . but this cocktail the apple business is made with gin . i chose ann arbor distilling s water hill gin for this drink because of of the spicy garam masala note coxen said . the distiller s website indicates the botanicals used to flavor the gin include croatian juniper cardamom and garam masala . detroit based foundation has 20 years to give out 1.2 billion in grants by nick wallace oct 14 2016 courtesy of the ralph c. wilson jr. foundation . listen listening ... 8 55 our conversation with dave egner president and ceo of the ralph c. wilson jr. foundation if you had 20 years to give away 1.2 billion how would you do it that s the question facing one detroit based philanthropy the ralph c. wilson jr. foundation . funded by the estate of the late ralph c. wilson jr. who was born in detroit and went on to become the owner of the buffalo bills the foundation plans to focus its efforts on the areas mr. wilson called home southeast michigan and western new york . and unlike many philanthropic foundations which invest their endowments and give away the income generated by those investments mr. wilson s foundation has a mandate to spend all of the money by 2035 . democracy dies in the dark more than a third of michigan lawmakers tied to secret corporate cash by stateside staff oct 14 2016 lester graham michigan radio listen listening ... 8 36 our conversation with emily lawler and craig mauger . lawler reports for mlive and mauger is executive director of the michigan campaign finance network . this week two stories were released about secretive funds benefiting michigan legislators and the republican and democratic parties . the stories were a joint investigation of mlive and the michigan campaign finance network . michigan yet to join states suspending wells fargo from doing business with state agencies by steve carmody & the associated press oct 14 2016 mike mozart flickr http j.mp 1spgcl0 wells fargo is losing business with state governments across the u.s. at this point the growing list does not include the state of michigan . state treasurers in california and illinois and the cities of seattle and chicago cut ties to the troubled financial industry giant since it was learned that wells fargo employees manipulated customer accounts to meet sales goals . friday ohio gov. john kasich announced he is suspending wells fargo from doing business with state agencies and excluding the bank from participating in any state bond offerings . pages1 2 3 4 next last news headlines from npr for much of black america election 2016 has been rough wikileaks releases more purported emails bringing total to more than 11 000 sweet home cafe lets visitors taste the rich history of african american food high priced pill fashion causing controversy countries reach deal to limit hydrofluorocarbon emissions 2016 michigan radio about us contact us jobs help with streaming contest rules events privacy & terms of use