Yes, it is time once again to wake up to darkness and have an extra hour of light in the evening. You will need to set your clocks forward an hour before you go to bed Saturday night unless you want to stay up and change them at 2a.m. when the time change officially [...]

Since tomorrow is April Fool’s Day (beware of the pranks) I thought I would share a link to a website containing the top April Fool’s Day hoaxes/pranks of all time. At Top 100 April Fool’s Day Hoaxes you can peruse the hoaxes and chuckle at how gullible some people can be.
A brief history of [...]

Bill Westerman, Ironwood Daily Globe press foreman, never had the chance to shout, “Stop the presses!” The motor that runs the presses started up on its own Wednesday and then quit as quickly as it began. The Daily Globe had to use the presses in Ashland to produce Wednesday’s paper since their press [...]

32 Mackenzie High School students were arrested or “detained” on Wednesday during a protest of the school’s conditions. About 200 students staged a walkout yesterday afternoon to draw attention to the school’s poor conditions and supposed lack of textbooks.
The protest turned ugly with students reportedly began swearing and blocking traffic. The [...]

If you haven’t been outside yet today, you had better get out there now. It is the best day of the year as far as the weather goes. Temperatures are hovering around the 60s (downstate anyway) and there is plenty of sunshine.
I was actually able to do some gardening with my 19-month-old son [...]

An article in the Detroit News predicts that Michigan’s tourism industry (our state’s second largest industry) should increase by 2% this year. I am not sure how you come up with an estimate like that. The hard evidence that does exist is that travel agencies and hotels are seeing an increase already from [...]

From April 9 through April 20, you can stay at the Traverse City Great Wolf Lodge for as little as $179 per night (Sunday through Thursday). They are calling the special - “Spring Break Fever Reliever!” You can also save an additional $20 during the week of 4/9/06 - 4/13/06.
The pricing includes one [...]

The Fuel Gauge Report states that the statewide average for regular unleaded in Michigan is $2.501 as of today, March 28, 2006. Last month the average was $2.244 and it was only (only?) $2.133 one year ago.

From the Lunchbucket Conservative comes the results of a poll by Rasmussen Reports that shows Governor Jennifer Granholm and her challenger, Dick DeVos, in a tie at 44% each. It is always tough for an incumbent to be re-elected when the economy is in shambles. No matter if Governor Granholm inherited the current [...]

Boy, the city of Detroit just can’t stay out of the limelight these days. This time they are making headlines for their city council requesting almost $3 million more than last year for their annual budget. The $15.7 million breaks down to $1.7 million per council member. That goes to pay for [...]