You can view the security camera footage from the convenience store where 72 year old ex-Marine Bill Barnes beat up a would-be pickpocket. Man, I hope I am that agile when I am 72.
Mr. Barnes, you can still throw a mean punch.
Watch it at Mlive.com.

The much celebrated and anticipated biodiesel plant in Bangor is currently running at 1/6 of their maximum capacity. The cost of purchasing and transporting the soybeans necessary to create biodiesel are currently making it prohibitive to eke out a profit.
The plant does not want to completely shut down as “If we shut the doors, [...]

Did you know that July is National Ice Cream Month? Did you even know there was a National Ice Cream Month?
I don’t narrow down my devotion to ice cream for just one month. You can if you want, but I prefer to eat all flavors of ice cream all year long. Whether [...]

I created yet another Squidoo lens. This one is to help folks plan their next Michigan Vacation Getaway. This page covers the question of “What Up North means to you”, our great Upper Peninsula, where to find a great Michigan resort, 3,000 miles of beaches along the great lakes, Quick Michigan Getaways, [...]

Awesome.
As 72 year old ex-Marine Bill Barnes was scratching off a lottery ticket at a Grand Rapids convenience store a 27 year old would-be thief tried grabbing $300 in cash in Mr. Barnes’ front pocket. Did I mention that in addition to being an ex-Marine that Mr. Barnes is also a former Gold Glove [...]

Michiganfireworks.com is THE place to find fireworks displays in Michigan. There are currently 446 different displays listed. You can search by ‘Date’ and by ‘City’ via a drop-down menu system.
Meg Geddes is the gal who created the site and she puts a ton of work into putting all of this information together. [...]

I came across a pretty cool site in my browser’s bookmarks that I had long ago saved and subsequently forgotten. Michigandriveins.com lets you explore the few current drive-ins still in operation as well as the drive-ins that are now closed, in pieces, or gone altogether.
I find it neat to see a little piece of [...]

You have got to see the pictures at the Mining Journal of the hailstorm that hit Marquette yesterday afternoon. Apparently the hail fell in the midst of a tornado watch and severe thunderstorm warning.
It is surreal to see a guy running through downtown Marquette in “drifts” of hail. Too weird.

A famous lawnmower and tractor company says that, “Nothing runs like a Deer[e]” and two cyclists up in Leelanau county now have first-hand experience to back up that claim. Dan Hofstra and Bob Otwell were riding along amongst a group of 15 cyclists when a deer ran out of the woods sent Hofstra [...]

This past January I wrote about The Anatomy of a Yooper exhibit at the Marquette County History Museum that began running in April. The exhibit is still open and is featuring traditional U.P. food (I’m thinking pasties) at an open house this Thursday from 7 to 9pm.
The exhibit showcases how Yoopers coped with the [...]