Michigan ER patients left on stretchers, then recliners, in swamped wards
By Kate Wells, Michigan Radio (For Bridge Michigan) Just looking at all the patients laying on the stretchers in emergency department hallways makes Tiffani Dusang physically uncomfortable. It’s like she vibrates, a sort of perpetual small bounce on the soles of her practical shoes. “It’s hard to watch,” said Dusang, the director of emergency and […]
Lawmaker: ‘We’re going to fix’ Michigan’s broken public records request law
By Jonathan Oosting LANSING — Big bills, baffling redactions, and years-long delays. Michigan transparency advocates, journalists and citizen activists on Thursday shared horror stories of trying to navigate the state’s public records request law that they say is broken. Loopholes, exceptions and vague language in Michigan’s Freedom of Information Act allow the state and local governments […]
Michigan redistricting drafts could make state Senate a toss-up
By Sergio Martínez-Beltrán, Mike Wilkinson LANSING — The Michigan Senate could become more competitive next year, under three draft district maps approved Monday by the Michigan Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission. Republicans now control the Senate 20-16 with two vacant seats that favor the GOP. According to the group’s analysis of the past 13 state elections, two […]
Twenty-one staff members assert Manchester High School has become a hostile work environment
Disruptive and defiant students, threats from parents, and rampant destruction of school property are just some of the factors listed by staff members as making Manchester High School a hostile working environment for them and a hostile learning environment for the students. Last Monday after school, a letter signed by twenty-one junior/senior high school staff […]
Washtenaw County Farm Bureau trick-or-treat event
Washtenaw County Farm Bureau is hosting a FREE Trick-or-Treat style event on Tuesday, October 19, 2021 from 6 to 7:30 pm at the Washtenaw Farm Council Grounds — Building D, located at 5055 Ann Arbor-Saline Rd. in Ann Arbor. Enjoy Michigan Agriculture Products instead of traditional Trick-or-Treat candy. Families and kids 12 and under are […]
September 2021 Senior Student of the Month: Elise Tackett
submitted by Manchester High School Our September 2021 Manchester Community Schools Foundation Student of the Month for Manchester High School is Elise Tackett. Elise is the daughter of Shannon and Kenneth Tackett. Elise has been a member of the Key Club for four years. While serving in the Key Club she was co-Vice President for […]
Wheels N Reels: Halloween Drive-Up Movie
submitted by Alex Duranczyk, SRSLY Manchester Wheels N’ Reels outdoor, drive-up movie is back again with the Halloween classic “The Nightmare Before Christmas” on Saturday, October 16 at Chelsea Fairgrounds! The movie starts at 7:30 p.m, but gates open at 6:30 p.m., so grab your friends, family, a lawn chair or two, and get there […]
Letter to the editor: Masks are unhealthy
October 11, 2021 Dear Editor, I would like to offer your readers other information not circulated in the mainstream media or by most health care professionals about masks. I would like to encourage the readers to read the following scientific articles and develop their own educated opinions. I apologize in advance for the length of this […]
Letter to the editor: Thank you from the Knights of Columbus!
October 10, 2021 The Manchester Knights of Columbus would like to thank the residents of Manchester and the surrounding community for their generous support of our Annual MI (mentally impaired) Drive! Better known as our annual “Tootsie Roll” Drive, it was our 47th year of helping children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. The […]
COVID outbreaks in Michigan schools already 8 times higher than last year
by Ron French, Robin Erb, Mike Wilkinson (Bridge Michigan) One month into the new school year, there are more than eight times more COVID cases connected to outbreaks among students and staff in Michigan schools than at the same point last year. And that’s a conservative estimate, given that the state recently narrowed the definition of what constitutes an outbreak. […]
