Former U-M football coach encourages organ, blood and tissue donations at Michigan International Speedway event Sunday BROOKLYN, Mich., June 17, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- It's only natural, that a true "Michigan Man," will serve as the Grand Marshal at Michigan International Speedway, a venue widely known for celebrating it's state's heritage. Lloyd Carr, the former University of Michigan football coach and recent College Football Hall of Fame inductee, will serve as the Grand Marshal for the Father's Day Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup race Sunday. "It will be great to host Lloyd Carr and his family at Michigan International Speedway and show him what all the excitement around NASCAR is about," MIS track President Roger Curtis said.

~One of the Largest U.S. Producers of Green Energy in American Sports~ BROOKLYN, Mich., June 12 /PRNewswire/ -- The new suite/media center at Michigan International Speedway will make the racetrack one of the largest U.S.

By Benjamin Alexander-Bloch, The Blade, Toledo, Ohio Dec. 18--OGDEN CENTER, Mich. -- Residents have put on their fighting gloves, and county officials are warning of problems in the brewing battle over a proposed 5,000-cow megadairy.

By Katie Merx, Detroit Free Press Jul. 11--Nurses at two Lenawee County hospitals voted to authorize a strike in response to a management proposal to reduce nurses' health benefits and paid leave.

ADRIAN, Mich. - Willard Mason and Ilah Ost are giving new meaning to the phrase: "Love is patient." More than 60 years ago, the couple were engaged to be married, but life's circumstances got in the way.